I want to be like Nathan Myhrvold *83

nathanCheck out this really cool article talking about Nathan Myhrvold *83 (He has a T. rex — the whole thing! — in his living room. It’s 17 feet tall and 45 feet long). He is the founder of Microsoft Research.

When asked “what he does”, he answers:

“For a long time I didn’t know what to call myself,” he says. “For a long time I would say ‘physicist.’ These days I put ‘inventor.’ ”

Yes, he designs nuclear reactors.

He actually is something more complicated than that. He’s an innovation maestro, an inventor slash promoter slash entrepreneur. Among his most important inventions, he says, is the business model of the company he founded, Intellectual Ventures, or IV, an investment fund that’s similar to a venture-capital outfit — except that, rather than investing in startup companies, it buys patents.

Here’s a great TED video of Nathan:

 

 

April 29, 2009 | Filed Under Interesting 

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