Juan Orbea

The Next Step in Evolution and the Purpose of Life

Objective and Subjective

Simultaneously, we are facing a technological revolution the consequences of which we are only beginning dimly to grasp, let alone understand. The evidence seems to be growing that this revolution – which is more accurately a revolution in how information is generated, collected, processed, analyzed, shared, consumed, and understood – may be... See more

Valuations will get reset. First in late-stage tech companies and then it will filter back to Growth and then A and ultimately Seed Rounds.

Sodium fast reactors (SFR): In SFRs, liquid sodium acts as the coolant instead of water. Liquid sodium, compared to water, can handle higher temperatures at lower pressures, which improves the efficiency and safety of the reactor.

- Economic Layer: this layer is about physical infrastructure, skills, distribution of resources where people are working and things of that sort.- Sociopolitical layer: this layer is about the effectiveness, legitimacy and trust in various kinds of social institutions including schools, government and things like that.- Cultural layer: this layer... See more

But I thought a better way of thinking about how we manage our portfolios is to think about it as a funnel. If we do 36–40 deals in a Seed Fund, somewhere between 25–40% would likely see big up-rounds within the first 12–24 months. This translates to about 12–15 investments.

Investor and entrepreneur Ray Dalio and psychologists Dr. Adam Grant, Dr. Brian Little, and Dr. John Golden.