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Ask HN: What to Expect at YC Startup School?
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#12Do you think getting into Startup School will mean you didn't get into YC Accelerator?
Startup School will have no effect on your YC Accelerator application.
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#13They already sent you a confirmation email? I thought they were going to inform teams if they were accepted or not on April 3.
We're slowly going through and accepting teams on a rolling basis. Finbarr is the sole engineer building the software, so we wanted to have a bit of buffer time in case we overlooked something in the program/product.
Apologies for the error in the messaging, it should have said _by_ April 3rd.
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#15Startup 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.
Though very similar in idea and goal!
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#16I've been organising a group of founders in London. Right now there are 28 of us signed up to do Startup School together, looking to do the course as a group and recreate as much of the YC experience as possible. We have weekly dinners lined up with some brilliant speakers and a London business school is kindly offering its space for us to work together during the ten weeks. We're also looking at plans for a London demo day at the culmination of the course.
I got to speak with Sam Altman on Monday whilst he was in London, explained what we're building for founders and what it is they want more than anything: to meet and learn from YC alumni. He was generous with his time and supportive, advising us to go out there, find them and persuade them to take part. So here I am on HN following Sam's advice! We'd love to have YC alumni come along to some dinners and share valuable insight with our collection of founders. Even if you can only spare 30mins, any alumni assistantance would be amazing. We're a friendly bunch who are passionate about building things.
If you're a YC alumni near London who wants to get in contact, please post a message here or email me at:
sam.comhouse@gmail.com
If you're a London founder who'd like to take part, please get in contact too!
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#17Congrats ! Wish I had not seen this though.. I am going to be rushing to my phone every time I hear an email notification, all weekend :)
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#18I've been organising a group of founders in London. Right now there are 28 of us signed up to do Startup School together, looking to do the course as a group and recreate as much of the YC experience as possible. We have weekly dinners lined up with some brilliant speakers and a London business school is kindly offering its space for us to work together during the ten weeks. We're also looking at plans for a London d…
Sign me up :)
Will see if I can get BillForward (YC S14)guys to contribute!
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#19I've been organising a group of founders in London. Right now there are 28 of us signed up to do Startup School together, looking to do the course as a group and recreate as much of the YC experience as possible. We have weekly dinners lined up with some brilliant speakers and a London business school is kindly offering its space for us to work together during the ten weeks. We're also looking at plans for a London d…
Sign me up :) Will see if I can get BillForward (YC S14)guys to contribute!
That's awesome ENadyr, you just made my Friday night!! Note to self: got to stop working long hours on Friday nights! If you can get the BillForward guys involved that would be brilliant, thanks a bunch from all the London Startup School founders :)
Drop me an email and I'll be in contact about what we're up to.
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#20Congrats! 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'm a solo founder (although I'm currently talking to someone who might want to join as a co-founder) and also a lot older than the usual YC profile and based in Singapore.
Also eagerly waiting and will be keeping my fingers crossed the next few days... All the best to you!