# Summary of ##hplusroadmap IRC Log (Jan 12, 2012)

* A new hormone called irisin was discussed, as detailed in a Nature paper shared by kanzure. This hormone is induced by exercise in mice and humans, acts on white adipose cells to stimulate brown-fat-like development, increases energy expenditure, and could potentially be therapeutic for human metabolic disease.

* Bottlenose.com's maintenance page was noted for its creative implementation of an Asteroids game that allows users to shoot page elements while waiting, with a score counter at the bottom right.

* A discussion about startup incubators compared funding models, with kanzure mentioning that Y Combinator offers $170k in funding (including $150k convertible debt plus $20k depending on founder count), while JFDI in Singapore was noted to take 20% equity for S$15,000.

* Participants discussed the challenges of forming effective startup teams, with one user mentioning their startup weekend team was too large (10 people) and too business-heavy for incubator acceptance, which typically prefer 3-4 person teams.

* The conversation touched on technical references for job applications, with suggestions to use GitHub profiles as evidence of coding ability when traditional references aren't available.