Juan Orbea
@juanorbea
A node in a network
Juan Orbea
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
N.S. Lyons • The Upheaval
A publication isn't content. A publication is the exploration
of an idea.
of an idea.
C5 Capital - Next Generation Nuclear Technology
youtube.comFounder's Mentality℠ and the paths to sustainable growth
youtube.comFor the modern world, questions about the nature of humanity would be viewed on par with the struggle among the Lilliputians about the correct way to cut open an egg. Hobbes, the first truly modern philosopher, boasted of how he deserted and ran away from fighting in a religious war; a cowardly life had become preferable to a heroic but meaningless... See more
Peter Thiel • The Straussian Moment
- Fund Size: amount of capital committed to fund.
- Management Fee and Carry Percentages: Typically funds have a 2% yearly management fee over the 10-year life of the fund to cover all overhead expenses and a 20% carry.
Kauffman Fellows • Venture Fund Portfolio Construction | Journal | Kauffman Fellows
"On or about December 1910 human character changed," Virginia Woolf famously declared. Gone, she wrote, were the old certainties, the old manners, the deference to nineteenth-century authority. Instead human beings—at least the ones in Woolf's circle—were starting to see the world as full of chaos and discontinuity. Einstein smashed the notion of... See more
David Brooks • The Organization Kid
Which acquaintance is most likely to know a lot of people that you’re compatible with? Not all people have equally large networks, and some people you know may be “hubs” that have a large number of connections. If you can find someone like this, they are usually quite helpful in meeting new people. “Hubs” frequently have weak ties to a lot of... See more
nfx.com • Your Life Is Driven by Network Effects
A hard decision is not hard because you can’t seem to “figure it out.” Hard decisions are hard because option A is better in some ways and option B is better in others. “When alternatives are on a par, it may matter very much which you choose, but one alternative isn’t better than the other,” Chang writes. “Rather, the alternatives are in the same neighborhood of value, in the same league of value, while at the same time being very different in kind of value.”