Juan Orbea
@juanorbea
A node in a network
Juan Orbea
It’s a founder’s job to attract and retain mitochondria through all stages of a company’s growth.
Sarah Tavel • The Mitochondria in Startups
High-temperature gas reactors (HTGRs): In HTGRs, gasses (typically helium) act as the coolant that is fed directly into the turbine to produce energy. Helium is an inert gas, so it generally won’t chemically react with any material, and exposing helium to neutron radiation won’t make it radioactive. Helium can therefore be heated to higher... See more
Bessemer Venture Partners • Investing in a world powered by nuclear fission
Nodes, which in this case are people, exchange a host of things. Sometimes consciously if I pay you from my bank account, sometimes unconsciously like when you overhear me at dinner telling someone about how I coach founders during walks and you decide to try it with your employees. The nodes exchange more of these things when the friction is low... See more
nfx.com • Your Life Is Driven by Network Effects
The Future of Homebuilding: How 3D Printing Is Changing the Game | Fifth Wall
youtube.comQuaint startups begin in such a humble and unassuming way that it is hard to predict they will amount to much. But imagining how they could become important in the future is essential if you want to be ahead of the curve. When successful, quaint startups seem to come from out of nowhere and capture or create entire markets.
Julian Weisser • Quaint startups become the next big thing.
Reverse Engineering the Human Brain: Five Parallel Auditory Pathways
Ray Kurzweil • The Law of Accelerating Returns « the Kurzweil Library + collections
The Software of Intelligence
Ray Kurzweil • The Law of Accelerating Returns « the Kurzweil Library + collections
Are the people in this city like me? Each city has a vibe that may or may not fit with you. Each city calls ambitious people to improve in some area. NYC calls you to earn more money. Seattle and Portland call you to recreate more. DC calls you to be more connected. SF calls you to create more, invent more. It’s the garage where the crazy uncle is... See more
nfx.com • Your Life Is Driven by Network Effects
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