better doing
6 lessons for startups from Amazon execs who aren’t Jeff Bezos
Lesson include: slow down to innovate, build by working backwards, and intentions don’t work, mechanisms do. | learn more
Tag: Startups
tech, startups, internet
The European longevity startups hacking the aging process
“We are living in the first iteration of humans on the planet that for the very first time understands, on a biochemical level, what makes us age.” | learn more
oh, chicago
A debate: what’s an accelerator without funding?
I’m not much of a twitter user but sometimes that’s where the action is! Crain’s reported “Tech incubator 1871 is launching a 12-week virtual program to help Black entrepreneurs start and grow companies.” The catch? There’s no funding. Chicago VC Ezra […]
tech, startups, internet
The chicken or the exit?
An essay that covers whaling, startups, and bootstrapping a venture ecosystem in Africa. | learn more
tech, startups, internet
8 themes for the near future of tech
Scott Belsky, founder of behance and executive at Adobe, is immersed in the tools that creatives around the world use. He’s really got a nose for interesting startups I’ve never heard of. One theme I find intriguing: “Creativity tools will […]
thoughts of food
Meat grown from cells moves out of the lab
A very cool development in cultured meat. Still, lots of work to be done: “At least eight startups are building or operating pilot production plants to try to drive the price of production down. Cultured meat still costs $400 to […]
under the microscope
Send in the senolytics
“Despite early failures in the clinic, the idea of anti-aging therapies that purge the body of dying cells is gaining traction with a raft of startups now focused on senescence.” I was surprised to learn there’s a senolytic for skincare currently on […]
tech, startups, internet
He was accepted into YC twice, with 2 different ideas, in back-to-back years
What I like about this is the author’s process for idea discovery—going and talking to people in the target market, then building a product that launches quickly to get real feedback. At the same time, this left me with a […]
tech, startups, internet
The supercharger boosting Startupland fundraising & exits
“Despite the economic backdrop, startups continue to plow ahead. One of the biggest changes in the last year in the US is the Fed’s stated low interest rate policy for the next three years. What impact are we seeing in […]
tech, startups, internet
The biotech startups pitching at IndieBio’s demo day
“Next-gen skincare, silk without spiders and pollution for lunch.” | learn more