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kayhi

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Hi, my name is Sean.

We work on saving research labs money.

https://labspend.com

email - sean at p212121.com

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www.wired.com 7y ago

The Peculiar Math That Could Underlie the Laws of Nature

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news.ycombinator.com 8y ago

Show HN: Lab Spend – Pricing Search Engine for Research Chemicals and Supplies

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www.google.com 8y ago

Verizon Wants to Build an Advertising Juggernaut. It Needs Your Data First

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blog.scienceexchange.com 9y ago

Science Exchange (YC S11) Raises $28M in Series C Funding

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www.marketwatch.com 9y ago

Theranos founder to give up shares to investors who pledge not to sue

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www.technologyreview.com 9y ago

Why Kickstarter’s Glowing Plant (YC S14) Left Backers in the Dark

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techcrunch.com 10y ago

Bioz pulls in $3M, hopes to become Google for life science research

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www.pehub.com 10y ago

Ginkgo Bioworks (YC S14) racks up $100 mln Series C

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www.fiercebiotech.com 10y ago

The 'Uber for Experiments' Group Science Exchange (YC S11) Raises $25M

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www.ycombinator.com 10y ago

YC S2016 Batch Applications Are Open

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techcrunch.com 10y ago

Life Sciences Marketplace Quartzy (YC S11) Raises $17M to Build Up Supply Side

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techcrunch.com 11y ago

Biotech Accelerator IndieBio Bumps Funding to $250K

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www.youtube.com 11y ago

Elon Musk Announces Plan for Internet Satellite Network

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blog.synbiota.com 11y ago

Synbiota Raises Over $3M Dollars

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techcrunch.com 11y ago

SOSVentures Takes on Y Combinator with a Pure Biotech Accelerator

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www.youtube.com 11y ago

CS50 Guest Lecture by Mark Zuckerberg (2005, Posted 2014)

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www.geekwire.com 11y ago

SpaceX launching Seattle-area office, recruiting Microsoft engineers

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www.usatoday.com 11y ago

Merck KGaA buys chemical maker Sigma Aldrich for $17B

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www.kalzumeus.com 12y ago

Kalzumeus Software Year In Review 2013

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www.youtube.com 12y ago

Sorting Trash Can Wins Largest Hackathon to Date #mhacks

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www.nytimes.com 13y ago

Colorado Student Receives $100,000 Intel First Prize

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lightpointsecurity.com 14y ago

MicroConf 2012 Day 1 Summary

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lightpointsecurity.com 14y ago

58 Best Startup Quotes From MicroConf 2012 Day 2

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blog.scienceexchange.com 14y ago

Cut Your Lab Spending in Half

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www.thefastlaneforum.com 14y ago

Success Stories from Entrepreneurs Themselves

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www.erica.biz 14y ago

One Million Dollars, The Hard Way

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www.benchfly.com 14y ago

Increase Your Lab Efficiency (and Make Henry Ford Proud)

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www.federalregister.gov 14y ago

Public Access to Data Resulting From Federally Funded Scientific Research

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www.youtube.com 15y ago

Sean Parker on organizing FB beyond lists (2010)

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www.nature.com 15y ago

Computer security: Is this the start of cyberwarfare?

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Newbie here, where's the intersection between object detection and OCR?

For example, if I have images in different pdf files that I want to compare or trying to identify information on the wine label, what are criteria to consider on which method to use?

No problem, but this feels more like an enterprise process than a self serve SaaS solution. I'm not saying that is bad, but had the impression it is more self service such as I could select needed integrations and see pricing. I'd consider that more user friendly than contact sales.

In my experience, cost is not related to materials and labor. For example, CROs know if they're likely the only company that can make a product and will charge accordingly. Often and to me sadly, a bidding processes is needed to determine market value of production. I've seen CROs instantly cut pricing in half if you present another option.

I would be cautious with chemical database (unsure which you are using) as there are companies that post chemicals as lead generation and cannot make them.

If you solve the selection of the best route, helping with sourcing the product may not be worth your resources. In other words, just that piece alone, if done well, is very valuable and hope the market sees it.

Great idea! If I have a list of drug candidates and your software can apply a confidence level on the best route to synthesize a product that is better than chemists you're company is very valuable.

Inital thoughts - defining easy of synthetic pathway seems hard. If I'm an organic chemist and the recommended molecule involves a cost, technique or equipment that's inaccessible then I'd be stuck. However, if your network of manufactures can make it then labs may consider outsourcing it. I commonly see 10 to 1000x pricing differences in custom synthesis so there's also a risk of one vendor quoting too high and development prematurely stopping. For context and those that maybe outside this field, you can get a quote for over a million dollars for scaling up a product such as 100mg to 10g (not even a new route). You may need large amounts of the molecule for assay, animal testing, humans trials and going to market. Technique and equipment may not be an issue if your network is large enough, It will be interesting to see if you charge the drug companies as like a SaaS play and/or percent of sale from manufacturers like the YC company Science Exchange. Another idea is offering the software for free and make a percentage on the patent (IP) related the pathway.

I'm a fan of increased federal funding, but there's also a massive problem with the pricing of scientific supplies and chemicals. We commonly see 2-3x and sometimes 10x differences in prices for the exact same item from the same manufacuturer. We're (https://labspend.com) tackling this problem but it's massive and not often mentioned or known by people outside of the lab. We've consulted with companies and help them identify millions in savings.

A couple of issues contribute which are the pricing isn't transparent like hospitals in the USA. Also there are only 2-3 major suppliers and for certain items it's essentially a monopoly.

SEEKING FREELANCER | Lab Spend | Full Time | REMOTE | https://labspend.com

Lab Spend provides lab management software to help research labs operate more efficiently. Labs are like small businesses and appreciate tools that help them with order tracking, inventory and procurement. Recently, we updated our pricing search engine to help labs know what they should be paying for chemicals and supplies (think what Zillow does for houses is what we're doing for lab supplies).

We're a small team, looking to hire a full stack developer with a focus on Laravel and Vue.js. Our stack also includes python and postgres. The job would also include improving test coverage and existing code. Preference to someone that can work or significantly overlap with 9-5pm EST. We're looking to hire at a rate of $30/hr.

To apply please email me, sean [at] p212121.com directly with your CV or a link to your LinkedIn profile