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Alex Laplaza

@alexlaplaza_

Resilience @Rainmakercorp πŸ’§
Decarbonization @lowercarbon, @FulbrightID 🌎
Spain-born, New York-bred πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

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The best jobs maximize the number of "How did I get here?!" moments. One month into Rainmaker Technology Corporation, I was in the Middle East acting as an Italian translator between our team and an Egyptian Coptic priest serving us cold Budweisers while asking about cloud seeding

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Whenever I'm daunted by the logistical complexity of multiple, concurrent international deployments across multiple continents... I remember SpaceX achieved its first successful orbital launch on a 6 sq. mile atoll in the Pacific Ocean, 4,700 miles from its LA headquarters.

Whenever I'm daunted by the logistical complexity of multiple, concurrent international deployments across multiple continents...

I remember SpaceX achieved its first successful orbital launch on a 6 sq. mile atoll in the Pacific Ocean, 4,700 miles from its LA headquarters.
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My wife inspires me every day. She went from a family of farmers in rural Italy to an immigrant first-gen university student, Stanford PhD, and now the vanguard of global biotechnology. repubblica.it/tecnologia/202…

My wife inspires me every day. She went from a family of farmers in rural Italy to an immigrant first-gen university student, Stanford PhD, and now the vanguard of global biotechnology.
repubblica.it/tecnologia/202…
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Found deep in the Amazon (1 hr flight from the nearest road): Starlinks Solar-powered electric boat engines Solar-powered Direct TV

Found deep in the Amazon (1 hr flight from the nearest road):
Starlinks
Solar-powered electric boat engines
Solar-powered Direct TV
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Are there any excellent blogs, podcasts or books on how companies like SpaceX, Palantir, Anduril approach government sales/partnerships? Particularly curious about how they closed their first contracts.

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Humans are already cloud seeding on a massive scale... inadvertently. 60% of 1000 global cities analyzed receive more precipitation than surrounding areas. Some as much as 85% more. More aerosols, people, and heat islands = more precipitation anomalies. t.ly/gGzsS

Humans are already cloud seeding on a massive scale... inadvertently.

60% of 1000 global cities analyzed receive more precipitation than surrounding areas. Some as much as 85% more.

More aerosols, people, and heat islands = more precipitation anomalies.

t.ly/gGzsS
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Working at Rainmaker Technology Corporation is cool because it's the only job where I've applied niche knowledge from playing GeoGuessr excessively for business development. Have a 1km dirt runway somewhere in the foothills of the entire length of the Andes mountains? I will find you.

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I haven't heard anything about Prometheus Fuels since they promised to make $3/gallon net-zero fuel by 2022... but they still have one of the coolest websites in all of deeptech prometheusfuels.com

I haven't heard anything about Prometheus Fuels since they promised to make $3/gallon net-zero fuel by 2022... but they still have one of the coolest websites in all of deeptech
prometheusfuels.com
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Aerial lidar data can trace shifting river and delta patterns over hundreds of thousands of years. The results are stunningly beautiful.

Aerial lidar data can trace shifting river and delta patterns over hundreds of thousands of years. 

The results are stunningly beautiful.
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β›ˆοΈWEATHER MODIFYING ADVENTURERS WANTEDβ›ˆοΈ - FIELD METEOROLOGISTS - HYDRO-METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE SPECIALISTS - FORWARD DEPLOYED ENGINEERS - CHEMISTRY RESEARCH ASSISTANTS Link below if you desire abundant water and terraformed deserts πŸ‘‡

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A principal problem in resilience and adaptation: Projects need upfront capital. Returns often come in the form of avoided losses. Avoided losses are often delayed, intangible, or distributed. Even if they aren't, recouping investment is harder with savings than profits.

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We were called delusional in 2019 to think that the world's cement behemoths would be interested in Sublime Systems' then bench-scale tech. 5 years later, the behemoths are putting in $75M and pre-paying for all the off-take they can get bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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The Graf Zeppelin, a German commercial passenger zeppelin, carried travelers across the world from 1928 to 1937 in the same luxury as an ocean liner. Imagine flying in a luxury hotel over Giza, Rio de Janeiro, and Jerusalem.

The Graf Zeppelin, a German commercial passenger zeppelin, carried travelers across the world from 1928 to 1937 in the same luxury as an ocean liner.

Imagine flying in a luxury hotel over Giza, Rio de Janeiro, and Jerusalem.
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🚨 🚨 🚨 WANTED: 🚨 🚨 🚨 FORWARD DEPLOYED ENGINEERS At Rainmaker Technology Corporation , FDEs: - build radar and drone tech to make rain - explore ancient ruins in distant lands - climb mountains with arcane sensors - enjoy brilliant camaraderie Link to job application below πŸ‘‡

🚨 🚨 🚨 WANTED: 🚨 🚨 🚨 
FORWARD DEPLOYED ENGINEERS

At <a href="/RainmakerCorp/">Rainmaker Technology Corporation</a> , FDEs:
- build radar and drone tech to make rain
- explore ancient ruins in distant lands
- climb mountains with arcane sensors
- enjoy brilliant camaraderie

Link to job application below πŸ‘‡