2010 Startup School: October 16 at Stanford • Hacker News Board

Re: 2010 Startup School: October 16 at Stanford

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Post by rob_rasmussen » Fri, Aug 20, 2010, 12:48 AM UTC

il wrote: post #29

Can anyone who has attended a past Startup School share their experience? What's the general atmosphere of the event? Is it similar to other conferences you've attended? Does it offer value on its own merits, or is it simply a day-long sales pitch for YC?

I was there two years ago, and it was easily the best conference I've attended. Can't recommend it enough.

What's the general atmosphere of the event? It's intense (lots of content), and no-nonsense. Every speaker had something valuable to say, and they didn't talk down to the audience at all.

I found the day motivating, especially DHH's talk and just chatting with my peers. With the exception of one person, everyone I met was a hacker and was working on something.

Is it similar to other conferences you've attended? Not really, one big difference: the overall quality of the attendees. I'm a shy person, but there were so many people talking about writing code (vs. big idea people) that I felt like I fit right in.

Is it simply a day-long sales pitch for YC? The only real pitch-man the year I attended was Jeff Bezos, his talk was a pitch for AWS. However, he was so impressive during the Q&A that I can forgive him.

Re: 2010 Startup School: October 16 at Stanford

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Post by riffer » Fri, Aug 20, 2010, 1:33 AM UTC

cperciva wrote: post #38

jl wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, you can catch the talks on Justin.tv again this year.

Thanks! I'd personally prefer having talks downloadable in a standard format (say, mpeg) rather than only via justin.tv, but they're still much better than nothing. (Or maybe they have a download feature I haven't been able to find?)

I just let them load in my browser and grab them out of my Flash cache

ls -ltr /var/folders/jH/jH90qqJaGnOB1gJOwGbGKE+++TI/TemporaryItems/

on my Mac

Re: 2010 Startup School: October 16 at Stanford

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Post by csmeder » Fri, Aug 20, 2010, 2:05 AM UTC

Paul, is there any way we can get a confirmation email that our submission was added? A confirmation email would set me at ease after submitting something I care so much about.

Re: 2010 Startup School: October 16 at Stanford

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Post by grinich » Fri, Aug 20, 2010, 2:09 AM UTC

bricestacey wrote: post #21

grinich wrote: post #4

For anyone on the East Coast, we're having a similar event at MIT in September, open to anyone. http://startupbootcamp.mit.edu/

Can't scroll on iPhone.

Fixed-- thanks.

Re: 2010 Startup School: October 16 at Stanford

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Post by grinich » Fri, Aug 20, 2010, 2:12 AM UTC

eposts wrote: post #5

grinich wrote: post #4

For anyone on the East Coast, we're having a similar event at MIT in September, open to anyone. http://startupbootcamp.mit.edu/

Any details on the speakers?

I'll post them next week. We've got a great lineup this year.

Re: 2010 Startup School: October 16 at Stanford

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Post by nico » Fri, Aug 20, 2010, 3:34 AM UTC

pg wrote: post #39

jackowayed wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think PG hears a lot about location ("We're the YC of Alaska!", "Do we have to move if we get into YC?") and is getting tired of it. If you want to start a startup, moving to a startup hotspot will help a lot. If you want to attend cool conferences, move somewhere that frequently has cool conferences, or be willing to get on a plane for a good event. The Midwest won't have a successful Startup School clone (at leas…

I didn't mean anything quite so rude. I meant it more as invitation. Lots of the people who come to Startup School fly in to do it. That's why we have 2 weeks between acceptances and the date of the event-- so people can buy cheap plane tickets.

No cheap tickets from Chile on such short notice though... :(

Re: 2010 Startup School: October 16 at Stanford

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Post by nico » Fri, Aug 20, 2010, 3:37 AM UTC

il wrote: post #29

Can anyone who has attended a past Startup School share their experience? What's the general atmosphere of the event? Is it similar to other conferences you've attended? Does it offer value on its own merits, or is it simply a day-long sales pitch for YC?

I flew there all the way from Chile last year, only for startup school, and it was completely worth it! It was a very simple, yet awesome event, and I met some great people. I fully recommend it, in fact I have just applied for this year's startup school :P

Re: 2010 Startup School: October 16 at Stanford

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Post by bricestacey » Fri, Aug 20, 2010, 3:46 AM UTC

grinich wrote: post #44

bricestacey wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can't scroll on iPhone.

Fixed-- thanks.

Awesome. Works great now.

Is this explicitly geared towards startups looking to raise funding and look for a big exit?

Re: 2010 Startup School: October 16 at Stanford

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Post by pg » Fri, Aug 20, 2010, 4:02 AM UTC

csmeder wrote: post #43

Paul, is there any way we can get a confirmation email that our submission was added? A confirmation email would set me at ease after submitting something I care so much about.

If you got the confirmation page afterward, we got it.

Re: 2010 Startup School: October 16 at Stanford

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Post by sabj » Fri, Aug 20, 2010, 4:22 AM UTC

riffer wrote: post #42

cperciva wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks! I'd personally prefer having talks downloadable in a standard format (say, mpeg) rather than only via justin.tv, but they're still much better than nothing. (Or maybe they have a download feature I haven't been able to find?)

I just let them load in my browser and grab them out of my Flash cache ls -ltr /var/folders/jH/jH90qqJaGnOB1gJOwGbGKE+++TI/TemporaryItems/ on my Mac

Not the most elegant solution, especially from an encoding / portability perspective.

BUT, happy they're stream-able period! I will sadly not be in the area, but look forward to seeing it online.