cindywu123's comments

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.

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