Our company was accepted by YC's Startup School. What to expect from the program?
Ask HN: What to Expect at YC Startup School?
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#2They already sent you a confirmation email? I thought they were going to inform teams if they were accepted or not on April 3.
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#3Congrats! I'm still waiting for our email. I'm prepping by watching all the Stanford startup videos on YouTube and making notes. The PG, Thiel and Schultz lectures have been thought provoking. I'm a natural contrarian, so I loved the Thiel talk, especially the monopoly vs perfect competition theme. If we're lucky enough to get on the program I've got high hopes for the mentorship by YC alumni element. Would be great to get some guidance from a B2B SaaS that's been there and done it. But I'm a solo founder and I'm a lot older than the usual YC profile, so I'm expecting to get rejected.
Re: Ask HN: What to Expect at YC Startup School?
#4They already sent you a confirmation email? I thought they were going to inform teams if they were accepted or not on April 3.
Maybe he got fast-tracked because his startup is into AI. That's a hot area.
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#5They already sent you a confirmation email? I thought they were going to inform teams if they were accepted or not on April 3.
yes they did. but I think they are still processing them, people are keeping poping up in the chat (don't know if it's due to timezones or what)
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#6Startup School is very fun and inspiring. I went to the 2014 in NYC. Alexis Ohanian was the host. Man, he's a great guy and a great MC.
I didn't get a chance to meet him, but I'm sure he would've stayed around for anyone who wanted to talk.
My take-away was that its a very inspiring event. So inspiring that I wanted to leave ASAP so I can work on my ideas. Basically, you're in an auditorium learning about how a few of these companies (e.g. https://www.codecademy.com/) got started. Afterward, you may stick around to socialize.
I will say that I didn't necessary learn anything new. But, I don't think that was the point. It was more about getting people excited to dream big and create things that may become businesses.
Here are some videos to watch that will help you get the most out of it - 1. Alexis Ohanian : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKYkmYuk5l8 2. Sam Altman's Course : http://startupclass.samaltman.com/ 3. Apoorva Mehta (Instacart) at Startup School NY 2014 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkmR7TYUt_c
Good luck!
Re: Ask HN: What to Expect at YC Startup School?
#7Startup School is very fun and inspiring. I went to the 2014 in NYC. Alexis Ohanian was the host. Man, he's a great guy and a great MC. I didn't get a chance to meet him, but I'm sure he would've stayed around for anyone who wanted to talk. My take-away was that its a very inspiring event. So inspiring that I wanted to leave ASAP so I can work on my ideas. Basically, you're in an auditorium learning about how a few o…
Not the same Startup School. This is a MOOC that lasts 10 weeks, it's different from the conf. that was only 1 day.
Re: Ask HN: What to Expect at YC Startup School?
#8Congrats! I'm still waiting for our email. I'm prepping by watching all the Stanford startup videos on YouTube and making notes. The PG, Thiel and Schultz lectures have been thought provoking. I'm a natural contrarian, so I loved the Thiel talk, especially the monopoly vs perfect competition theme. If we're lucky enough to get on the program I've got high hopes for the mentorship by YC alumni element. Would be great…
I definitely recommend watching the videos. If you are interested I did take notes and you can download them here:
Re: Ask HN: What to Expect at YC Startup School?
#9Do you think getting into Startup School will mean you didn't get into YC Accelerator?
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