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
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
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.
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. "
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?
(getting a premonition YC decisionmakers will read this and weigh accordingly)
The thing that would keep me from joining (assuming my group didn't make the YC cut), like many other applicants to YC, is that I have a geographical disadvantage, and the modest stipend ends up making the relocation (and the dinners) possible.
A YCx would likely not provide that stipend, so colocating a group of founders for a dinner (and especially multiple dinners) would get prohibitively expensive outside of certain geographic locations where enough teams live (I can see a YCx in Boston, or LA, or Austin working out).
There's still probably 10 bay area rejected applicants per acceptee, so this is still a very worthwhile project.
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 ? :)
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.