0. Why once a minute? Why not twice? Why not once every 5 minutes? 15? 60? You can still buy or sell eight times a day so once an hour should be plenty.

1. Putting "high growth tech companies" (we know you mean startups) in the "important social problem" bucket, especially in the same group as aging, cancer, space exploration, is tenuous at best.

2. Until any of the above pay half a million a year plus huge bonus potential, I seriously doubt anyone going into HFT would give them more than a passing glance.