Archive - 1517 Fund

Why Bell Labs Worked.

Or, how MBA culture killed Bell Labs

May 11 •

April 2025

1517 Garage Science: Flux Capacitor Applications to Open April 23

Bureaucratic science excels at refining what’s known, but it’s ill-suited for the frontier, where the rules aren’t yet written. Time to lift the garage…

Apr 7 •

March 2025

Inside v. Outside Context Problems.

Or, why smart people are bad at making predictions about the future.

Mar 14 •

August 2024

On regret, in life and business.

Examining an incredibly dis-empowering word

Aug 10, 2024 •

Alex Schwarzkopf

July 2024

1517's Teen Fall Camp is back! So back!

Jul 18, 2024 •

Danielle Strachman

and

June 2024

Flux Capacitor Cohort Release

We kicked off the Flux cohort, by backing renegade scientists working on nerve regeneration, hydrogen production, stem cell therapies, and more.

Jun 5, 2024 •

April 2024

2E = Gummy Bears, Lockpicking & Aerospace.

Notes on Exploring the Cutting-Edge with Teens. Or, What We Learned from Our Fall Camp for Teens.

Apr 22, 2024 •

Danielle Strachman

and

March 2024

Why Didn't Stanley Kubrick & Arthur C. Clarke Predict The iPad?

Or, why does everyone in 2001: A Space Odyssey use a clipboard?

Mar 7, 2024 •

January 2024

The Flux Capacitor - Time, Funds, and Peers for Revolutionary Science

We are launching the Flux Capacitor - where we'll fund researchers to pursue startups and breakthrough research outside of academic institutions.

Jan 25, 2024 •

September 2023

Where are all the labspaces?

Given how many people we meet that are building deeptech projects and companies, we put together a list of labs that are available to outsiders to build…

Sep 28, 2023 •

July 2023

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