Cole Van Vlack

[Cole Van Vlack @cvanvlack]

A small @hardtechhappyhr reminder: some of the best hard-tech conversations do not need a stage.

They just need the right people in the room.

That’s the spirit of our bowling night. It’s intentionally casual.

You’ll probably end up talking about customer discovery in one lane, firmware in another, and prototype headaches over rented shoes.

Exactly as it should be. If that sounds like your kind of evening, come out and join us.

https://t.co/vkFXfzsYkA

Can't make this event? Subscribe to our event calendar for more: https://t.co/M8YqxQNOZq

[Jesse Rodgers @jrodgers]

Universities used to enable this by accident.

Labs open. Doors unlocked. Too thin to police everything.

That accident was generative.

Add oversight and the unlocked door quietly closes.

https://t.co/FSdcGAhmH0

[Cole Van Vlack @cvanvlack]

Can't wait to meet more of the builders. Come join us!

[Hard Tech Happy Hour @hardtechhappyhr]

Come join us for the next hard tech happy hour!

Where scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs who build in hard tech get together and connect.

https://t.co/efULPn7Msf

[Hard Tech Happy Hour @hardtechhappyhr]

Come join us for the next hard tech happy hour!

Where scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs who build in hard tech get together and connect.

https://t.co/efULPn7Msf

[Cole Van Vlack @cvanvlack]

@andfanilo @langchain @streamlit Any thoughts on how to deal with tables? Direct to text is poor because you lose the structural relationship between the rows and columns. Having a similar challenge right now.

[Cole Van Vlack @cvanvlack]

@PeterAttiaMD Looks like others are catching on to relative risk vs absolute risk (the hovertext has quite the punchline as well).

https://t.co/RUbmgyzH5c

[Cole Van Vlack @cvanvlack]

@jmwind Thoughts in infrastructure investment in the 0-1 phase, compared to 1-N? The advice here implies to ignore it...

https://t.co/drAKrOLxKW

[Jean-Michel Lemieux @jmwind]

Another common question I’m answering working with scaling tech companies is…

Q. How much of your r&d spend should be focused on platform work?

A. 50%, and most teams are way off what it should be. Let me explain…🧵 (1/21)

[Cole Van Vlack @cvanvlack]

@barrettjoneill Pictures are great but rewatching the videos is way better. Take more videos. Also, it never “gets easier” it just gets hard in different ways.

[Cole Van Vlack @cvanvlack]

@theallinpod, good discussion on social media vs sugar vs tobacco wrt kids. One difference: Insta is free. Eventually my kids run out of money for candy. Vastly changes amount of consumption.

[Axios @axios]

France granted citizenship to 12,000 COVID frontline workers this week in a show of gratitude for their efforts and sacrifices.

https://t.co/2yJluElvOk

[Cole Van Vlack @cvanvlack]

Pretty amazing! @friedberg, you have talked about nuclear on the @theallinpod. Is fusion next?

[Steve Jurvetson @FutureJurvetson]

One big step for fusion energy — one giant leap for humankind

Step 1: Manufacture 20 Tesla HTS magnet ✅
Step 2: Put 18 magnets in fusion reactor with 10x energy generation
Step 3: Build 10,000 reactors to replace coal plants in place

Commonwealth today: https://t.co/PyOBurkiwi

[Peter H. Diamandis, MD @PeterDiamandis]

These 7 business models will rule the next decade.

Thread.

🧵

[Cole Van Vlack @cvanvlack]

@mikeyk just finished Making of PoP after hearing you recommend it on Starting Greatness with @m2jr. Great recommendation. Hearing his uncertainty in real-time is surprisingly comforting when starting something new.

[Cole Van Vlack @cvanvlack]

@Alex_Danco Just read your article on the Canadian Start-up Scene. Any communities you can point to that are getting things right for a founder who wants to be around other builders with the right mindset?

[Cole Van Vlack @cvanvlack]

@resocoder, I think I got it most of the way there. DM and I can get you the updates.

[Cole Van Vlack @cvanvlack]

Hey @resocoder, I loved the DDD series! It's the only tutorial I have seen that doesn't couple firebase_auth right into the presentation layer. Any chance of updating the code to the latest packages?

[Cole Van Vlack @cvanvlack]

@tferriss - @StoryPeople is perfect for people allergic to poetry. I think Calvin and Hobbes would have read it. It's whimsical, funny, innocent, hopeful and bittersweet.

This one is from "Trusting Soul".

[StoryPeople @StoryPeople]

I wish you could have been there for the sun & the rain & the long, hard hills. For...#SOTD https://t.co/AKq9hJnT7a

[Cole Van Vlack @cvanvlack]

@PeterAttiaMD @tferriss Great interview! Would love to hear more about being amazing at your career and being amazing as a dad.