Juan Orbea
@juanorbea
A node in a network
Juan Orbea
Canva simplifies making digital designs without using complex tools such as Adobe Creative Suite. Its platform enables creators to efficiently create graphic designs, presentations, and videos. The company offers creators templates, a user-friendly UI, and collaboration features.
Contrary Research • Canva
Quaint 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.
1) a deep dislike of the "woke" US left, exemplified by the New York Times, 2) a combination of strong discomfort with the Chinese Communist Party's authoritarianism with an understanding of why the CCP often justifiably fears the United States, and3) an appreciation of the love of freedom of the US right (exemplified by Bitcoin maximalists)... See more
Vitalik Buterin • What do I think about network states?
As VCs imagine the future for any given company, take the time to go through that exercise. Talk to the founders and operators who understand that market most intimately. What do people believe will happen? What could they be wrong about?
Kyle Harrison • Markets, Markets, and Markets
Relationships don’t form at random. 5 conditions contribute to the depth and speed at which they form:A context for frequent, repeated interaction with a new group of people (e.g. a new school, job, church, club, dorm, living situation, etc.).A high degree of overlap between relationships in the new group.A transition period where people are open... See more
nfx.com • Your Life Is Driven by Network Effects
The assessment provides detailed descriptions of views along multiple dimensions of an individual’s personality, including:
Adam Grant • PrinciplesYou From Ray Dalio
I'm a firm believer that founders are the people who can predict the future. --> "The best way to predict the future is to build it".
Kyle Harrison • Markets, Markets, and Markets
Traditional tax principles treat many pooled smart contracts and decentralized autonomous organizations as entities. It’s hard to determine what kind of entities they are, who their equity holders are, and how they are supposed to pay taxes, file tax returns and information reports. This article examines the problems with treating smart contracts... See more