Yay! It was fun to speak at the first one of these.
I remember your talk and enjoyed it.
2011 Startup School
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#22What's the criteria on who gets accepted to attend?
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#24Just filled out the application. It would be very cool to go but I have no clue what criteria they will use to weed people out. I guess we will see!
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can get get negative confirmations? Will Quora guy be speaking? That presentation was painful to sit through last year. His advice boiled down to "have rich friends and tag along for the ride." Reid is another tricky one. He has so much useful information, but his presentation last year was almost incoherent. It looked like he was running late for class and tried to prepare his presentation on-the-fly with no organiz…
That was such a nasty comment that initially I couldn't even understand what you were asking.
Sorry for my unfortunate tone.
I was lamenting the lack of preparedness of a minority of speakers. Most people gave world class presentations, but a minority had a perceived lack of preparation.
With people traveling half way around the world, it seems disrespectful to have speakers fumbling on stage.
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can get get negative confirmations? Will Quora guy be speaking? That presentation was painful to sit through last year. His advice boiled down to "have rich friends and tag along for the ride." Reid is another tricky one. He has so much useful information, but his presentation last year was almost incoherent. It looked like he was running late for class and tried to prepare his presentation on-the-fly with no organiz…
That was such a nasty comment that initially I couldn't even understand what you were asking.
Doesn't read so nasty, though perhaps a bit negative. The question that springs to mind, is the comment true?
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#27I got on the cheapest flight I could find and went to the very first Startup School. And while I did not walk out and change the world, I walked out and changed my life. Streaming or not, my advice is to find your way there by hook or by crook and attend in person.
I attended the first startup school (in Boston). There was a large gathering at YC's office the night before the talks. A few of us were still there when pg was ready to leave. Despite having never met any of us before, he let us stay, asking only that we double-check that the door locked on our way out.
I'd like to think that I would have the same trust in my attendees if I were him. Not a big deal, but a special moment that I'll never forget :)
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#28The speaker list is just those confirmed so far. It will grow as we get closer to the event.
Can get get negative confirmations? Will Quora guy be speaking? That presentation was painful to sit through last year. His advice boiled down to "have rich friends and tag along for the ride." Reid is another tricky one. He has so much useful information, but his presentation last year was almost incoherent. It looked like he was running late for class and tried to prepare his presentation on-the-fly with no organiz…
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Any chance of live streaming the event this year?
Seconded. Being in Canada means I can't easily fly all the way to Stanford.
Damn our Canadian transportation system! My friend and I are planning on sleddogging down. Haha, we're actually planning a road trip for this if you don't mind driving with strangers and are in the lower AB/BC province we might be able to drive you--if you don't carry around an axe and stuff that is.
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#30I think I will organize a pilgrimage from my school's CS department.