Going to do some powerpoint chemistry, raise venture money and launch an R&D program to discover, develop and commercialize a market for a high performance polymer made from synthetic biology! Zymergen 2.0 here I come!

I have seen both sides of this story. Former when fully diluted stake < 5% and latter when >15%. Skin in the game matters

File EB1A with premium processing. Your contacts are your ammo. Citations aren’t everything.

Quite right. Need promises in colorful language to be replaced by legally binding obligations. Treaties.

Want to build a unicorn quickly? Starting in 2023, *every* NIH grant (~$35B/year) will be required to share data. Whoever fields a low-cost service that makes it easy for labs to adhere to FAIR principles will capture enormous value (while helping science) oir.nih.gov/sourcebook/int…

Books say nobody can time the market ---> NOT true. i) After big decline, when Fed cuts rates, buy stocks ii) When Fed turns hawkish/stops QE, sell stocks iii) After yc inverts, when downtrend starts, sell stocks The liquidity cycle can be observed and exploited.

India is so far ahead of the curve in fintech. Mind boggling.

PRO TIP: When researching a company, try this in Google: filetype:pdf site:.gov "investigation" [COMPANY NAME] You will be surprised what kind of docs you will find. (For more recent docs, go to Tools -> Past Year)

India out here casually living in the next century of payments infra. Hopefully we can make tarakki in other aspects of essential life.

I don’t see what is so terrible in doing so for the initial 30 min meeting as long you have other ways of adding good value. Founders could see this as an opportunity to train their BS detection skills

Someone please explain this point of view to the Lowercarbon Capitals and Chris Saccas of the world.

Underrated tweet. If it’s got a new name, short it.

Pay attention to this problem. The wrong DoE setup at an early stage battery chemistry company can be a death blow.

@DannyGroner Exceptional human. Must understand finance, physics, biology, chemistry, and software engineering at least 5x better than me. Types over 100 wpm. Outstanding writer. Track record of doing what they say and more for 3+ years in world class work environment. Also should be funny.

Cease and desist incoming.

Except when you steam idlis/dal/rice in a metal pans

Stellar test taking ability is sufficient but not necessary for success.

Wake me up when downstream processing isn’t a bottleneck.

Playing the violin as the ship sinks.

"Just running the 15 largest natural gas combined-cycle (NGCC) plants with [100%] hydrogen would require doubling current U.S. production and would replace less than 10% of the electricity now generated annually from natural gas." And only ONE of the touted "hydrogen capable"