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

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

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Post by notlob »

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.

What parts of this would you expect to be of interest for startups outside of digital, specifically biotech?

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

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Post by sandslash »

code_devil wrote: post #33

Hi Adora, This is awesome. I just applied for it. How many hours of lectures will we have in a week? As it’s an online course - do you recommend being in one physical location/geography?

You should expect a minimum 3-hour commitment a week: roughly 2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of group office hours. Lectures you can watch at your own leisure.

As for location/geography, as long as you have a device with internet access you can be wherever works best for you. We'll do our best to align timezones so scheduling is easier for you and your group during the course.

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

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Post by kaycebasques »

The course seems rather no-strings-attached. For example, it mentions that the most promising companies will get $10K of "equity-free funding" as well as other goodies.

Appeals to altruism aside, what's Y Combinator's incentive here? Is the hope that companies will feel loyalty to YC, and join the core program?

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

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Post by enthd »

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.

Hi Adora, can two members of the same company each sign-up or should all members of the company go under one account? Thank you!

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

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Post by ai_ia »

kaycebasques wrote: post #36

The course seems rather no-strings-attached. For example, it mentions that the most promising companies will get $10K of "equity-free funding" as well as other goodies. Appeals to altruism aside, what's Y Combinator's incentive here? Is the hope that companies will feel loyalty to YC, and join the core program?

Google has also a startup launchpad with provides equity free funding. I am not sure why though, but its great for founders like me who are interested.

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

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Post by adora »

notlob wrote: post #31
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.

What parts of this would you expect to be of interest for startups outside of digital, specifically biotech?

All the course material is relevant to any founder thinking about or currently working on any early-stage startup, including biotech. We'll also group similar startups together so that you can help each other out with industry-specifics as well.
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