Apr 29Member-onlyUnlocking Secret Recipes with Chat GPT: Reverse Engineering a Warm Mushroom SaladI had a delicious salad at a restaurant today, but I could not get the recipe. So was a bit frustrated. Then I wondered, “Chat GPT?” Here was the Prompt Can you create a recipe and instructions from this description WARM MUSHROOM SALAD $13.00 OZARK MUSHROOMS SAUTEED WITH MUSTARD GREENS…ChatGPT2 min readChatGPT2 min read
Jan 21Member-onlyFrom Slow and Steady to Fast and Furious: How Martech’s Law is Changing the Way We Raise Venture CapitalThe US works best when it grows. GDP is a product of innovation. Innovation is the economy's power. The US venture capital market is currently valued at around $1 trillion. iSelect Fund believes it has the potential to be worth $4 trillion. The path to better health, longevity, education, happiness…Fundraising7 min readFundraising7 min read
Jan 19Member-onlyFake Meat? The Personal Computer was a FadIn the world of innovation, replacing the incumbent’s desirable product with something different is a challenge only a few startups survive. And while many die along the way, the disruption wins in the end. Clay Christenson taught us exponential growth comes from taking new products to unhappy customers of existing…Food Is Medicine2 min readFood Is Medicine2 min read
Sep 8, 2022Member-onlyThe Flywheel of Progress: Can an Obscure Engineering Principle be the Key to Unlocking Economic Growth?I decided not to become a doctor when I was 19. I trained as an EMT and worked on an ambulance in High School and at the start of College. I worried becoming a doctor required too much reading. My dyslexia did not help the reading process. So, I became…Economics5 min readEconomics5 min read
Sep 5, 2022Member-onlyThe Power of Creative Destruction: How Inflation Sparks InnovationCreative Destruction is a beneficial force that replaces old business models with new business models. The old business suffers, but the new business delivers much more value to society. The innovator may make billions, but customers get trillions in value. …Innovation3 min readInnovation3 min read
Sep 2, 2022Member-onlyNutrition is the Y2K of our timeThe turn of the millennium in 2000 was supposed to be an exciting event. Instead, for the IT and internet communities, it was a looming disaster. Thanks to a widespread computer programming shortcut from the early days of the technology, many programs only allowed two digits for each year —…Food Is Medicine6 min readFood Is Medicine6 min read
Apr 3, 2022Member-onlyEvery Amazon Shareholder Letter in 1 PDFA compilation of every letter (Since 1997) Jeff Bezos wrote to shareholders of Amazon on the Amazon strategy.Amazon1 min readAmazon1 min read
Oct 30, 2021Member-onlyImperfect KnowledgeThe biggest lesson from Crusonia Forum Brooklyn, as it applies to a Food is Health investment theme, is public markets are still in learning mode. The market has yet to price how biology and big data drive innovation and deflation in agtech, healthcare, and food. In a $3.6T US market…5 min read5 min read
Aug 24, 2020Member-only15+ Tools to Quantify Your HealthI have always been a bit of a data geek. I am typically an early adopter of just about every technology. I probably spend too much time looking at product reviews online. I am obsessed with interconnecting data into a “System of Systems”, all in the hope of using data…Health8 min readHealth8 min read
May 14, 2020Member-onlyEveryone’s forecast is wrongThe world economy is integrated in ways too difficult to understand. A single mind or government can not work out the implications of each change. The economy works because it is locally optimized to the markets on the ground. The economy is guided within a general framework of knowledge. …Covid-193 min readCovid-193 min read
