Peter Diamandis speaks about the difference in fundraising, the attitudes of people with billions to spend, and the culture of gamifying wealth retention.
X prize founder, Peter Diamandis, and the government of Abu Dhabi have funded a prize focusing on stem cell grown meats called "Feeding the Next Billion." The goal is to create a solution that can feed the growing population without harming the environment or animal population.
Life Force Martinez underwent a sex change operation and later discovered a cure for her daughter's rare and fatal lung disease. She liquidated her capital and developed a multi-billion dollar drug that could not cure her daughter, leading her to track down an orphan drug and develop it from first principles in the lab.
Helicopter pilot and investor Martine Rothblatt is funding a top flying car company, Beta, to use their electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles for delivering organs to hospitals for transplant from their facility.
Dr. Peter Diamandis shares the importance of having a strong focus and avoiding diluting efforts in order to achieve better results. Using Elon Musk's example, he suggests that it is necessary to identify one's "massively transformative purpose" and go all-in on it.