YC Startup School 2018: a free, 10-week, online course

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Post by adora » Wed, Jul 18, 2018, 2:04 PM UTC

YC Startup School 2018: a free, 10-week, online course
blog.ycombinator.com

Re: YC Startup School 2018: a free, 10-week, online course

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Post by akuji1993 » Wed, Jul 18, 2018, 2:14 PM UTC

> 1,587 (56%) of the companies completed the course, and, since then, 38 of them have been accepted to the core Y Combinator program

In other words, your chance of getting into YC by these means, is about 2%. Still might be worth, just for the information alone though.

Re: YC Startup School 2018: a free, 10-week, online course

#3

Post by adora » Wed, Jul 18, 2018, 2:15 PM UTC

Hi, I'm Adora, a YC partner, and will be helping out with the course. Very excited to meet and work with everyone. Happy to answer any questions.

Re: YC Startup School 2018: a free, 10-week, online course

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Post by jcolella » Wed, Jul 18, 2018, 2:16 PM UTC

This is great. This empowering and in general knowledge sharing on building startups is why many companies are successful here in the US. Very cool

Re: YC Startup School 2018: a free, 10-week, online course

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Post by lihaciudaniel » Wed, Jul 18, 2018, 2:20 PM UTC

adora wrote: post #3

Hi, I'm Adora, a YC partner, and will be helping out with the course. Very excited to meet and work with everyone. Happy to answer any questions.

Is there any age restriction?

Re: YC Startup School 2018: a free, 10-week, online course

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Post by haggy » Wed, Jul 18, 2018, 2:22 PM UTC

akuji1993 wrote: post #2

> 1,587 (56%) of the companies completed the course, and, since then, 38 of them have been accepted to the core Y Combinator program In other words, your chance of getting into YC by these means, is about 2%. Still might be worth, just for the information alone though.

That feels right given the number of ideas that turn out to be side projects vs. Become real companies

Re: YC Startup School 2018: a free, 10-week, online course

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Post by clbrook » Wed, Jul 18, 2018, 2:24 PM UTC

adora wrote: post #3

Hi, I'm Adora, a YC partner, and will be helping out with the course. Very excited to meet and work with everyone. Happy to answer any questions.

When applying is the login the same as the regular YC login or do I need to create a new account?

Re: YC Startup School 2018: a free, 10-week, online course

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Post by taytus » Wed, Jul 18, 2018, 2:24 PM UTC

Application sent! Best of luck everyone!!

Re: YC Startup School 2018: a free, 10-week, online course

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Post by adora » Wed, Jul 18, 2018, 2:27 PM UTC

clbrook wrote: post #7

adora wrote: post #3

Hi, I'm Adora, a YC partner, and will be helping out with the course. Very excited to meet and work with everyone. Happy to answer any questions.

When applying is the login the same as the regular YC login or do I need to create a new account?

Not tied to Hacker News id at the moment. Need to create a new account.

Re: YC Startup School 2018: a free, 10-week, online course

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Post by bobwaycott » Wed, Jul 18, 2018, 2:28 PM UTC

akuji1993 wrote: post #2

> 1,587 (56%) of the companies completed the course, and, since then, 38 of them have been accepted to the core Y Combinator program In other words, your chance of getting into YC by these means, is about 2%. Still might be worth, just for the information alone though.

You’re mistakenly assuming everyone applies to join YC when calculating that percentage.