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If you're not writing down a hypothesis before you talk to each customer, you're leaving yourself vulnerable to hindsight bias. But you already knew that, right? ow.ly/c3O030liIMh #behavioraleconomics #startups

"Machine-learning systems are only as smart as their training data. So Google formalized the marshaling of hard and soft sciences that go into its decisions." @FastCompany on Why Google defined a new discipline to help humans make decisions. ow.ly/xrfn30lbLva

"Yet merely knowing about our tendency to prioritize urgency over importance rarely leads to better choices. That’s because the knowing is intellectual, whereas urgency is an emotional" The @guardian - Focus on what's important, not just urgent. ow.ly/dOq630ldu3s

Interested in learning more about #DeliberateInnovation pioneered at @FlashpointGT? Watch the keynote from our Innovation for All Conference here, youtube.com/watch?v=O8rzmR…

You'd be surprised what a customer will tell you if, halfway out the door, you turn back and ask, "By the way, was there anything you wish we'd talked about?" #startups #customerdiscovery

Only few seats left for the last interest session for Flashpoint@GT #FPcohort9 on Thursday, August 9, 5 PM - 7 PM. Make sure your get yours now. RSVP here. ow.ly/PJ5d30liHLA

Cognitive science suggests we’re hardwired to lie to ourselves—and there may not be much we can do about it, reports @byagoda theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

The irony of cognitive biases: We're biased to think we're less biased than other people. @TheAtlantic #behavioraleconomics ow.ly/jGwz30liHrQ

"A widespread misconception is that biases explain or even produce behavior. They don’t—they describe behavior." A thought provoking piece from @behscientist "There is more to Behavioral Economics than Biases and Fallacies." ow.ly/mAPY30lbKby

@FlashpointGT's deliberate innovation approach allows its founders to move so fast, they’re often able to skip a round of funding, because they already know what to build. Join a community of capable founders. Submit your applications to #FPcohort9. ow.ly/6PXy30lbHxw

Being a founder requires both courage and hard work in equal measures. To be a successful founder, on the other hand, requires discovering the authentic demand. flashpoint.co/authentic-dema… … Applications to #FPcohort9 are open now. flashpoint.co/apply/

"It’s fake urgency, yet it works: act now, or you’ll miss out! Oh, you didn’t need or want it in the first place? Never mind! Act now!" @oliverburkeman writes an timely piece in the @guardian about - Focus on what's important, not just urgent. ow.ly/QGGo30ldtKA

RT @nireyal: The motivational triggers that build product habits share.nirandfar.com/jDM5Nh

"The well-established academic field of decision science covers the psychology of how human beings make decisions–but it doesn’t encompass the scale of automated decision-making. Likewise, data science doesn’t cover how humans think through a decision." ow.ly/OCvG30lbLqK

"The findings of social psychology and behavioral economics are being employed to determine the news we read, the products we buy, the cultural and intellectual spheres we inhabit, and the human networks, online and in real life, of which we are a part." ow.ly/yxJP30l93DZ

Register now for the last Interest Session for @Flashpoint@GT on Aug 9, 5 PM - 7 PM. Only few days remain to submit applications to #FPcohort9. Please share with the #atlanta #startup community @AtlantaInno @MidtownATL @atlchamber ow.ly/lnct30lbH66

Are you and your co-founders working remotely? Remote work doesn't have to spell the end for productivity. Read how "Bursty" Communication can help remote teams thrive ow.ly/Tkj430lbKqZ

#tbt We hosted our 2018 Innovation for All Conference on Jan 23. Missed it? Watch the keynote here. #startup #atlanta #DeliberateInnovation youtube.com/watch?v=O8rzmR…

We are looking for founders who have deep domain expertise and the drive to build scalable businesses. If that’s you, we’d love to see an application from your startup. The deadline for the first round of applications for #FPcohort 9 is Wed, August 15. ow.ly/A0AS30lbHnh

Think of customer discovery as 1) identifying the job to be done and 2) showing up as the person to do it. Do you get hired? flashpoint.co/beyond-strong-…