Andy Bloxam

Early-stage tech investor | Private Equity @Foresightgroup

[Rob Lennon 🗯 | AI Whisperer @thatroblennon]

Sorry introverts.

You need to be visible to be successful.

Here's how I do it.

13 ways to get comfortable with self-promotion:

[Robert W Malone, MD @RWMaloneMD]

Many have been asking for this. Pfizer adolescent Risk / benefit calculations based on official CDC data, forwarded to me by an actuary. Please prove these wrong?

[Graham Neary @GrahamNeary]

🧵 A thread on vaccines! 🧵

Many people have already taken the AstraZeneca vaccine, or want to take it.

So I thought I'd read its official Product Information file from the European Medicines Agency.

Some might call this "the small print".

Here is what I learned:

👇👇

[Georgia Ede MD @GeorgiaEdeMD]

Empowering study by @virtahealth finds improving metabolic health with low-carbohydrate nutrition dramatically reduces severity of #COVID-19 infections in people with type 2 diabetes. We are not passive Petri dishes--we have so much more control over our fate than we realize.

[Mike Hart, M.D @drmikehart]

It's very concerning that certain physicians appear to hoping and wishing that Ivermectin and Vitamin D are not helpful.

What's their motivation?

They would rather “be right” than have to admit that Ivermectin may have prevented countless deaths.

Ego is the enemy.

[Frank Mitloehner @GHGGuru]

That might be an interesting angle for @OurWorldInData, as they have depicted GHGs per food group in the past. Rather than impact per weight, calories, or even protein, we should look at essential nutrients and the related environmental externalities.

[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

A professional sports gambler used analytics to turn a $700,000 loan into more than $300 million.

This is the wild story 👇👇👇

[Shreyas Doshi @shreyas]

At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the British rowing team unexpectedly won the Men’s Eight Rowing gold medal.

One simple question was instrumental in their success.

“Will it make the boat go faster?”

This question could also be vital for your early-stage team & company.

1/15👇🏾

[immad @immad]

1/ Before writing a startup deck or pitching investors you should identify the nucleus of your story and how it could be a $1b+ company.

This should be a two sentence story that you then build the rest of your pitch around.

And you should truly believe in your story.

[Graham Neary @GrahamNeary]

Let me tell you a story. It's about six passenger flights from Wuhan that led to an unprecedented global disaster.

These six flights help to explain why the entire world was gripped by fear, with consequences that we'll be living with for many years to come.

Thread.

[Dr Zoe Harcombe, PhD @zoeharcombe]

“I found myself thinking why would NICE dismiss such a cheap, safe, and effective nutrient, which seems highly likely to help and does no harm.”

NICE, Vitamin D & Covid-19 – Zoë Harcombe https://t.co/oF8DiemBkF

[Foresight Group @ForesightGroup]

How is it possible to accurately replicate ‘true’ 3D audio using consumer electronic devices? Our latest blog explores just how portfolio company @Audioscenic’s software suite, Virtua, is changing the way we experience audio. Read more here: https://t.co/mpYLByamEl

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

New data: to reduce procrastination, answer these Qs 2x/day

(1) Emotion: how will you feel if you fall behind?
(2) Vision: what would a productive person do?
(3) Plan: what one thing can you do to finish on time?
(4) Progress: what's the next small step?

https://t.co/hfWlPMRjVr

[Andy Bloxam @andyblox]

Ivermectin. "The cure for COVID"? Really interesting interview and a big claim from a non profit group with lots of front line experience

[Tim Noakes @ProfTimNoakes]

Interesting opinions about Ivermectin from physician overwhelmed from treating massive number of COVID-19 deaths: "This is not the 'flu'". https://t.co/MhzK0ij1Fp

[Tim Spector MD (Prof) @timspector]

True asymptomatic cases will be underestimated in children but the Raw data unmodelled from ONS suggested positivity rates in children decreasing so the modelled graphs are unexplained IMO . Overall no clear evidence to support shutting all schools

[Luke Johnson @LukeJohnsonRCP]

Very good article/blog by a doctor - important reading https://t.co/YtJo96j37P

[James DiNicolantonio @drjamesdinic]

The modern mistakes of nutrition
1.Blaming salt for what sugar did.
2.Blaming fat for what carbs did.
3.Blaming butter for what margarine did.
4.Blaming ‘lack of will power’ for what junk food did.
5.Blaming cholesterol for what inflammation did.

[Andy Bloxam @andyblox]

"After working on the company for a year and getting no growth, they’d agreed to give it one last shot."

[Paul Graham @paulg]

If you want to understand Airbnb, it helps to understand its history: a discovery, followed by a year of grinding persistence, followed by explosive growth when they finally got everything right.

https://t.co/roYbZAZ1kR

[Andy Bloxam @andyblox]

"Three of the vaccine protocols—Moderna, Pfizer, and AstraZeneca—do not require that their vaccine prevent serious disease only that they prevent moderate symptoms"

[Dr Jonathan Engler MB ChB DipPharmMed LLB @jengleruk]

Some thoughts on vaccines for SARSCOV2.

So, trials for the current vaccine candidates would appear to have been designed to detect a reduction in symptoms only, as summarised here:

https://t.co/DqMCHfYAag

[Sammy Payne 🧚‍♀️ @SighSam]

Buy a bunch of amazing games to help fund bionic arms for people in need. @jinglejam you are incredible. #JingleJam2020 🎅🎄🦾💙