cindywu123

This is a neat idea. I work with 250 caving clubs that each have individual websites (generally wordpress) and need a way to collect annual membership dues and one time donations.

Most of these clubs have been around for decades, are not growing fast, but have a small very engaged membership. The only time these clubs work with developers is if a member happens to be one and volunteers the time. This really sucks for the member who happens to be the developer. (I stop telling people I can build stuff.)

Most clubs are collecting cash or check in person and at best are using Paypal which sucks because of the off-site experience. I would never set a club up with Stripe because I know if I leave no one will be able to maintain the code, but I would try this out.

i love this website so much

This might help: https://experiment.com/birthday

Thanks sillysaurus3!

For founders, I am very responsive over email. If you have specific questions some me some electronic mail.

If you want to build a company but don't know where to start I recommend signing up for Startup School. https://blog.ycombinator.com/onlineclass/

Unrelated to this post, but related to dinosaurs if you like dinosaurs and want to dig some up this summer with me get in touch. I'm inviting roughly 100 people. We found a triceratops two years ago. It's been in the ground for over 65 million years.

http://imgur.com/a/X6h8v

If you're curious about why I left Seattle. I wrote about it here: https://bold.co/public/why-i-left-seattle-egcdih?t=j9i3e37

There is never a better time than now.

I met with everyone. You name the investor, I met with them. If you have specific questions send me some electronic mail.

the feature doesn't exist, but i cross post everything i write on medium

for this very reason i am cross posting everything i write on medium https://medium.com/@cindywu/why-y-combinator-made-all-the-di...

The best way to start is to start.

One way we got around this in Seattle is we threw rooftop parties at our apartment. I went to all the networking events in Seattle, I found the good people. Then, I invited all the people I thought were good over for drinks and bbq. If you have a good filter for good people, the good people will appreciate it.

When first getting into engineering I went to a rails meetup group twice a week. You're right that there are a lot of founders trying to recruit at these types of meetups, which is annoying. Try to go to the meetup with a specific thing you're working on and then see if someone wants to pair with you. When you're pairing it will be hard for someone who is recruiting "technical founders" to bother you. If you don't like the current meetups, start your own.

FWIW, I was very explicit with investors that we would never flip the company. Our intention is to build a company that will last forever. I also acknowledged that things change. If Denny and my opinion changed would let our investors know right away. So far it hasn't changed. If you are planning on partnering with an investor make sure they understand your values and your intention. To clarify this I put it in writing in an email and have the person confirm they understand.

I always make myself available to chat about this with scientists. Drop me a line by email.

Stay crazy.

We also use them to print keychains http://imgur.com/a/yGbFv

I just got one of the Voodoo manufactured "coffee stoppers" from http://www.crushtomizer.com/ in the mail!

Every research project has an existing community that wants to support it. The challenge is connecting the two. In a truly efficient world all projects would be 100% funded.

one day we will write about the experiment story. one thing that is true for all startups is things never go the way you expect. 😏

good thing we were born lucky 🍀

Success rates in the last 3 months are north of 60%. You can expect this to continue.

In my opinion reproducibility is a technical problem. Once research is published and peer reviewed in real time, all studies should be reproducible. If they are not reproducible, we should have insight into exactly why they are not and propose a solution.

👌🏻

👋🏻, joshua! There is no such thing as a talk that raises money.

In my opinion we are missing out on great discoveries because we allow a small number of humans determine if a scientific research question is worthy of funding. If a single scientist thinks an idea is worth doing and can find the resources to support it, she should do it.

We will move to a system where we only ask 'can this question be answered by the scientific method?' If we use the scientific method to answer these questions we will uncover secrets of the universe that would never survive in the current system humans have designed.

The best scientists do not design their experiments with a goal of publishing in top tier journals. And as a community, we should not be encouraging this behavior.

The best scientists investigate questions out of pure curiosity and as a side effect publish the most impactful research.

Young talented people are already tackling really hard and high risk problems. If this is truly what young scientists want to do, they will find a way. 10 years of guaranteed salary is not the solution, but giving everyone the opportunity to be a scientist may be.

I've always wanted to run an experiment where NIH or NSF split the proposals randomly 50/50. Group A gets peer reviewed and awarded the way the current system works. Group B gets peer reviewed and the top half of proposals gets put into a lottery and awarded at random. I am willing to bet the outcomes and impact of Group B will always be better than Group A.

andrew, come by our office next week!

We've seen success for Ebola related projects in the past: https://experiment.com/projects/can-we-defeat-ebola-with-an-...

Immunity Project had a huge amount of success rolling their own custom platform: https://www.immunityproject.org/

You're probably going to want to go with the platform with the community most likely to be interested in your project. In this case, my guess is that the backers are going to want to see progress in the research and not at all interested in any sort of tangible item in return. Transparency will make your community one of the strongest Ebola communities out there.

Experiment's stats are all transparent and updated in real time here: https://experiment.com/stats

Experiment can be very powerful if you convince the founding team to get behind your idea... Experiment is not for everyone, but if you want to build a passionate community and transform how we treat Ebola patients on the planet that's a pretty good pitch to the Experiment team to put in the extra effort. Our community is your community, so you keep your backers' info and we hope that you continue to foster that relationship for years to come online or offline.

i've been testing the prototype for months. there's nothing like this pan. i love experimenting with cooking eggs. also perfect steak every time.

+1 for open access!

super excited for this! congrats sam!

i wish i had this when we were fundraising for experiment.com

don't worry the name microryza will live on http://www.yelp.com/biz/microryza-coffee-roasters-san-franci...

this guy is inspiring i'm going to the climbing gym every day this week