20. Published neuroscience author. CEO at @NEUROZYN, Inventor at GramoPort Tech, CO-Founder @USAFactoryNet. UMiami 28’
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Apr 21
At 17 I co-authored a paper on whether the Mozart Effect translates into physical output. We ran cyclists at max effort on Wattbikes while playing Mozart’s Lacrimosa, Vivaldi’s Winter, and Prokofiev.
The answer: music measurably changes peak power and cardiac response.
That paper is why I ended up running a neuroscience company at 19.
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Chronic stress doesn't just feel bad. It literally shrinks your brain.
A PubMed meta-analysis (Henigsberg et al., 2021, Neurosci Biobehav Rev) confirmed prolonged cortisol elevation reduces hippocampal volume by 6-8%.
The hippocampus governs memory consolidation and emotional regulation.
Stress management isn't soft skill work. It's neuroprotection.
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Dopamine isn't a reward chemical. It's an anticipation chemical.
A landmark PubMed study (Schultz, 2016, Annu Rev Neurosci) showed dopamine neurons fire at the *prediction* of reward, not the reward itself.
This means your focus and motivation system runs on expectation — not completion.
Design your work in small, predictable wins. Your brain will thank you.
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NEUROZYN is finally live on @amazon. Check it out: a.co/d/0aCODwss
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Your brain physically rewires itself while you sleep.
A 2023 study in Nature Neuroscience (Havekes et al.) found that during NREM sleep, synaptic pruning removes ~18% of weak neural connections — clearing cognitive clutter so the important ones strengthen.
Skimping on sleep isn't just tiring. It's literally slowing your mind down at the structural level.
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I traded prop for 2 years before I started building seriously.
What transferred wasn't "risk tolerance" — the opposite. Obsessive respect for drawdown.
Founders who blow up rarely blow up from bad ideas. They blow up from not sizing bets. Runway is your stop loss.
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Jun 16
I'm at UMiami Herbert for a BBA in Entrepreneurship Finance while running 3 companies.
I'm not staying for the degree.
I'm staying for the people.
Every friend I make now will be running something in 5 years. The BBA is a rounding error on that.
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Jun 14
Tomorrow morning I want to write about why your best ideas show up in the shower.
It is not magic. It is the default mode network.
7:30 AM.
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Jun 14
Six things nobody warned me about running three companies before 20.
I am writing this because the version of me from a year ago needed it. If you are the version of you that needs it, here.
Honest, not heroic.
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Jun 14
5. The internet rewards your story more than your work.
A single rejection arc post outperforms three months of substantive product writing on impressions.
This is a trap. The story sells once. The product carries you for the rest of your life.
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Jun 14
6. You become harder to surprise.
Most adult problems are variations on six or seven themes. After a year of running three companies, you have seen most of them.
This is not jaded. It is calibration. The trade is real and worth making.
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Jun 13
Morning sunlight in your eyes within 60 minutes of waking is the biggest free intervention you can make on cognition.
It anchors the circadian clock, which controls dopamine, cortisol, and melatonin timing.
10 minutes outside before any screen beats any nootropic.
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Jun 13
When you wake up tmrw wait 90 mins before drinking caffeine.
You won’t get that afternoon crash. Watch.
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Jun 13
Your body naturally pumps out cortisol right after waking to give you a free energy boost like an internal alarm clock.
Chugging caffeine within the first 90 minutes piles on even more of that stress hormone turning your smooth morning start into an overstimulated mess.
This extra spike often leads to a big afternoon crash when the artificial buzz fades and your sleepy chemicals catch up hard. Waiting a bit lets your natural system do its job first so the coffee actually helps without the drama.
Your energy stays steadier all day and you dodge that zombie feeling by lunch.
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Jun 13
Exactly. Especially when it comes to designing things.
Next time you’re going to design something like a static ad, or email marketing template give Claude a reference image and it will do so much better.
Jun 12
In my opinion, Claude and all AI are fantastic at recreation but not very good at creation.
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