Startup School Online: Registration and Deals
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Startup School Online: Registration and Deals
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#210:1 (I'm guessing) sounds like pretty a high contention ratio for a MOOC.
I'd be fascinated to see how this compares with the ratios for YC proper (as well as others like the Fellowships).
[Edit note: I misread the post originally, and got 50:1, which I found more surprising.]
Re: Startup School Online: Registration and Deals
#310:1 (I'm guessing) sounds like pretty a high contention ratio for a MOOC. I'd be fascinated to see how this compares with the ratios for YC proper (as well as others like the Fellowships). [Edit note: I misread the post originally, and got 50:1, which I found more surprising.]
Where are you getting that ratio from? We've had about 50k sign ups, and hope to serve at least several thousand in the Founder Track.
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#4Do you (generic you) think this could scale with something like a franchise model?
Consider: there is a local Startup School "Dojo" where a number of founders come together to watch the lectures.
Instead of passing through all the questions, they try to solve the problems themselves and then escalate some common problems to office hours.
I am just trying to think of ways that you -- or anyone -- could spread the startup gospel to all 50,000 and eventually more.
Someone might say: You can always start your own study group. Response: True, but you want feedback from people who have gone through a few successful startup cycles. Ycombinator has credibility.
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#5Will the next "batch" be ~6 months, or a year later?
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#6Will the next "batch" be ~6 months, or a year later?
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#7Will the next "batch" be ~6 months, or a year later?
Most likely next year.
Re: Startup School Online: Registration and Deals
#810:1 (I'm guessing) sounds like pretty a high contention ratio for a MOOC. I'd be fascinated to see how this compares with the ratios for YC proper (as well as others like the Fellowships). [Edit note: I misread the post originally, and got 50:1, which I found more surprising.]
Where are you getting that ratio from? We've had about 50k sign ups, and hope to serve at least several thousand in the Founder Track.
Oops - I misread "several thousand" as "about a thousand". Comment now corrected. The ratio is a bit less eye-popping now, but I bet it's still high by MOOC standards.
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#9Seriously interested in this. Was looking over the partner benefits and noticed the Clerky bit mentioned access to the fundraising beta for people who use Clerky for incorporating. So ... if someone already did the work a month ago to incorporate, and was chosen, they'd lose access to that service?
Re: Startup School Online: Registration and Deals
#10Do you (generic you) think this could scale with something like a franchise model? Consider: there is a local Startup School "Dojo" where a number of founders come together to watch the lectures. Instead of passing through all the questions, they try to solve the problems themselves and then escalate some common problems to office hours. I am just trying to think of ways that you -- or anyone -- could spread the star…
That's a really interesting idea, and a possibility. It's definitely something I've thought about a lot.
Quite a few communities have reached out about doing study groups, and I'm excited to hear their feedback.