jefflabScience Funding Needs Charter School AnalogyThe NIH is responsible for almost all the basic research funding in the USA. Each year they spend $37 billion[1]. It dwarfs all the…4 min read·Feb 12, 2019----
jefflabWhat if Christians volunteered to fund welfare?Rephrased: What if Christians replaced welfare with something better?5 min read·Dec 6, 2017----
jefflabIn the 1600’s, Boyle made an amazing wish list of 21 inventions he would like to see in the future.Personal notification when you are being irrational2 min read·Dec 6, 2017----
jefflabAndrew Carnegie’s “note to self”At age 33, Andrew Carnegie took an inventory of his own heart and wrote this note to himself:1 min read·Jul 29, 2017--1--1
jefflabInstacart Funding: What Am I Missing?A few days ago Instacart announced that they had raised $400M in additional funding. And it wasn’t from dumb money. They raised from the…3 min read·Jun 17, 2017--1--1
jefflabFaith and Work Small GroupTrae Stephens and I recently led a small group through our church (EpicSF), studying Faith and Work. Based on feedback, it seems like this…2 min read·Jan 3, 2017----
jefflabFree Startup Idea: Calendly for face-to-face meetingsIn many industries, the best way to sell to a customer is to visit their office. From what I can tell, none of the scheduling apps like…1 min read·Jan 3, 2017--1--1
jefflabNear-Sourcing: Bad idea or 20 years too early?It has become conventional wisdom that many of the ideas that failed in the 1999 bubble were actually good ideas, but too early. Since that…3 min read·Dec 31, 2016----
jefflabShould there be a “startup chaplain”?Great accelerators and venture funds like YCombinator and Andreessen Horowitz are designed to solve the common problems of starting a…5 min read·Sep 4, 2016--1--1