Author: mauro
Biodiversity technologies
A couple of months ago, I was trying to explain to Niklas Azinger from Infinita Fund why Bio Bureau, my company, wasn’t a fit for a health-tech event. I found…
You’ve gotta do what you’ve gotta do
I don’t like Accelerators (companies that, supposedly, help your startup), but can’t deny I learned 1-2 things from them. In 2015, Bio Bureau was invited to pitch at the Rio…
The best universities in the world
“Today, Brazil has the best universities in the world!” Domenico de Masi Ricardo Prado, Alex Pinheiro and I were somewhat astonished by Domenico De Masi’s statement. We had the pleasure…
Getting my audience back
In 2020, while listening to Anthony Pompliano live, something he said in reference to George Orwell’s ideas struck me: He who has the audience, has the power. To provide context,…
How many butterflies are worth an elephant?
The question poised by a consultant during a conversation, that would offend an lepidopterologist, is the key to answer another question: how do we fund more biodiversity molecular research? That…