profiles of people

Big shot: David Rubenstein.

“As a co-founder of The Carlyle Group, one of the globe’s top private equity firms, David’s journey from a Baltimore kid with big dreams to a presidential advisor and business mogul is truly inspiring.” ~ learn more

under the microscope

Genetic drift.

“Scientists have identified a new member on the genetic family tree of an endangered pupfish native to south-central New Mexico.” They think the origin of the new species is genetic drift, not natural selection. “Genetic drift results from the random […]

tech, startups, internet

Founder vs investor.

An interview with Elizabeth Zalman and Jerry Neumann. “Together, they have written a somewhat contentious book called Founder vs Investor that lays bare the relationship at the core of most new businesses. They take specific moments in a start-up’s life […]

tech, startups, internet

Dyno Therapeutics: the capsids you need.

A long and detailed post about Dyno Therapeutics, a startup that’s using AI to iterate on capsid (viral protein shell) designs to serve as gene therapy delivery vessels. “In order to understand all of this, I’ve spoken with many of […]

big ideas

Bank of Spain: we need 24 million migrants.

I found this interesting in the context of John Doerr’s talk of future climate refugees. Maybe these problems help alleviate on another to some extetent? The bank “has warned that the country’s economy will need around 24 million migrant workers […]

big ideas

John Doerr on OKRs and the climate crisis.

An episode of the Tim Ferris Show from November 2021. Doerr is the famous investor who backed Larry & Sergey with the biggest check his firm had ever written when they were 24 years old without a business model. He […]