P.S. You Should Know... | Issue #377
P.S. You Should Know... | Issue #377
Gone fishin'
my story 🚀
🛻 On my road trip from Austin to Chicago, I had a chance to swing by Iowa to go fishing with Teeg, one of my new CatchCo colleagues. He gave me a spectacular introduction to both fishing and our product. Sadly, the fish were not biting that day, but there will surely be a next time. In other news, our trusty Ford truck made it all the way to Chicago, passing the 90k mile mark on the way, before a mechanical failure sent her to the shop. She’s back on the road and we’re heading to Wisconsin for an annual dads + kids camping trip this weekend. Happy father’s day!
fun facts 🙌
Pretty Runaway, the headbanging horse. Worth watching. ~ learn more
Dealership sells car out from under woman who brought it in for repairs. It feels like there’s more to the story here, but it’s certainly a weird occurrence. ~ learn more
oh, chicago 🏆
Car drives into a West Town storefront. Driver & passenger run away (on camera). I wonder if the car was stolen? Just kidding, almost certainly it was. ~ learn more
tech, startups, internet ⚡
China’s Kuaishou Technology crushes AI video. “Kling has the ability to create two-minute videos in crystal-clear 1080p resolution at 30 frames per second, while faithfully replicating real-world physics.” ~ watch video
Dyno Therapeutics: the capsids you need. A long and detailed post about Dyno Therapeutics, a startup that’s using AI to iterate on capsid (viral protein shell) designs to serve as gene therapy delivery vessels. “In order to understand all of this, I’ve spoken with many of the company’s co-founders and investors, visited their labs, read every paper they’ve published, and reviewed countless private and public materials on the company.” ~ learn more
Founder vs investor. An interview with Elizabeth Zalman and Jerry Neumann. “Together, they have written a somewhat contentious book called Founder vs Investor that lays bare the relationship at the core of most new businesses. They take specific moments in a start-up’s life up to IPO and share their experiences on the friction that inevitably appears. In our conversation, we discuss the strong reaction to the book, the incentive problem at the root of the relationship, and explore best practices for other founders and VCs to follow.” ~ learn more
under the microscope 🔬
Genetic drift. “Scientists have identified a new member on the genetic family tree of an endangered pupfish native to south-central New Mexico.” They think the origin of the new species is genetic drift, not natural selection. “Genetic drift results from the random inheritance of different genes from an organism's parents. Natural selection, by contrast, occurs when populations within a species change over time due to adaptation to diverse habitats.” ~ learn more
profiles of people 🚶
Big shot: David Rubenstein. “As a co-founder of The Carlyle Group, one of the globe's top private equity firms, David's journey from a Baltimore kid with big dreams to a presidential advisor and business mogul is truly inspiring.” ~ learn more