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Re: Ask YC: Startup school?

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Post by wallflower »

arooni wrote: post #15

For those who are attending, please consider adding to the wiki ( http://wiki.startupschool.org/doku.php?id= ). Additionally, I've created two pages that I strongly encourage you to fill out for your own benefit: http://wiki.startupschool.org/doku.php?id=list_of_startups_p... and http://wiki.startupschool.org/doku.php?id=list_of_people_att... Speaking from experience @ Startup School '07, we all know the speakers and…

It sounds like this year's Startup School is going to be active beyond the main event (the speakers) and going to be more of a Startup School Weekend. Excellent!

Re: Ask YC: Startup school?

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Post by pg »

tonyvt2005 wrote: post #27
pg wrote: post #4

Will everyone please relax? It's still the 27th here in California. Trevor's finishing reading the applications. We'll send out responses tonight.

I'm curious about the number of applicants vs number accepted. Has the number of applicants gone up dramatically each year?

Actually it was slightly lower this year. 1108 vs around 1200 last year. We hate rejecting people, and since we always have more applicants than there are seats for, we deliberately made little effort to promote it. We didn't ask Techcrunch to write about it, and I even took the links off my site several days before the deadline.

Because there was so little marketing, the quality of the average applicant was extremely high. 90% were pretty solid hackers.

Re: Ask YC: Startup school?

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Post by dustineichler »

FAIL!

I'd love to know the criteria or the background of most of the candidates who were chosen. I'm a little surprised I was rejected.

Someone from YCombinator want to relieve my frustration? I'll admit my application was thin, but no less talented than most.

Maybe looking for a ticket if it's allowed.

Re: Ask YC: Startup school?

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Post by johns »

pg wrote: post #32
tonyvt2005 wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm curious about the number of applicants vs number accepted. Has the number of applicants gone up dramatically each year?

Actually it was slightly lower this year. 1108 vs around 1200 last year. We hate rejecting people, and since we always have more applicants than there are seats for, we deliberately made little effort to promote it. We didn't ask Techcrunch to write about it, and I even took the links off my site several days before the deadline. Because there was so little marketing, the quality of the average applicant was extremel…

I'm assuming since Kresge only holds about 600 people, that's about how many attendees were accepted (give or take a little bit for cancelations).

Re: Ask YC: Startup school?

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Post by cmer »

kevTheDev wrote: post #35
cstejerean wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just booked my flight, looking for somewhere to stay Friday night.

I'm flying over from the UK, might be staying at the Green Tortoise in SF. Anyone more knowledgeable think that's a bit far away from startup school?

SF is probably 45 mins (driving) from Palo Alto. You should look for hotels in Mountain View, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale.

I booked a -nice- 3 star hotel on Hotwire (Mountain View). $66 a night (for 15 nights). You might be able to get the same deal for just a few nights.

Re: Ask YC: Startup school?

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Post by modoc »

General Advice Needed: This will be my first startupschool and I am quite excited. I'm flying in the night before, but how long after the 5:30 event end do people hang out? I'm trying to figure out when I should book my return flight (what time that night or the next day). I don't want to miss out on any networking and meet-up opportunities.

From previous year's blog coverage, everyone brings their laptop, but is there anything else I should definitely bring/have/not have/etc...?

Any tips or info for first timers? Thanks!

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