Dec 5, 2019
Frank Gruber catches up with John Guidos and the two discuss Frank’s recent trip to Chicago where he was the keynote speaker at the NASA iTech event and his reconnecting with Jonathan Ozeran at Tempus. There’s a lot to celebrate this time around, so they discuss some of those latest happenings. The discussion was loosely based on the latest newsletter which is shared below.
I was in sweet home Chicago last week to speak at the NASA
iTech event. It was great to be back in my hometown to share and
debunk “Startup Myths” with this keynote talk. While in
town I also caught up with Jonathan Ozeran at Tempus. We reconnected over my last
email update and he invited me over to show me around. Tempus is a
technology company that has built the world’s largest library of
clinical and molecular data and an operating system to make that
information accessible and useful for patients, physicians, and
researchers. I got a tour of the Tempus office which is in the old
Montgomery Wards building which is also home to Groupon and
others. It’s pretty impressive to see the labs and medical work
being done by a startup in a corporate environment. While the
facilities were impressive, it was a simple sign in the men’s
restroom that explained the importance of “daily gratitude” that
left the most lasting impression of this company in my mind.
Gratitude can change everything. What are you thankful
for?
Lots of exciting news and articles this time so get ready… here.
we. go!!!
Celebrating (People in My Network)
—Gavin Purcell is taking
over as showrunner at ‘Tonight’ show for John Bell who is
leaving NBC.
—Meredith Fineman on the pre-order of her new book
titled, Brag
Better: Master the Art of Fearless
Self-Promotion coming out in May 2020. Learn how to talk
about your accomplishments and champion yourself – because no one
is going to tell your story for you.
—Aubrie Pagano the co-founder of Bow
& Drape on her company being acquired by Win Brands
Group.
—Max Crowley on cofounding the new beverage bar and app called
Bandit which is currently serving customers in midtown
Manhattan.
—Arlan Hamilton of Backstage Capital also has a book coming out in
May 2020 titled, It’s
About Damn Time: How To Turn Being Underestimated Into Your
Greatest Advantage.
—Emily Slade and her co-founders Kobie Fuller and Lamer Walker on
the launch of Valence, a new tech
platform and community focused on connecting Black professionals
globally with mentorship, job opportunities, and capital.
—Leslie Jump on her company Different Funds with support from
Schmidt Futures announces
a new effort to increase capital for scientific
entrepreneurs.
—Erik Hersman launches BRCK,
free Wi-Fi, in South Africa.
—Maya Baratz is helping to bring Founders
Factory to the US with NYC version.
—Steve Jang and Kanyi Maqubela launch a new firm, Kindred
Ventures, to form and fund startups.
—Eric Lunt is joining
VSCO the photography app and community as Director of
Engineering in Chicago.
—Jamie Amaral on the launch of the children’s clothing
brand, The Simple
Folk, offering organic and high quality play clothes for the
wild-hearted minimalist.
Listening
My personal podcast, Somewhat
Frank, is back! Special thanks to my old friend and
colleague Johnny “Goodtimes” Guidos for his help in the refreshed
new podcast format and co-hosting the show with me. If you haven’t
heard it before take a listen on Apple or Google or
wherever you listen to Podcasts. We’ll be talking more depth about
some of the things I’m highlighting in these updates.
Reading
Has time changed?
—The 2010s Have Broken Our Sense Of
Time
Another way to fast.
—‘Dopamine
fasting’ is a new Silicon Valley trend, but some people are already
taking it too far
Alone time is important.
—Why
You Should Find Time to Be Alone With Yourself
Grabbing drinks may be a thing of the past.
—Alcohol consumption will soon
follow smoking and meat-eating in becoming a social evil
Great insights on how Dick’s Sporting Goods turned from mom and
pop shop to larger retailer.
—Why
Ed Stack of Dick’s Sporting Goods stood up to the gun lobby
Automated home systems are not uncompromisable.
—Siri,
Google Assistant, and Amazon Alexa can be hijacked with a $14 laser
pointer to open garage doors, start cars, and shop online
Katie Couric talks with Dr. Hyman who equated Impossible Burgers
to Twinkies.
—Are Impossible
Burgers healthy?
This is not to be ignored.
—More
than 11,000 scientists declare a “climate emergency”
4 Day work week anyone?
—Microsoft
experimented with a 4-day workweek, and productivity jumped by
40%
Unlimited means unlimited!!!
—AT&T
Fined $60M for Throttling Unlimited Data Plans
Congrats to our 2019 Startup of the Year!
—This
Military Captain Is Changing The World With 3D Printing
Technology
Robot delivery is invading college campuses.
—Burrito
Delivered by Bot, as Long as Students Don’t Trap
Don’t drink the water on airplanes!
—Water
on most US airlines is unsafe says study
And so it begins.
—Japan
approved experiments that would allow for animal-human hybrids to
be born for the first time ever
Breast cancer drug could be on it way
—How A Trial Vaccine Helped Wipe
Out A Woman’s Breast Cancer In 7 Months
Scary stuff.
—China
is exporting killer drone robots to Mideast
This is motivating for anyone who’s younger than 82 years
old and hasn’t gotten their plunkers going to pedal one
million miles yet – there is still time!
—He’s
done it! 82-year-old cyclist ‘overwhelmed’ as he hits one million
miles
Eureka!
—Blind Man Sees
Birthday Candles Again Thanks To Bionic Eye
Watching
With the launch of Disney+ this past week coupled with a bunch of
travel without Wi-Fi, I had a chance to catch up
on Mandalorian, the new
original Star Wars series. It is well done and I highly recommend
it. I don’t want to spoil it so I’ll leave it at that. And of
course, we’re going to see Frozen 2 today
with our little one because it has been a long-awaited return
to the big screen for this epic Disney tale of mystery and
adventure.
Traveling
In the last three weeks, I’ve been in DC, Chicago, Shreveport,
Atlanta, and Philly. The next couple of weeks I’ll be in warmer
weather in southwest Florida, before retreating to southern Maine
to take in the annual Christmas Prelude – so
if you’re going to be in the area too, please let me know.
Thank you for listening and remember, as Frank always says, “Sharing is caring. Positive vibes only. Bring happiness to life. I’m thankful for you.”
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