Whatever can go wrong, is where it gets interesting — With all of the recent pain in the startup market, it helps to keep things light, and keep moving forward when times get tough. In the 1970s the publication of Arthur Bloch’s book Murphy’s Law, and Other Reasons Why Things Go WRONG highlighted a world where life meets reality in…

Cracking the Nut on PrecisionAg — Precision agriculture (‘Precision-Ag’) is a farming technique that uses technology to improve the efficiency and output of crop production sustainably. It involves collecting data on soil conditions, weather patterns, and other variables to better manage farming practices. …

Using Ai to optimize for impact in 2023 — by Zecca Lehn — We asked GPTchat: “What are the top 50 social impact metrics that startups can easily track, and that add value to revenue focus and growth?” to gain more insight into how startups can utilize metrics to drive greater impact. From there, we used Perplexity.ai …

Original Publish Date: Nov 2, 2022 on Revue — “A gene is a long sequence of coded letters, like computer information. Modern biology is becoming very much a branch of information technology.” Richard Dawkins TL;DR 💚 We are seeing a significant rise in the number of impactful food startups focusing on precision fermented foods. And it’s likely to lead toward a…

Original Publish Date: Oct 18, 2022 on Revue — “In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.” Terry Pratchett TL;DR 💚 Wildfire management is the process of controlling fires that occur in wilderness areas, rural areas and industrial sites. The goal is to prevent damage to life, property and the environment. Wildfires are often managed with firefighting efforts such as…

Original Publish Date: Sep 20, 2022 on Revue — “By dint of building well, you get to be a good architect” — Aristotle TL:DR 💚 Many may think of mobile homes (‘manufactured homes’), or Lego-block like cottages on wheels (‘tiny homes’) when learning first about modular homes (also ‘pre-fab homes’ / ‘panelized homes’). Modular homes rely on robotics, and are…

Original Publish Date: Sep 6, 2022 on Revue — TL;DR 💚 The 2022 IPCC climate report points to continued concern for the planet’s future health — and recently sparked the US Senate to pass the Inflation Reduction Act (a revenue neutral spend of $300B, aimed at reducing US emissions by around 40% by 2030). Geekwire reports that the losses from tax…

Original Publish Date: Aug 24, 2022 on Revue — “I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.” Elon Musk TL;DR 💚 Was invited to Las Vegas for a private event for three days, by my friend Bryan Talebi last week, with hundreds of Founders, Investors, and SpaceTech experts — focused on The Future of Humanity. …

Original Publish Date: Aug 8, 2022 on Revue — TL;DR 💚 We cover everything from digital health diagnostics in sleep, to IP strategies specific to this market. We briefly wade into lab-on-a-chip opportunities to publicly sourced questions around excitement and skepticism. Digital Health Market The pandemic created massive opportunities for Digital Health startups serving people working and living remotely. And this trend will…