Startup School Responses Delayed for a Day

Post by zach » Fri, Mar 09, 2007, 4:34 AM UTC

richcollins wrote: post #8

zach wrote: post #7

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I respectfully disagree. I went to the Boston event and had to put in a lot of work to network with people, since there were no official events or time within the program set aside to meet and talk. Admittedly, my schedule didn't allow me to do a post-school dinner. I'm not shy about chatting people up, so I did made use of the time I had and met some cool people. But I wouldn't recommend it as a networking opportuni…

I disagree. I thought it was one of the best events for networking with other hackers that I have ever been to. Everyone there was knowledgeable as well as driven and energetic. I was up until the wee hours of the morning on both nights talking shop with other entrepreneurs and programmers. I actually met my company's co-founder during the first startup school.

Post by bgold » Fri, Mar 09, 2007, 5:57 AM UTC

zach wrote: post #10

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I think Startup School is a great opportunity to meet other hackers and, hopefully, form meaningful relationships with like-minded peers. I'm from Los Angeles where the startup community is generally lacking -- the idea of "entrepreneurship" is somewhere along the lines of things like starting an event planning company or making indie films. As a result, I'm really looking forward to Startup School as a chance to mee…

Hey JMiao, I'm in LA too. Email me at lalife.com if you want to talk shop some time!

Post by RMena » Fri, Mar 09, 2007, 8:35 AM UTC