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ed405

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About ed405

Cofounder & CEO of Prolific. Science geek, lover of startups, feminist-in-progress.

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    Comment #27402051

    You mean HN is internet rage defined? Twitter is awesome.

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    Comment #27401027

    oh yes. they ban founders all the time. myself included. https://twitter.com/ekadamer/status/1400956227501318146?s=21

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    Comment #27401001

    I got kicked out of YC too. https://twitter.com/ekadamer/status/1400956227501318146?s=21

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    Comment #27025764

    "Upside decay means that an organization doesn’t get any lucky breaks. You’d think that being on the lookout for missing positive tail events would be enough to spot upside decay. …

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    Comment #26842637

    Finally someone has written a really excellent article about this. Many scientists already know that ‘grit’ is over-hyped and over-sold. Now there’s a really well-articulated piece…

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    Comment #22916358

    I’m a founder, this piece stirs my heart. However, build what exactly? I don’t disagree with building hospitals and important public infrastructure. However: 1) More exponential gr…

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    Comment #22914666

    This rings true so deeply. Best piece I’ve read in ages. I wish more governments, tech entrepreneurs and (hard) scientists understood the importance and power of the social and beh…

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    Comment #20597112

    Thanks for sharing your experience! At Prolific, we found that one good resource for learning about marketing/growth is this book called Traction by Gabriel Weinberg and Justin Mar…

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    Comment #20597041

    That's super interesting, thanks for sharing. "The psychology of high net worth people"... lots to explore there!

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    Comment #20595464

    Hi, Katia here. Thanks for your question! Right now we’re available to participants in OECD countries and it’s probably going to be another while before we can expand globally. Wit…