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mattkrisiloff

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About mattkrisiloff

twitter: @mattkrisiloff

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    See currentsurgical.com

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    Commented on the Alzheimer's thread you were active on recently, but any chance you would be up to chat with me? matt@scifounders.com

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    Comment #43153894

    Would you be up to chat sometime? Would love to fund a research startup to work on some of this more — matt@scifounders.com

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    YC sent out a survey this morning to all companies asking if effected

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    Comment #25962287

    Definitely agree that on a team by team basis, there are opportunities to raise money out there that can be less dilutive -- very much might make more sense to do that than apply t…

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    I'm sorry you feel that way -- we did discuss this when deciding what to call it, but ultimately decided that what the community we aim to create is much closer to a fellowship and…

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    Comment #25961953

    No, please still feel free to apply, we're still happy to consider and see if we can be helpful. Solo founders are fine with us.

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    Comment #25961944

    If it was a research oriented idea, maybe, though really we think we can be most helpful to people starting life science companies. If it's more software product oriented, I would …

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    Comment #25961867

    We want teams to feel like peers and not like we're treating some teams more favorably than others -- from my experience having worked at Y Combinator, I think creating a sense whe…

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    Comment #25961658

    Help teams find space through incubator spaces we know -- also this most likely only applies for teams that want to relocate to the Bay Area (otherwise we ask you to tell us how yo…

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    If this goes well, very likely -- for now we're focused on this first group as an experiment though.

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    Comment #25961563

    We'll likely have events in the future for people that are thinking about this but aren't ready yet to get started -- the main thing we care about is creating a community of scient…

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    Comment #25961556

    We have a google form you can fill out here if you are looking for a co-founder: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeHVqqOMBoWa_O3RyuI...

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    Comment #25961542

    In the long run, for sure -- but often a lot more than people think can be done to start building momentum with a small amount of money for these types of companies. For example, t…

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    We think we can be most helpful for life science companies, but if you think we could be really helpful still please feel free to apply. No need for a PhD.