Investor Day
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Investor Day
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#2I assume this is using the same or similar algorithm as the NRMP algorithm uses for U.S. residency match day?
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#3I assume this is using the same or similar algorithm as the NRMP algorithm uses for U.S. residency match day?
Almost definitely. Stable matching is a very well understood problem, and as far as I can tell investor day is a textbook example of it.
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#4I assume this is using the same or similar algorithm as the NRMP algorithm uses for U.S. residency match day?
Yeah, the Stable Marriage problem provides a solution for matching these ordered preferences between two sets of people/elements: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stable_marriage_problem
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#5I assume this is using the same or similar algorithm as the NRMP algorithm uses for U.S. residency match day?
I assume so as well.
This algorithm is outlined by the stable marriage problem for those that are interested.
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#6I assume this is using the same or similar algorithm as the NRMP algorithm uses for U.S. residency match day?
Almost definitely. Stable matching is a very well understood problem, and as far as I can tell investor day is a textbook example of it.
A bit more background here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Resident_Matching_Pro...
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#7> Using both these ranked inputs, our software will create “Investor Day” schedules for each investor and each startup, which will take place at the Computer History Museum on Wednesday 8/24.
Sounds like the backend of a dating site for startups and investors.
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#8I assume this is using the same or similar algorithm as the NRMP algorithm uses for U.S. residency match day?
Yeah, the Stable Marriage problem provides a solution for matching these ordered preferences between two sets of people/elements: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stable_marriage_problem
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#9I assume this is using the same or similar algorithm as the NRMP algorithm uses for U.S. residency match day?
I assume so as well. This algorithm is outlined by the stable marriage problem for those that are interested.
It's not quite the stable marriage problem, because in the stable marriage problem you're trying to find an optimal 1:1 pairing. It's also not the NRMP problem because in that case, residents are only matched with one hospital in a year. Here companies are matched with multiple investors, and investors are matched with multiple companies.
But regardless, I believe the algorithm is roughly the same as the NRMP algorithm: you run through multiple rounds where you look at each combination of company and investor. If both sides would prefer that they meet with each other, rather than the people they're already paired with, then you reassign them. Once you've done that several times you arrive at a stable state.
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#10Seems like a solid idea. I honestly thought something like this was already in place so it makes sense. Still though the first thing I thought of is what it might feel like to be part of the statistic few who get zero investors clicking the button (I mean statistically this should happen at least a couple of times due to the batch size, right? Or am I severely underestimating the amount of investors that attempts do demo day?)