Juan Orbea

At some point in the 90s Coca Cola was 40% of BH’s portfolio, and they made a 13x on the investment during the next decade

The book calatogs over 100 mini case studies of other innovators who are defining state-of-the-art in those 11 building block areas.

In 2018, venture capital funds directed +$35B of investment to software, while directing $1.9B to synthetic biology. Why is this happening? Only 5% of people in Forbes 400 have formal scientific training, and it makes sense that people don't invest in things they don't understand. So this is a big problem.

- The concept of ‘micromarriages’ and ‘microbestfriendships’.

A popular misunderstanding of smart contract technology is that smart contracts work “automatically” without human intervention. Smart contracts are just passive object code stored on the blockchain. This code is called by miners/validators when users request it to be called by offering to pay miners for making such calls. In other words, smart... See more

We believe that investors in any market need “edge” … knowing something (thesis) or somebody (access) better than almost any other investor. We also focus heavily on geographies.

His aim with this challenge was to prove that you can attain an Ivy League education (without the degree) in much less time and 100x less cost.

So Just Who Are These People?