Retro 2025
As I did last year, below is a collection of some startup & personal learnings from 2025.
Retro 2025
As I did last year, below is a collection of some startup & personal learnings from 2025.
The Productization of Vendors
Technology-intensive sectors (like Defense, Space, or Energy) will change drastically in the coming decades: from a top-down to a bottom-up approach. This is the productization of vendors.
The Productization of Vendors
Technology-intensive sectors (like Defense, Space, or Energy) will change drastically in the coming decades: from a top-down to a bottom-up approach. This is the productization of vendors.
Interval Operating
Sprint is quite simple. Well, it’s very technical of course, but the rules are straightforward. You have your track. You can see the finish line from the starting blocks. Everyone runs the same distance and starts when the starter's gun is fired. The objective is clear: you must be the first to cross the finish line.
Interval Operating
Sprint is quite simple. Well, it’s very technical of course, but the rules are straightforward. You have your track. You can see the finish line from the starting blocks. Everyone runs the same distance and starts when the starter's gun is fired. The objective is clear: you must be the first to cross the finish line.
The New Arms Race
Hard to achieve, and yet, closer than ever. We’re reaching a state where the line between what a machine can or cannot do is blurrier than ever.
The New Arms Race
Hard to achieve, and yet, closer than ever. We’re reaching a state where the line between what a machine can or cannot do is blurrier than ever.
Smaller, Better, Faster, Stronger
In many cases, smaller is better. I’m not writing this because I’m short, although it has some interesting advantages (like being able to fully extend your legs on a train). I’m writing this because this is a general rule that one can find in businesses, communities, policies, living things, and others. When you check around you, small things are generally more convenient, easier to move around, to change and modify, antifragile, more robust, stronger, or resilient.
Smaller, Better, Faster, Stronger
In many cases, smaller is better. I’m not writing this because I’m short, although it has some interesting advantages (like being able to fully extend your legs on a train). I’m writing this because this is a general rule that one can find in businesses, communities, policies, living things, and others. When you check around you, small things are generally more convenient, easier to move around, to change and modify, antifragile, more robust, stronger, or resilient.
#FuturOfFrance
There’s a funny meme in Decentralized Finance (DeFi) that refers to France due to a small typo during an interview. Instead of referring to the future of finance and DeFi, the interviewee said “future of France”, hence the tag #FutureOfFrance we often see on crypto-twitter. But I won’t be talking about DeFi today. I already did it here; I’ll talk about the real #FutureOfFrance. Despite France having many benefits (among them food, art, literature, music, etc) and a relatively strong economy, ...
#FuturOfFrance
There’s a funny meme in Decentralized Finance (DeFi) that refers to France due to a small typo during an interview. Instead of referring to the future of finance and DeFi, the interviewee said “future of France”, hence the tag #FutureOfFrance we often see on crypto-twitter. But I won’t be talking about DeFi today. I already did it here; I’ll talk about the real #FutureOfFrance. Despite France having many benefits (among them food, art, literature, music, etc) and a relatively strong economy, ...
Why Everybody Should Do Sport
Years ago, sports changed the course of my life, for the better. I invite you to read my previous article (The Obsessions Orchard) to understand better what happened. But anyway, here is the TL;DR: I was obsessed with becoming a fighter pilot and thus trained very hard for it. I did sports studies and passed the pilot's license exams to fly alone at 16. But then I realized I was too tall to become a fighter pilot, which would never change. Well, to be fair, I was too short (about 5mm too...
Why Everybody Should Do Sport
Years ago, sports changed the course of my life, for the better. I invite you to read my previous article (The Obsessions Orchard) to understand better what happened. But anyway, here is the TL;DR: I was obsessed with becoming a fighter pilot and thus trained very hard for it. I did sports studies and passed the pilot's license exams to fly alone at 16. But then I realized I was too tall to become a fighter pilot, which would never change. Well, to be fair, I was too short (about 5mm too...
The Obsessions Orchard
More than a decade ago, I became obsessed with one single thing. While obsession is often demonized, I think it leads to the most transformative experiences in life. Let me tell you why. Everything started when I was very young. Around 5 years old, I watched Star Wars for the first time. In fact, when I watched the first episode (episode IV), I instantly became a fan to the point I asked my parents to watch a part of every episode, every single day, every week for years. And this, again, and ...
The Obsessions Orchard
More than a decade ago, I became obsessed with one single thing. While obsession is often demonized, I think it leads to the most transformative experiences in life. Let me tell you why. Everything started when I was very young. Around 5 years old, I watched Star Wars for the first time. In fact, when I watched the first episode (episode IV), I instantly became a fan to the point I asked my parents to watch a part of every episode, every single day, every week for years. And this, again, and ...
An introduction to what Web3 and DeFi can bring to the world
Usually, people hearing the word “crypto” either associate it with pure speculation or with pseudo-crypto-influencers selling their umpteenth training course to get super rich super fast or, even worse, to entire pseudo-crypto-bank like FTX playing with billions of dollars. Mainstream media stop there because these are the juiciest things to talk about — headlines sell, knowledge does not —. This is heartbreaking knowing that an entire industry led by strong values (open-source, transparency,...
An introduction to what Web3 and DeFi can bring to the world
Usually, people hearing the word “crypto” either associate it with pure speculation or with pseudo-crypto-influencers selling their umpteenth training course to get super rich super fast or, even worse, to entire pseudo-crypto-bank like FTX playing with billions of dollars. Mainstream media stop there because these are the juiciest things to talk about — headlines sell, knowledge does not —. This is heartbreaking knowing that an entire industry led by strong values (open-source, transparency,...
If Warren Buffet were 30, he’d invest in climate
Although Finance has a bad notoriety, I work in the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) space. To understand why, you can read Why do I DeFi. In short, everyone would benefit from a fairer, more transparent, and more resilient financial system than the existing one. This bad notoriety does not come out of thin air. The sector is old, extractive, corrupted, and embracing the status quo. It’s also often blamed for contributing to Climate Change through investments in destructive solutions and services...
If Warren Buffet were 30, he’d invest in climate
Although Finance has a bad notoriety, I work in the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) space. To understand why, you can read Why do I DeFi. In short, everyone would benefit from a fairer, more transparent, and more resilient financial system than the existing one. This bad notoriety does not come out of thin air. The sector is old, extractive, corrupted, and embracing the status quo. It’s also often blamed for contributing to Climate Change through investments in destructive solutions and services...
