Major breakthroughs require commitment, time, and the resources to go the distance. — Rony Abovitz is a serial tech entrepreneur and visionary. He co-founded MAKO Surgical in 2004 — a robotics company specialising in manufacturing surgical robotic arm assistance technology utilised by hospitals worldwide. MAKO was acquired by Stryker Corporation in 2013 for $1.65 billion. Abovitz went on to found Magic Leap —…

“The number one determinant of entrepreneurial success is persistence. If you are not prepared to go to superhuman levels that are beyond rationality to realize your dream, then your chance of finding success is virtually zero.” Chris Barton The story of Shazam is one of pure innovation, foresight, and friendship…

And the founding story of Wired by Louis Rossetto — “Kevin (Kelly) is the very definition of contrarian,” Wired co-founder Louis Rossetto tells me, ahead of my interview with the great man himself. I had reached out to Louis to ask what I should talk to Kevin about — what was something that I couldn’t possibly know but should definitely…

82 Books with BAME Leads — A few years ago, I saw the above post by Nicola Washington, where she asked her followers to recommend books which feature BAME characters, thus creating a wonderful resource filled with excellent books for our kids’ libraries. So I decided to put all these recommendations in one place and…

“I always think it’s important that people understand what something is. And I’m really not sure the average person can tell you what the metaverse is.” Tim Cook, Apple This week, I wanted to try something different with the newsletter.* I wanted to theme it and I decided upon “The Metaverse” simply because I think it is hugely misunderstood and something we can dive deeper into, together. Whilst I don’t claim to be an expert in this area, I…

Interview with Lynda Weinman, co-founder of Lynda.com —

Interview with Riva-Melissa Tez — Riva-Melissa Tez is one of my favourite people on the internet. She studied Philosophy at UCL before digging deeper into technology and engineering, and starting the Berlin Singularity. She also co-founded Permutation Ventures — an early stage VC fund which focused on AI startups and, most recently, worked with Jim…

Rana el Kaliouby is co-founder and CEO of Affectiva, a software company that builds artificial intelligence that understands human emotions and cognitive states and activities by analyzing facial and vocal expressions. The company was spun out of the MIT Media Lab with Rana and professor Rosalind Picard as co-founders. A…

And why founders should write more — Storytelling is our speciality. It’s the basis for everything we do as a species. Yuval Noah Harari In the Beginning As far back as I can recall, I have loved hearing people’s stories. Learning how interesting and successful people got to where they are; the paths they took, the challenges they faced, and…