Cargill Inc., Bill Gates, and Richard Branson participated in a funding round for (yet another) company that’s working to create meats from cultured cells. This technology is important for a variety of reasons – ethical and environmental immediately come to […]
The results of a 7-year, 135,335 person study across 18 countries have been published. Like other studies, it points to excessive carbohydrates as the culprit behind early death, while exhonorating dietary fat. “As the fat consumption increases to a range of […]
Maybe we’ve all been there – working on proving ourselves right rather than achieving the best outcome. This is a nice reminder about why we must avoid that! | learn more
Right after Amazon closed on its acquisition of Whole Foods, they made big news by slashing some prices. I think it was more a PR move than a retail strategy, and it apparently worked. Data from Foursquare Labs Inc shows […]
Legal tech entrepreneur Preston Byrne digs into the implication of tokenization when real assets are involved. He attacks the idea that you can create liquidity out of a real asset just by tokenizing it. |learn more
The Korean conglomerate is setting up a strategic business unit to focus on the space. I love seeing more competitors jump into the fray of this major change in transportation. Maybe we’ll find that many investments won’t pan out, but […]
In case you’re interested in even more evidence of how our state has made poor fiscal decisions in the past. | learn more
I remember chuckling at a restaurant in Europe when the waiter said the burger was made of cow. It sounded foreign to my ear. I hadn’t considered how it came to be that we refer to animal meats by unique […]
His usual $25k/month fee was paid in stock, and now estimated to be worth $100MM. Now he’s become a venture capitalist with an interesting approach to getting allocation in hot tech deals. | learn more
It’s been a long time since I’ve talked about water. Well, let’s dive right back in. Being next to an abundant source of drinking water puts Chicago at a disadvantage for developing water technology. Israel is in the opposite position. […]