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.
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YC Startup School 2018: a free, 10-week, online course
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#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
We did the first batch of Startup School. We had mandatory N to 1 meetings. Those weren't that useful for us (it felt like we were a bit further ahead than other companies) but a few companies got a lot of value out of it. Our optional 1-1 were insanely useful. Our mentor was a yc alum saas cofounder. He was took notes and saw our homework every week. His perspective was priceless and there weren't many problems we w…
In addition to N-1, 1-1, was there (will there be) an online forum (google group, slack, etc) to ask questions and cloud source answers?
Yes, for this round of Startup School we'll be adding an all-new forum that founders can use to communicate and share learnings!
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#123Just applied, I think as a part time husband and wife team with a child (and based in the UK) this is a more realistic opportunity than the physical YC (even though I think that would be an awesome adventure)
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#124Hi, 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, thanks for your help. Sorry to ask a rather trivial question but I can't seem to reset my password from last year's account; when I type a new password (on the form one gets to, from the reset email), the system says "Please review the problems below:" but the problems aren't shown... Is it important to keep the same account as last year or should I create a new account?
You should create a new account.
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#125Earlier quoted context omitted.
> with a specific problem to focus on That's unfortunate... I think that most often picking the right problem is the most important problem itself, but that requires a lot of context. I'm glad you enjoyed it though!
I don't think you can know what the right problem is to work on, except in hindsight.
Hence why you need an advisor, right? To help with that?
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#126I've submitted an application but I do have a question:
If I were to change gears (Say, go from one business idea to another), should I re-apply with the different idea?
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#127A comment here mentions that over 2000 companies joined last year. How do mentors spread their time over this impressive amount of companies? Or does that number include the ones that are simply auditing? And if you're NOT auditing, does that mean that it's an application process where you must be accepted?
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#128Would u accept a me-too company ?
This company just raised $10M A round. Fantastic backers, industry-experienced CEO. A very technical enterprise product. We saw their demo. The website is very detailed. Never signed any NDA.
We have managed to code a similar MVP product. We also have a different technical and feature road map. This is not a $1BN target - maybe eventual acquisition at low 9 figures.
Do u think this is a valid candidate for YC Online ?
Would u strongly steer us away from such an approach ?
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#129Hi, 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, thanks for your help. Sorry to ask a rather trivial question but I can't seem to reset my password from last year's account; when I type a new password (on the form one gets to, from the reset email), the system says "Please review the problems below:" but the problems aren't shown... Is it important to keep the same account as last year or should I create a new account?
Can you send us an email at software@yconbinator.com with the details? I can look up your old account.
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#130Cool. This is timely for me. I launched https://nanagram.co about 8 months ago. We help people send printed photos in the mail to their grandparents with a text message. I've been bootstrapping it with contract work in parallel but I'd like to focus on it full-time. Customers seem to truly love it and it's the happiest thing I've ever created. I'm thinking about putting together a family and friends round to focus full-time through the fall. Funding aside, I know I need some mentorship.
Is the $10k funding awarded at the end of the cycle?