Richard Zack

Hello! We built this product after becoming concerned with misinformation and these stats: - 84% of the public sometimes isn’t sure what’s true online - 90% of people aren’t fact checking what they’re sharing ... and the #1 reason is time. These nutritional labels make it easier for anyone to fact check any article within 1 minute or less, and also allows users to rate their opinion, making...

Hey everyone! And thanks @abadesi for this thread. We're launching a major overhaul of our Nutrition Labels for News tomorrow-- these Chrome and Firefox extensions make it easy for anyone to fact-check any news article online in under a minute, and then to rate their opinion on it. The labels attach to any individual news article, and include three main sections: 1) Verified information on...

These seem like a natural part of entrepreneurship, and probably for many other pursuits as well. One idea is instead of trying to avoid the swings, embrace them. For me, this means on days of overflowing confidence, I try to push forward as much human outreach as possible-- confidence is best shared with others. On days of skepticism, I'll focus more on internal matters like coding, bug...

Better late than never! Im also new but am seeing lots of great projects building support and ideas here.

Returned my cellphone when I left it on the bumper of my car in the middle of Queens...

I'm of the opinion that the name of the business is critical.... it needs to be unique and capture the essence of everything you're doing, all in one or two words. I've tossed otherwise good startup ideas because I couldn't figure out a good name :)

Happy to help. Can you share more about your initiative/offering?

"Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won't, so you can spend the rest of your life like most people can't" -- anonymous

I've done hundreds of pitches and always still get nervous, but have a little ritual that really helps me. Obviously, first you have to practice the pitch until it's muscle memory-- but to really inspire your audience, you yourself must be inspired. So to get there, I'll listen to music that gets inspires me right before showtime (yes, you're a performer). It clears my mind and energizes me....

We created this product to help push back against misinformation, by making it easier and faster for anyone to distinguish between real and junk news and content. These nutritional labels combine transparency -- who published this story, what sources does it rely on, has it been fact-checked, and what do other people have to say about it -- with user participation -- Yelp-style public opinion...