profiles of people
How an unknown author wrote a blockbuster for Matt Damon.
An interview with sci-fi author Andy Weir, of The Martian fame. ~ learn more
Category: profiles of people
profiles of people
The entrepreneur dreaming of a factory of unlimited organs.
Here’s a badass entrepreneurial story if I’ve ever heard one. Her daughter was dying and she started doing research. “Eventually she read about a drug that could lower arterial pressure but had been mothballed by the drug giant Glaxo. She […]
profiles of people
Tim Urban.
“An interview with Tim Urban, the creator of Wait But Why, perhaps the most obsession-generating website on the internet, on what makes him tick.” ~ learn more
profiles of people
These brothers want to create a world where we can invest in other humans.
“Entrepreneurs Daniil and David Liberman hope to reduce wealth inequality by creating a people-investing platform. Their idea raises uncomfortable questions.” | learn more
profiles of people
The family that mined the Pentagon’s data for profit.
This was such an interesting story about the power of FOIA! “The Freedom of Information Act helps Americans learn what the government is up to. The Poseys exploited it—and became unlikely defenders of transparency.” | learn more
profiles of people
Russian soldier releases 141-page memoir after returning from Ukraine.
He’s certainly not safe in Russia after this. “A 34-year-old former Russian paratrooper, Pavel Filatyev, has published a remarkable in-depth account of his experiences of the Ukraine war.” | learn more
profiles of people
The crypto geniuses who vaporized a trillion dollars.
History rhymes once again. “Among crypto’s smartest observers, there is a widely held view that Three Arrows is meaningfully responsible for the larger crypto crash of 2022, as market chaos and forced selling sent bitcoin and other digital assets plunging […]
profiles of people
Packy McCormick, one man show.
“He’s grown his audience from 400 readers in March 2020 to over 125,000 as of June 2022, raised two funds off the hype of that audience and the quality of his words, and made at least 30 investments in startups […]
profiles of people
Artists can get huge without NFTs.
The WSJ headline: “Three Years Ago, Her Art Sold for $400 at the Beach. Now It Fetches Up To $1.6 Million at Auction.” I am no art critic, but I feel it relevant to point out that she’s dating a […]
profiles of people
America’s richest self-made woman grew up on a dairy farm.
“Last week, Hendricks – who has a net worth of $11.6 billion – topped Forbes’ list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women for the fifth year in a row. Her fortune is largely dependent on ABC Supply, a construction materials company […]