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Why Is A Tiny Startup Prometheus Able To Succeed Where Google Has Failed?
Prometheus is not the first startup to take on the problem, but they seem to be the first to to make fuel-from-air cost effective.
They take water and carbon, and using a chemical reaction convert this mixture to alcohol. Then, and this is their secret sauce, instead of using a traditional thermal process which requires a lot of energy, Prometheus is converting this alcohol at room temperature, using electricity and a carbon nanotube membrane, yielding fuel at a much cheaper cost.
Note: This technical explanation to why Prometheus is able to do what Google has not comes from the Prometheus CEO's recent post on Hacker News
What’s A More Scalable Approach To Make An Impact?
It works better to get real than to get focused. Do less, but better. Think small and increment yourself there. Too often, we want to talk about abstracts and be inside our heads.
What Was Alex's Husband View On Her Blog?
He was very supporting and encouraged her to go 110% on it, to make sure that it would turn into a valuable business, instead of slow-burn her time.
How Is Yoni Trying To Broaden The Distribution Of His Content?
He is looking for a way to have the notes translated and accessible for non-English speakers. Even though the translation tools do not provide a 100% fluid translation of the notes correctly, people will still be able to understand most of the content when translated.
What Is Olin College?
A new engineering college in Needham, Massachusetts that was started to revolutionize engineering education. They teach engineers to be entrepreneurial.
How Long Should You Hustle Through Life?
Having a baby gave Anthony Armendariz a reality check and a reminder that investing in his relationship with his wife and his baby is so much more rewarding that hustling for his business. At the end of the day, being a happy person makes him a better boss, and creates a net-positive outcome for his company.
Why Is Earnin Able To Provide Flexible Play At No Cost When Others Charge Outrageous Fees?
Earnin is using the smart phone to analyze whether their users are actually working or not, and therefore able to trust their users to pay the money back. Traditional loan businesses have no visibility like that and therefore have to charge very high fees to pad their loses.
Can A Healthy Lifestyle Hurt You?
Kevin once experiences liver pain, and found that he had too many liver enzymes. It turns out that Kevin’s excessive consumption of sage, which helps eliminate stress, had begun to damage his liver in combination with alcohol.
What's It Like Building This In La?
It's fantastic:
1. Great weather
2. Hollywood fashion
3. Talent in many dimensions.
4. Great tech scene
Why Did You Stop Playing Poker?
When and why did you decide to stop playing it? Weren't you making great amounts of money?
Bernard shares how it became more difficult to earn money as the US government passed laws that made illegal to gamble online.
How Profitable Is Carrd?
At the time of this episode, Carrd was making about 25 to 30 thousand USD every month.
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