Torsten Kolind
@tkolind
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Geothermal energy investor at Underground Ventures. Co-Founder of YouNoodle in California. Angel investor in women's health startups.
San Francisco, CA
Joined February 2009
From outer to inner space Hotter is better for geothermal power. But the electronics needed to drill directional wells dies above 200°C Leveraging extreme space exploration technology, Hephae will double the efficiency of geothermal and make it cheaper than natural gas by going
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🌋Join us for Ripple roundtable 'Geothermal Energy: Hype or Happening? Learn why geothermal might beat wind & solar' Run by: @tkolind, @undergv & Tove Lilliestierna, Exascale Fund 🔗 https://t.co/QsfSnzCdF1
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I interviewed 12 very successful founders about how they developed leadership skills? The answers surprised me…Nope, not HBS, McKinsey or training programs. The answer was that they had to organize volunteers at a young age. Some led church groups, student orgs, local
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"U.S. policy with respect to Gaza will be determined by our assessment of Israel’s immediate action on these steps."
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Women make up half of our population but women’s health research has been understudied and underfunded. That’s why I’m signing an Executive Order to ensure women’s health is prioritized across the federal research portfolio and budget.
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Underground Ventures will invest $40m in early-stage geothermal tech startups over the next 3-5 years, with the goal to advance fossil-free geothermal energy. As far as we know, UGV is the world's first investment firm specializing in geothermal tech https://t.co/n9cbjyv9uh
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🚨New York Times poll confirms it…again. I defeat Joe Biden by double digits in a general election matchup, while Trump is barely outside the margin of error…again. Haley: 45% ✅ Biden: 35% Trump: 48% ❌ Biden: 43%
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Estonia, Denmark and Lithuania are the biggest supporters of Ukraine per share of GDP. Thank you, dear friends #StopRussia #StandWithUkraine
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Building a business is hard. Building a business is hard. Building a business is hard. Building a business is hard. Building a business is hard. Don't even try if you expect otherwise.
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OMG fake women conference speakers, that's some next level diversity washing! (via @halletecco)
Which conference? Well, where Anna Boyko, Staff engineer at Coinbase and Ethereum core contributor is a speaker. Her. She doesn’t exist. Except as a listed speaker at a prominent online conference!
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BREAKING Preben Bang oplyser til @PernilleVermund , at man kan brænde en koran trykt af et ikke godkendt islamisk trossamfund Smuthul som regeringen ikke har spottet. Og desuden træls for @Politiforbundet For hvem ved hvilke islamiske organisationer, der er godkendt?
Snart klar til 1. behandling og debat om #koranlov Status #dkpol
@alternativet_ er gået til nej Kritikken fra @amnestydk @justitiaorg og især også @LouiseHolck og @menneskeret er stadig relevant trods justering. Jeg sidder klar til ❓fra #dkmedier Tråden opdateres live!
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So much fun to talk startup culture do's and don'ts in Valencia!
We continue at the Ecosystem Stage by @Startup_VLC! 👋 🔛 'Building a Resilient Startup Culture: Embracing Change and Adaptation' with Adrián Heredia from @Byld_CVB, @faloppad from @equidam and @tkolind from @YouNoodl. Moderated by Fran Piera from @SuccessfulSPV
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A fast-growing humanitarian crisis has erupted in southern Gaza, which is being inundated by hundreds of thousands of displaced people who fled northern Gaza in the past day alone, according to the UN.
nytimes.com
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from northern Gaza have left their homes in the past day alone. The U.N. warned the territory was in danger of running out of water.
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fun fact: Danish AI language models are being trained with a data set that leans heavily on an early-internet web forum for….horse enthusiasts wrote a lil newsletter about the Danish phenomenon of Heste-Nettet, aka “The Horse Net” https://t.co/jfBkP65Lbo
bloomberg.com
I learned that Danish AI language models are being trained on data about horses. But first...
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Glad to announce that after the meeting I hosted with @RTErdogan & @SwedishPM, President Erdogan has agreed to forward #Sweden's accession protocol to the Grand National Assembly ASAP & ensure ratification. This is an historic step which makes all #NATO Allies stronger & safer.
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