thoughts of food
Reading up on bagels.
“The result is a dense, chewy, doughy interior with a browned and sometimes crisp exterior.” | learn more
under the microscope
Soundwave microchip to grow new bone cells.
This is like science fiction. Lob the right sound frequency at stem cells and they turn to bone. “We can use the sound waves to apply just the right amount of pressure in the right places to the stem cells, […]
under the microscope
The Pentagon is working on an algorithm to detect Covid early.
Preliminary results of the study, “show the algorithm’s projected accuracy is about 82 percent with a false positive rate of 11 percent over a 14-day period.” This is one of a few groups working on early detection with wearables. What […]
to your health
NutriSense cofounder interviewed on health tech.
“People, People, People. They are what matters. You can start something incredible with the wrong people and fail or start an average idea with the right people and win.” | learn more
better doing
The best friends can do nothing for you.
“Think for a minute about your friendships. Some friends you would text with any silly thought; others you only call a couple of times a year. Some are people you look up to; others you like, but do not especially […]
better doing
How to simplify your life — and get rid of your stuff.
This statistic was a strong opener to the article. “We’re filling our lives with so much junk that the U.S. now has more self-storage facilities than McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger Kings, Starbucks and Walmarts combined. That’s around 50,000 storage complexes.” | learn more
better doing
The myth of exponential hypergrowth.
Jason Cohen doesn’t think exponential growth is a thing. He offers an alternative model that better fits a variety of growth data from hypergrowth products and companies. Lots of great charts to make a strong semantic point. | learn more
tech, startups, internet
Minsky moments in venture capital.
“Hyman Minsky was a 20th-century economist whose ‘financial instability hypothesis’ is probably the best-known explanation for the boom and bust cycles that characterize public financial markets. … We’re currently in the midst of an unprecedented boom in private market activity. […]
tech, startups, internet
Quant comes to venture capital.
“Advanced techniques are applied to study patterns of growth, failure, value evolution, and performance.” This form of analysis has proven valuable across multiple classes of investments. The pace of VC deals nowadays might provide enough data to apply the approach […]
tech, startups, internet
Insuretech Act 1: the curtain falls on the hare.
“With most of the public insuretechs now down somewhere in the neighborhood of 90%, it’s pretty clear that the hype cycle is over and there’s no need to pile on anymore.” | learn more