contagionhealth

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   by contagionhealth 17y ago

   Additional support for incorporating (at least with simple Delaware based LLC) early; if you build something and can pick up a partner they are far more likely to 'take' any IP generated as a result of products built during the partnership
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   by contagionhealth 17y ago

   Agreed. I would recommend friends pursuing an MBA go for a masters degree or PhD in behavioral economics instead. In addition, I'd like to see more analytics oriented around the individual's own delta - how many times did they switch from "
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   by contagionhealth 17y ago

   LinkedIn is my default resume. If a company/person I'm submitting to pooh-poo's my Google Doc with accomplishments and links to YouTube etc. plus my LinkedIn profile and wants a paper hard copy it's a pretty good indicator the fit/structure
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   Pleasure Principles(wings.buffalo.edu)

   1 points by contagionhealth 17y ago|0 comments
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   by contagionhealth 17y ago

   Defaulting to public vs private settings is something everyone building an app (or platform) where behavioral data (who, where, when, with whom, to do what) is the potential moneymaker faces. Interesting however that Facebook after Beacon s
6. 36.▲
   by contagionhealth 17y ago

   http://www.paulgraham.com/die.html
7. 37.▲
   by contagionhealth 17y ago

   Good point Tichy - not complaining about being a woman, which I very much enjoy. Being a woman doesn't make, by virtue of your sex-linked chromosomes, doing a startup in anyway special. And as to choices, exactly. That's the point of the po
8. 38.▲
   by contagionhealth 17y ago

   Exactly! We've built our company based not just on tech, but market needs. I've seen startup friends build kick-ass stuff that goes nowhere because no one knows about it (the marketing and biz/dev functions) 2 years after launch. Then they'
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   by contagionhealth 17y ago

   Agree, absolutely. If I didn't know my business well enough to close our first partnership with the top 4 US health insurer (paying) to develop an app we designed that will generate two patents, I'd bow out. We've closed a 5k deal, another
10. 40.▲
    by contagionhealth 17y ago

    Thanks Isc 12. I'll quit what I'm doing immediately and work on growing four interesting male parts instead.
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    by contagionhealth 17y ago

    Exactly. And in our culture that's usually still women (although more stay at home dads are stepping up - see: http://www.rebeldad.com/stats.htm ). So, as a woman in startup tech, if you choose to have work and family life simultaneously,
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    by contagionhealth 17y ago

    Don't know about "most," some find stable, supportive spouses or partners who are willing to be the steadfast and unconditional types... Brad Feld (Foundry Group and TechStars in Boulder,CO), for example found this apparently with his wife
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    by contagionhealth 17y ago

    Hey Tichy - good questions. Never thought this post would end up on HN, so I didn't explicate the problem(s) and challenges systemically. There's no universal law, but as mentioned earlier, there is a cultural norm, or, as patio11 pointed o
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    by contagionhealth 17y ago

    Ouch. Thanks Dennis. Now if you want to toss a husband my way for an arranged marriage that would be great! <end sarcasm/>
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    by contagionhealth 17y ago

    Lots of friends who are docs (and med students) articulate similar challenges with work/life planning. If your performance metrics are based on project attainment and productivity (trackable) rather than hierarchical position power (or the
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    by contagionhealth 17y ago

    The interesting thing about "startup" social pathology is not just that I fall in willingly (intrinsic motivation to ascribe to this set of normative behaviors), but that many others in the Valley often do the same (extrinsic motivation to
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    Degree vs. Deviousness: Story of an Investment Banking Wannabee(pjammer.livejournal.com)

    4 points by contagionhealth 17y ago|0 comments