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While not as famous as Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos, Tobias Lutke is nevertheless a significant and growing figure in big tech. Lutke isn’t known best for a tech product, but for his e-commerce site, Shopify. No, not Spotify: Shopify, an innovative e-commerce platform that allows point-of-sale systems and online retailers to access […]

As an Ashton Kutcher fan, you may think you know all about him from TV, movies, and the tabloids. There is a lot more to this celebrity than meets the eye and we’ll break it down here. Aside from acting, Ashton is also a businessman, investor, and multimillionaire. We certainly shouldn’t leave out the fact […]

Whether you’re familiar with Nvidia or have no idea what a GPU does, Jensen Huang has undoubtedly done something to make your life easier. Jensen is an award-winning businessman and tech titan well worth taking knowing. Our detailed biography walks you through his early life, examines his successful career, highlights his greatest professional accomplishments, and […]

Linus Benedict Torvalds is a Finnish-American software engineer. He is best known for being the creator of the Linux Operating System. He was born in Helsinki, Finland on the 28th of December 1969. Though Finnish by birth he later became a naturalized American citizen.  Linus Torvalds has made significant contributions to computing through the creation […]

Larry Page, One of Google’s Co-founders, has made quite the remarkable living as a business magnate, a computer scientist, and an internet entrepreneur. But who is he, exactly? What did he accomplish? What is he known best for? Not to mention, what does his personal life look like? We’ll delve into all these more in […]

In a recent podcast interview on the Full Send Podcast, Elon Musk discusses something that sounds straight out of a sci-fi film: space internet! While this technology may sound a bit far-fetched, it’s in use now. Elon Musk thinks that not enough people are talking about how amazing it is. Watch Elon discuss space-based internet […]

Elon Musk is well-known for his memes, crazy ideas, and massively successful companies. In a recent interview on the Full Send Podcast, Musk talks about everything from his insane house parties to his mission to colonize Mars (plus a TON of other stuff). Let’s hear him discuss his plan to colonize Mars using unique technology: […]

Elon Musk is known for his online presence and sense of humor, even if it has gotten him in trouble a few times! In a recent interview on the Full Send Podcast, Musk finds himself talking about one of the houses he lives at and the street’s name. From what he says, he may just […]

In a recent episode of the Full Send Podcast, Elon Musk spent some time talking about something that he could be considered an expert on: aliens! During a portion of the episode, Musk spends time talking about aliens and their paradoxes, The Great Filter, and a lot more. Let’s break it down here. Elon Musk […]

In a recent podcast interview, Elon Musk opened up about his business and personal life in a way that has rarely been seen. The Full Send Podcast episode with Elon Musk covers everything from space, new technology, smoking weed, and even house parties! During a portion of the episode, Musk talks about the house parties […]

Key Points: Alfred Smee published a series of books pioneering the topic of electro-biology. While working at the Bank of England, Smee developed a new long-lasting writing ink suitable for banknotes, and created the precise printing method for cheques and banknotes to prevent damage or splitting. Legend has it that Alfred Smee was the first […]

Key Points Albert Ludlum was an American engineer and inventor born in 1867. He is most famous for a calculator that he invented in 1887 called The Adding and Writing Machine. He also held patents in the dredging and mining industries. Who was Albert C. Ludlum?  Born in 1867, Albert C. Ludlum was an American […]

In a recent podcast episode, Elon Musk, in typical fashion, broadly covers topics as disparate as SpaceX, marijuana, the Russian war, and everything in between. The podcast (known as the Full Send Podcast) has already received nearly 10 million views on YouTube, immediately showing its success. Let’s break down a segment in the podcast where […]

In a recent podcast episode on the Full Send Podcast, Elon Musk talked, about space, technology, aliens, and even Russia! During the conversation, Musk ended up joking about the country currently at war with Ukraine, and how things might get dicey if he ever planned a visit. Let’s find out why Musk might be nervous […]

Elon Musk is fast becoming one of the most famous people in the world. The billionaire entrepreneur has created some of the largest and most successful companies in the United States, while at the same time cultivating a unique fan-following of people who enjoy his work. Recently, Musk was invited to the Full Send Podcast, […]

Key Points Although he was born in Indiana, Brainard’s love of adventure led him to California, where he decided to settle. He occupied quite a few roles in his time. He was a business manager, then an agricultural company manager, before starting his own concern. In 1888, he became Folsom State Prison Secretary and worked […]

Key Points Athanasius Kircher was a Germa scholar born in 1602. He is most famous for inventing a new way of deciphering hieroglyphics, which he named The llullistic Method . He had several other inventions, including a projector and a megaphone. Who was Athanasius Kircher? Athanasius Kircher was a German Jesuit scholar and polymath who […]

Key Points: Besides adding machines, Stark created inventions from several industries. His second adding machine had a finger-key representing each numbered digit. The nine key was actually a fixed key. The American Andrew Stark (1852-1920) from Chicago was a prolific inventor from the late 1800s and early 1900s. He was a holder of quite a […]

Key Points: Alonzo Johnson, a machinist from Springfield, Massachusetts, is a holder of two U.S. patents for calculating devices. The second calculating device was a brass, wood, and steel device used to add numbers up to 99. House also held patents for a nut lock, a spindle fastener machine for slitting lock nuts, car brakes, […]

Key Points Aaron Hatfield was an American inventor and watchmaker who was born in Pennsylvania in 1819. Aaron Hatfield was most famous for his disc-shaped adding machine. He also invented several other devices, including pruning shears and a bag holder. Aaron Hatfield married, had two children, and died in 1898. Who is Aaron Hatfield? Aaron […]

Key Point Dr. Alexander John Thompson was a statistician. Dr. A. J. Thompson started his table of logarithms project in 1922. Dr. A. J. Thompson entered the civil service where he served in several governments. Who was Dr. Alexander John Thompson? Dr. Alexander John Thompson was a statistician born in 1885 in Plaistow, Essex, England. […]

Who is Reed Hastings? Reed Hastings is an American entrepreneur from Boston, Massachusetts. While he has been involved in several businesses, his most famous contribution is co-founding Netflix and leading the media-streaming company as CEO since 1998, He’s well-known for his unique leadership style and success in entrepreneurism. Explore the early life, career, and achievements […]

Who is Mark Zuckerberg? Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American billionaire best known for co-founding and leading Meta Platforms, known in the past as Facebook. Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard University after his sophomore year to concentrate on his entrepreneurial goals instead of completing his education. In just a few years, the college dropout became […]

Early Life Benjamin Abraham Horowitz was born in London, England on June 13, 1966. However, he was raised in Berkeley, California by his mother, Elissa Krauthamer, and his father, David Horowitz. His father was a conservative author and policy advocate. Aside from an unusual place of birth for an American, Horowitz lived a fairly normal […]