cwjacklin's comments

cwjacklin | 13 years ago | on: Drug made from toxic weed kills cancer

hey robbie, i am working on a crowd sourced site to find evidence based treatment options for a disease. i would like to get feedback from you as you are a med student. would you reach out? my contact is my uesrname at gmail

thanks.

cwjacklin | 13 years ago | on: Drug made from toxic weed kills cancer

if you are looking for treatment options for brain cancer, please see http://pubmedly.com/demo there's the standard temodar and then there's the other options that may have better outcomes, like novocure

cwjacklin | 13 years ago | on: Drug made from toxic weed kills cancer

yes it's called chemo sensitivity test, but how many people ask for it? also you can test for expression of various genes, which would help eliminate drug that are know not to work with a particular gene being expressive. unfortunately, today patients know too little; there is too much reliance on doctors, but I am working to change that.

cwjacklin | 14 years ago | on: Feynman: I am burned out and I'll never accomplish anything

see how other creative people do it.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Creative-Habit-Learn-Life/dp/07432...

from amazon "Twyla Tharp, one of America's greatest choreographers, began her career in 1965, and has created more than 130 dances for her company as well as for the Joffrey Ballet, The New York City Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, London's Royal Ballet, and American Ballet Theatre. "

cwjacklin | 14 years ago | on: How does Y Combinator scale Y Combinator?

I can see correlation to 1. connected-ness to existing YC alumni via linkedin and facebook (why else would this be on the applications anyways, except to crawl) 2. site growth (via compete) of company URL 3. keywords: users,traction,growth, 4. age 5. karma score on here any others?

cwjacklin | 14 years ago | on: Ycombinator-x: self organizing 3 months bootcamps/feeder

well there's not investment involved, nor equity taken. It's for the benefits of all involved. Instead of working in silos or at coworking spaces, YCx will provide a framework to develop more meaningful relationships than going to casual meetups or general assembly (NYC) events because you get to see the same 10 (or however many) startups repeatedly over a period of time, and presumably grow together.

I am based in NYC, so I can see that happening here. I am not sure where you are based but if your city has at least 50k to 100k people, you can probably get a few startups together.

And on dinner. Aren't we supposed to be just trying to get to ramen profitable ? :)

cwjacklin | 14 years ago | on: Ycombinator-x: self organizing 3 months bootcamps/feeder

agreed w/ the downsizing from 10 on down due to dropouts.

if you are working on a startup and not already in an incubator, would you join?

cwjacklin | 14 years ago | on: Ycombinator-x: self organizing 3 months bootcamps/feeder

yes, i believe environment is a factor in how much things get done. simply having to show something weekly to your peers is an easy way to accomplish that.

i imagine something a little bit more structured, but not as formal as ycombinator, with the same group of startups coming each week. there exists other groups for regular gathering to talk code, eat, socialize, demo.

Thanks for the feedback and suggestions.