Technical, Macro, and Marketing Musings
There’s 200,000 new apps that come out each month, but very few will be successful. There’s 8–10 genetic marker tests that come out each day, very few if any are decipherable/can be tied to as an indicator of disease. There’s ~60k genetic tests on the market. 3000 types of steel exist, and 80% of them […]
Kumar ThanguduAt the zero to x stage of a web venture, I only care about 3 types of analytics/custom reports. Scroll Depth — I want to know how far down the page the user is scrolling. Referral Links — I want to know which full referral links are driving the most converting traffic. This allows me to give […]
Kumar ThanguduMy friend Alexander Girau at advanotech gave me a quick primer on Proteins, Sugars, and Fats. I found this relevant as I began exploring ketosis and veganism last year out of curiosity. Figured I’d share it here: Proteins (amimo acids): 8/9 (one is isomeric) essential (for humans) amino acids associated with making proteins. 20/21 common amino acids […]
Kumar ThanguduMy Fascination With Mega Research InitiativesI like reading biotech research and how the industry brings products to market. I discovered something unusual about the mega-initiatives that try to tackle some of humanity’s biggest diseases. Some Recent Mega Initiatives by Powerful Billionaires I was thinking about this a lot lately as the news has seen rise […]
Kumar ThanguduI regularly think about how anthropogenic(man-made) climate disasters will wake and accelerate the spread of the next influenza pandemic.(Every 68 years influenza pandemics repeat themselves in the pattern H2, H3, H1) I spent some time yesterday pondering what would be necessary to quickly blitzkrieg carbon emissions and buy humanity time to research battery chemistry and […]
Kumar ThanguduSocial Icons: — 10 minutes Include the app’s twitter and facebook icon on your landing page. The best mobile app pages have it. Multi-Platform: — 10 Minutes If you’re on a single platform, then be sure to create lead capture for the other so that way when you launch multi-platform you’re in front of the […]
Kumar ThanguduIf I was betting the future on genetics, I might hold on to my money til it gets extremely cheap to do full exome sequencing and medical records aggregation. There’s probably going to be 20-40 companies doing both of these things. (Full exome sequencing and medical records aggregation). In the interim, I’d focus on methodologies that […]
Kumar Thangudutldr: There are highly addressable issues that would move the needle for the Black Lives Matter movement. I outline one here: Debtor Prisons. The American Football Star Who Protested Racial InjusticeColin Kaepernick recently kneeled at the national anthem to raise awareness of social injustice toward black people in the USA and at large. He’s a National Football […]
Kumar ThanguduUse Instapage.com + FlatIcon.com Saves time + Testimonial Saves money + Testimonials Fear of missing out/industrial Grade Benefits Claim + testimonial Email 3 friends and ask for feedback/critique and ask if it makes sense? Edit Your Page based on feedback. Repeat steps through 1-3 a few times. Once you’ve repeated….. Go to GoodUI.org and benchmark […]
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