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Making Moonshots
In Making Moonshots, investor and operator Rahul Rana asks the question: Why should we live in a world of incremental scientific and technological progress when the human race has proven in past eras that we are capable of so much more?
The world faces major problems. It is time for conventional thinkers to stand aside and give way to the crazy ones, the contrarians, the radically creative geniuses who work outside the box to create massive breakthroughs. In what is both a prescription for building successful deeptech startups and a call to arms to generate highly moral, deeply influential solutions that will positively affect the lives of billions, this book will teach you:
The mindsets and philosophies of the greatest trailblazers of the past and present.
Actionable strategies fueled by moonshot thinking.
The complex ecosystem and all of its necessary moving parts for creating environments conducive to deeptech business operations.
A tangible and reasonable course for entrepreneurs that will result in sustainable profitability and extraordinary global-changing results.
Rana predicts a new golden age is about to erupt in modern times. Dare to dream bigger. Let's make some moonshots.
The world faces major problems. It is time for conventional thinkers to stand aside and give way to the crazy ones, the contrarians, the radically creative geniuses who work outside the box to create massive breakthroughs. In what is both a prescription for building successful deeptech startups and a call to arms to generate highly moral, deeply influential solutions that will positively affect the lives of billions, this book will teach you:
The mindsets and philosophies of the greatest trailblazers of the past and present.
Actionable strategies fueled by moonshot thinking.
The complex ecosystem and all of its necessary moving parts for creating environments conducive to deeptech business operations.
A tangible and reasonable course for entrepreneurs that will result in sustainable profitability and extraordinary global-changing results.
Rana predicts a new golden age is about to erupt in modern times. Dare to dream bigger. Let's make some moonshots.
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About the author
Rahul Rana
11 books2 followersRahul Rana is a venture builder and investor with specialties in finance and astrophysics. He works for Lux Capital, a $2.5bn deeptech venture capital firm.
He is the author of Making Moonshots—a deep dive into the mindsets, philosophies, and strategies conducive to building moonshot companies. "Moonshot company" entails three things: taking an advanced science or deep technology and using it in a radical solution to solve a big problem in the world.
He became intrigued by deeptech at an early age when he explored his father’s laboratory at the legendary Bell Labs. Rana has discovered the “ecosystem” of what makes a great moonshot company. He has transferred his fascination with researchers and startups that make giant leaps in scientific and technological progress into a prescription. His call to action for entrepreneurs is to embrace what appears at first glance to be impossible, but is actually quite practical when following the best mindsets and strategies harnessed by those who have come before.
In the past, Rahul has worked at SafeStamp—an anti-counterfeiting nanotech startup—and Knowt, an AI-powered app that turns notes into review quizzes, flashcards, and assignments. For both companies, Rahul worked in all things nontechnical (operations, sales, business development, marketing, finance, etc.). He also has worked at the Alchemist Accelerator and at Contrary Capital in content creation roles. Furthermore, Rahul also interned in the NJ-6 Congressional District Office doing public policy work.
He is the author of Making Moonshots—a deep dive into the mindsets, philosophies, and strategies conducive to building moonshot companies. "Moonshot company" entails three things: taking an advanced science or deep technology and using it in a radical solution to solve a big problem in the world.
He became intrigued by deeptech at an early age when he explored his father’s laboratory at the legendary Bell Labs. Rana has discovered the “ecosystem” of what makes a great moonshot company. He has transferred his fascination with researchers and startups that make giant leaps in scientific and technological progress into a prescription. His call to action for entrepreneurs is to embrace what appears at first glance to be impossible, but is actually quite practical when following the best mindsets and strategies harnessed by those who have come before.
In the past, Rahul has worked at SafeStamp—an anti-counterfeiting nanotech startup—and Knowt, an AI-powered app that turns notes into review quizzes, flashcards, and assignments. For both companies, Rahul worked in all things nontechnical (operations, sales, business development, marketing, finance, etc.). He also has worked at the Alchemist Accelerator and at Contrary Capital in content creation roles. Furthermore, Rahul also interned in the NJ-6 Congressional District Office doing public policy work.
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January 21, 2021
A great book exploring why society needs moonshots and why you should be the one to make them. I especially enjoyed the Philosophy chapter as well as all the hundreds of examples and mini-stories of moonshots and their founders that are given throughout the book. The author clearly did his research.
January 26, 2021
This book was one of my favorite reads as it was inspiring to see such a young author hold such a rich knowledge of the start-up world. The variety of primary sources embedded in the book makes for an interesting perspective on VC and is quite educational for the reader. I would highly recommend this book to anyone curious and willing to take a deep dive into the VC world.
March 2, 2021
Amazing book full of actionable advice and compelling philosophies! Rahul is an incredible author and makes you feel his same passion for moonshots. Will definitely anticipate more moonshots being created after this :)
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