Javier de la Torre: From Biologist to Entrepreneur, How Maps Help Preserve Biodiversity & Hosting Conferences - MBM#55

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Javier de la Torre: From Biologist to Entrepreneur, How Maps Help Preserve Biodiversity & Hosting Conferences - MBM#55

from Minds Behind Maps · host Javier de la Torre

Javier de la Torre started a Biologist Researcher, went on to start Vizzuality and later Carto where he is now. Javier works at the intersection mapping, software based companies & geospatial. He is also one of the founding members of the Tierra Pura Foundation focused on mitigation and adaptions tactics to climate change.Sponsor: FeltCheck out their QGIS Plugin to easily share your QGIS projectsAbout JavierLinkedInTwitterCartoShownotesNote: Links to books are Amazon Affiliate links. I earn a small commission if you buy any of these books.VizzualityAl Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth documentaryTierra Pura FoundationAndrej Karpathy’s tweetGeospatial + AI Javier talk at Spatial Data Science ConferenceBook & Podcast recommendationFreakonomics PodcastThe Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf (Affiliate Link)Timestamps(00:00) - Introduction(00:53) - Sponsor: Felt(02:19) - Javier Describes Himself(03:49) - Curiosity as a driving factor(07:16) - From Researcher to Starting a Company(14:42) - Policy is 10 years behind Science(18:04) - Solving the Worlds Biggest Problems(21:01) - Focusing on a single problem(27:38) - Carto(31:29) - Commercial viability as a key to success(39:00) - Buiding a company vs Doing the work(43:01) - So, why host a conference?(47:52) - Online vs in person community(51:13) - Geo and AI(55:46) - English is the ultimate programming language(01:05:03) - Will SQL survive?(01:13:00) - The valuable skills in a post-AI world(01:17:29) - Book/podcast- Support the podcast on Patreon- My video on an introduction to satellite images- Website- My Twitter- Podcast Twitter- Read Previous Issues of the Newsletter- Edited by Peter Xiong. Find more of his work

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