big ideas

How to produce green hydrogen for $1/kg.

I’m really excited that we were able to join an investment syndicate into this company. “At Terraform Industries we believe in a future where energy is universally cheap, clean, and abundant. We’re developing a scalable electrolyzer to deliver the cheapest […]

under the microscope

Quantum computer put to a real use.

If anyone can explain how this works to me I’d appreciate it. “Using our quantum computer, we built a system that allowed us to slow down the chemical dynamics from femtoseconds to milliseconds. This allowed us to make meaningful observations […]

retail therapy

What happens to all the stuff we return?

Here’s a well-researched piece about the reverse logistics industry. “A century ago, the average return rate at Penney’s was probably something like two per cent; before Internet shopping truly took hold, retail returns had risen to more like eight or […]

to your health

Why don’t multivitamins work better?

“The majority of multivitamin meta-analyses haven’t found benefit, for uses ranging from cognition in cognitively healthy people to prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease. This might be hard for you to believe. Vitamins have a sheen of efficacy powered by […]

better doing

Scale, the Big-O problem.

One of the problems I’ve had growing up in the small business world is underestimating the impact of scale. For example, when I ran eComfort, we mostly only needed one server to host our website. My lack of experience led […]

better doing

Less is more.

On podcast Hidden Brain, Niro Sivanathan of the London Business School talks about how to make a convincing argument. If you have several points in support of your argument, it’s best to ignore the weakest ones. Instead of adding to […]

tech, startups, internet

SpaceX’s approach to exponential growth.

VP of Launch Kiko Dontchev captures attention with a scrolling timeline depicting SpaceX’s launches since inception 13 years ago. The 100x ramp from rare to really really frequent launches is awesome. Watch this video for stories about how their “first […]

tech, startups, internet

Startup studios

This is by far the most complete collection of research into the venture studio model that I’ve seen. You’ll have to give up your email address for access and I think that’s a worthwhile trade. ~ learn more