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neurokinetikzon Ask HN: Tools and techniques to quickly validate startup ideas

Make a list of risky assumptions. Sort by impact on being wrong about them. Now you have a list of the riskiest assumptions.

Test those assumptions with experiments (google ads, landing pages, etc) that provide data. Set a bar for success. Run experiment.

If results > success, move on to the next riskiest assumption. If results < success, form a new hypothesis, rinse, and repeat.

neurokinetikzon Ask HN: Why do we think that “humans are the most evolved of 'all' animals”?

Plants and animals are all different instances of the impulse of life. Plants tend toward instinct, animals intelligence. Humans are the first species to encode symbolic representations in matter. This capability is what has allowed us to 'evolve' beyond all other life forms. The ability to believe that that matrix is real ;)

neurokinetikzon Ask HN: Is overtime to be expected working for a startup?

No, you will not be taken seriously. Seriously.

neurokinetikzon Ask HN: How to minimize transaction costs of conditional pledging?

save the credit card, charge later

neurokinetikzon Ask HN: Tips for the first employee joining a tech startup

"Buckle up Dorothy, 'cause kansas is going bye bye"

neurokinetikzon Finding jobs with startups

For me, it's been a combination of craigslist and the network of people that I have worked with in the past.

Having worked for 9 companies in the last 10 years, I've found that it's more about who you know than what you know.

And if you are well connected in the internet industry AND talented, startups will find you.

Also, get your resume on the web and let the search engines index it. You'd be surprised at how many random searches will lead people to it.

neurokinetikzon Tag Cloud Vs Category tree for social content

tags and categories are two sides of the same ontology coin

with tags, the ontology is built from the bottom-up without a hierarchy or direction

with categories, the ontology is built from the top-down and usually a hierarchy

at the end of the day, they are both simply a subset of the english language associated with content

neurokinetikzon rejected!

I'm wondering if I should email them about the webby award i won today for the site they rejected ;)

neurokinetikz.com

http://webbyawards.com/webbys/current_honorees.php?category_id=48

neurokinetikzon Vote up if you're rejected but will still proceed

today was an odd day ...

it started out with my site (neurokinetikz.com) winning a webby award

http://webbyawards.com/webbys/current_honorees.php?category_id=48

and then ended with a rejection email from YC

odd indeed ...

c'est la vie ;)

neurokinetikzon Why hasn't anyone just automated twitter yet? There should be a twitter for people who don't wanna type, it just senses what yer doing.

http://neurokinetikz.com