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We can improve democracy TODAY. Will we?

When democracy was ‘invented’ in Greece, citizens (but just the free ones) of the Polis, the city, would join together at the Ágora, a hill outside Athens, to discuss matters of the interest of the society and vote to create policies (named after the Polis). Every citizen (again, just the free ones) had a voice […]

What does it take to break the mold?

I recently read and interesting article about the impact that successful exits can create for innovation ecosystem of an entire region. In that case, the Middle East. Breaking the Mold: Can the MENA Region Be a Leader in Inclusive Capital? Fouders and employees of a sucessfully exited company become new founders and investors, starting a […]

Suggestion for George Church’s next company

This NYT article about Colossal amazes me for 3 reasons: The audacity of George Church’s initiatives His ability to convince other people to invest high amounts of money in his bold initiatives The risk tolerance of the venture capital ecosystem in the US Initiatives like Colossal, Nebula Genomics and Warp BioDrive (just to mention two of his other companies that I follow/ed […]

About me

Scientist and serial entrepreneur. Professor of Biophysics at UFRJ and founder of Bio Bureau, Mobile Brain and Genecoin. Works with and writes about #biotechnology, #biodiversity, # innovation, #science, #digitization, #entrepreneurship and #bitcoin. Carried out the first successful scientific crowdfunding in Brazil and wants to help young scientists become entrepreneurs. In 2014, was selected for the […]

The Bitcoin Flavor

How does bitcoin taste? I’m a biotech scientist and a bitcoin enthusiast. For quite some time now I’ve been wanting to get more involved in the bitcoin movement in other ways that are not hodling but how could a biotech scientist contribute to it? After listening to Mike’s interview in the Pomp Podcast and learning […]