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I think I left halfway while signing up in Startup School long time ago for the first time. Is there a way to not fill the company details and sign up for future founders course?
I'm lucky to be able to work on my stuff full time, but it wasn't too long ago when I worked a full time job and couldn't find the time to balance things out to go 100% in my business.
I think this is great. I would think of it as "progressive onboarding" for future founders.
When I click on Register and login with my YC account, it takes me to "SIGN UP | COMPANY DETAILS (STEP 4/4)" step. I think I left halfway while signing up in Startup School long time ago for the first time. Is there a way to not fill the company details and sign up for future founders course?
I've fixed this issue now and you should be able to select a track and complete registration.
But still, most advices we could find online are too high level, too abstract, too philosophical. Yeah there’s a need for this type of things. But as a person who is thinking to quit his/her job to start a company, they may need more actionable advices and data points, e.g., how to buy healthy insurance, what corporate credit card to use, where to find design/engineering help, what specific tools to use for specific things & the cost... I wish there were such “trivia” advices when I started out 4 years ago. Of course, we can’t expect someone like pg or sam Altman to tell us what specific saas or api or health insurance to buy :) this kind of things can only come from people who fight in the frontline , while the memory / experience is still fresh.
Maybe I should write an ebook for these unglamorous advices , especially for people who don’t want to go the venture scale route :)
- [edit 1] I had an old blog post on the tools / tech I used for my company: https://www.listennotes.com/blog/the-boring-technology-behin... it’s of course not the most optimal set of tools & tech; but they get things done :)
- [edit 2] when people make it and become successful entrepreneurs/VCs, they are teaching in startup graduate schools with their deep knowledge. But Where is the startup kindergarten/primary school to teach those things that college/graduate schools assume you already know?
When I click on Register and login with my YC account, it takes me to "SIGN UP | COMPANY DETAILS (STEP 4/4)" step. I think I left halfway while signing up in Startup School long time ago for the first time. Is there a way to not fill the company details and sign up for future founders course?
Ah yes, you're not the only one but your comment here helped me diagnose the issue! I've fixed this issue now and you should be able to select a track and complete registration.
IMO, there needs to be a bootstrapping track. Perhaps the bootstrapping track should even be the primary one. Of course YC won't do this, but IMHO, bootstrapping leads to the best chance for young people to quickly become millionaires.
I did startup school's first cohort, and I would say it's equally useful for bootstrappers and VC-minded founders. What it is NOT useful for is side projects. I think nurturing a side project into a full-time business is a whole different skill that's actually quite difficult and requires even more luck than bootstrapping or VC-startuping.
IMO, there needs to be a bootstrapping track. Perhaps the bootstrapping track should even be the primary one. Of course YC won't do this, but IMHO, bootstrapping leads to the best chance for young people to quickly become millionaires.
- Indie Hackers - Rob Walling podcast/blogs - MicroConf Are some useful resources to start with
YC is always doing a good job in educating people on startup things, and they truly inspire a whole generation of founders, including myself. But still, most advices we could find online are too high level, too abstract, too philosophical. Yeah there’s a need for this type of things. But as a person who is thinking to quit his/her job to start a company, they may need more actionable advices and data points, e.g., ho…
YC is always doing a good job in educating people on startup things, and they truly inspire a whole generation of founders, including myself. But still, most advices we could find online are too high level, too abstract, too philosophical. Yeah there’s a need for this type of things. But as a person who is thinking to quit his/her job to start a company, they may need more actionable advices and data points, e.g., ho…
High level thinking combined with effort and luck are what helps you "make it" in my eyes.
If your tech startup should succeeds or fails in spite of the particular corporate credit you choose.
This is the same problem with youtubers who have 0 subscribers obsessing over what particular camera they need to buy, all while people are growing massive audiences with little more than a cell phone camera and a message that resonates.