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Do small startups still have a chance, or do people just pretend to like them?

Posted by manabovethesky on Friday July 26, 2019 @11:33AM
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Do small startups still have a chance, or do people just talk positively about them while continuing to use sites like facebook and linkedin and expecting perfect polish? For example, I started www.nextcept.com a few months ago as a venture network. I'm focusing on a unique method for co-founder discovery, and users seem pretty pumped, but if I post in various startup communities I get told...

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Is blind faith the only way to build an idea?

Posted by manabovethesky on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @03:40PM
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I've been building www.nextcept.com over the last couple of months to help early stage ventures (largely Denver and Boulder) come together. The focus is on off the wall questions to elicit honest responses. Our theory was that the questions would make people think about their answers and share more about themselves and users seem very enthusiastic.Ideally the network would be larger though...

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Re:Does everyone agree AI is better than self discovery? on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @02:03PM (#19675828)
This is a good idea. I've been trying to build in methods for determining if you'll get along with a person, but the idea that you might be able to filter based on deal breakers is interesting. Or to filter based on what's not needed. I think there's this motivation for companies no a days to aim for their perfect candidates who know 40 languages and I never really know why. Is that really their goal? Do they just want someone to say they know all of those things? Why not just focus on what's needed and what's needed a little down the road. It seems like if a person could help with that, they'd be helpful in the future.

Does everyone agree AI is better than self discovery?

Posted by manabovethesky on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @12:39PM
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I get that computers can do things quickly, but this massive push into AI and pre-selected candidates seems somewhat misguided. Perhaps for high level areas, but not for something more meaningful or deep? Currently, I'm building this site https://nextcept.com/Feed/Network to help people find others to work with that they get along with. Ie. cofounders, early teams, new hires, etc. I continue to...

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Re:The key to building an idea seems to be blind faith on Saturday March 30, 2019 @05:08PM (#19531862)
This is my goal for www.nextcept.com. I focus all my spare time on building to see if I can create a new way of finding people to work with through personal questions rather than something like a resume. Thanks for checking out the article. It was more of just a rant about what I’ve run into over the years.
Re:The key to building an idea seems to be blind faith on Saturday March 30, 2019 @05:03PM (#19531828)
Thanks for checking out the article. These are really just areas I’ve found over the years. I’m sure there are many other successful methods.
Re:The key to building an idea seems to be blind faith on Saturday March 30, 2019 @03:29PM (#19531280)
I run a successful business and have been trying to build nextcept for a while now on the side. I think it's just a needed area. Depth over superficial conversations to find solid people to work with.
Re:The key to building an idea seems to be blind faith on Saturday March 30, 2019 @03:08PM (#19531155)
Ha. I agree. People these days just seem to respond to outlandish claims over something real like - I’m building a venture network that helps teams come together and here’s an article I wrote about everything I’ve learned so far.
Re:Self promotion of our ideas and side projects should be celebrated on Sunday March 24, 2019 @02:21PM (#19477858)
Very cool. We’re going to be adding the job posting piece in the next couple of weeks. We’ve been focused on the network and the functions to help people find each other. If you’re signed in, you can go from question to question and seeing people’s answers. It’s pretty cool how it works. We had the idea but we weren’t sure what it would be like. Once you find an answer you appreciate, you can then learn about the person, jump to others, etc.
Re:Self promotion of our ideas and side projects should be celebrated on Sunday March 24, 2019 @10:27AM (#19476497)
Well, I could understand that. I’d say the “all searches” should be changed to - “optional sort by location”. We’ll be adding international support soon. Thanks for checking it out and if you want to try again you should be fine with using a zip code other than your own for the time being.