Is it only for university students? Would love to go there.
Nope, anyone can apply to attend the Startup School event.
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Re: Want to start a startup? Meet all the YC partners in Boston – Apr 20th
#52Am I reading this correctly - anyone can apply to Startup School, but only students can do the in-person interviews?
Yes. As part of our annual college outreach tour, we're holding in-person interviews for students at this stop.
Re: Want to start a startup? Meet all the YC partners in Boston – Apr 20th
#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
> but this is less true of YC than society at large, and it's a big part of YC's business for it to remain so. Are there collected statistics that showcase this?
Good question. Probably? I imagine so. But I doubt the data is public. I'm just talking from my own observations in any case. Edit: i inserted an IMO into my comment to make that clearer
Question:
- I am older, established, and have done a number of successful startups in various roles.
- I have a family and can't spend a summer in California.
- I don't need the seed funding YCombinator provides, but I don't mind it either. I can self-fund a bit
However, I'd truly enjoy the experience, and with my next startup, I'd be glad to trade off the equity to be in the YC community. I think I'd learn a lot from it, since YC does startups very differently than I have (learning might go both ways!).
Does it make sense to engage with YC in any way next time I do a startup (or before)? Or am I far enough outside the target demographic?
Re: Want to start a startup? Meet all the YC partners in Boston – Apr 20th
#54Funny they decided to do it on 420.
Jeez, some of the voters in this thread should prly imbibe when they go to this meetup on 420
Re: Want to start a startup? Meet all the YC partners in Boston – Apr 20th
#55'We’re conducting in-person interviews for the Summer 2024 batch for current undergraduate or graduate students at universities in the northeastern US.' Why are recent BA/BS, MS, and PhD graduates excluded?
Or those of us with no degrees and decades of experience? I'm in Boston.
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Re: Want to start a startup? Meet all the YC partners in Boston – Apr 20th
#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
Definitely not true! How did you get that impression? I wouldn't be here if it were—my cofounder Scott and I made it to YC from way outside elite circles, US or otherwise. It's really important not to go for these demoralizing assumptions, lest they become self-fulfilling prophesies. Here's some better information: if you can build, can make something people want, and are willing to be coached in the way that YC coac…
> but this is less true of YC than society at large, and it's a big part of YC's business for it to remain so. Are there collected statistics that showcase this?
This might help for creating an initial analysis: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/founders
Of 11,162 YC founders who haven't opted out of the directory, the top 9 alma maters account for nearly exactly 20% of founders.
540 - Stanford University
388 - University of California, Berkeley
373 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
193 - University of Waterloo
187 - Harvard University
144 - Carnegie Mellon University
143 - Columbia University
143 - University of Pennsylvania
124 - Cornell University
25 - Harvard University
11 - Stanford University
9 - University of Pennsylvania
7 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
6 - Cornell University
6 - University of Chicago
6 - Northwestern
6 - Columbia University
6 - YaleRe: Want to start a startup? Meet all the YC partners in Boston – Apr 20th
#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
Good question. Probably? I imagine so. But I doubt the data is public. I'm just talking from my own observations in any case. Edit: i inserted an IMO into my comment to make that clearer
Question: - I am older, established, and have done a number of successful startups in various roles. - I have a family and can't spend a summer in California. - I don't need the seed funding YCombinator provides, but I don't mind it either. I can self-fund a bit However, I'd truly enjoy the experience, and with my next startup, I'd be glad to trade off the equity to be in the YC community. I think I'd learn a lot fro…
As two times YC founder, you fit 100% in what YC invests.
Re: Want to start a startup? Meet all the YC partners in Boston – Apr 20th
#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
> but this is less true of YC than society at large, and it's a big part of YC's business for it to remain so. Are there collected statistics that showcase this?
This might help for creating an initial analysis: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/founders Of 11,162 YC founders who haven't opted out of the directory, the top 9 alma maters account for nearly exactly 20% of founders. 540 - Stanford University 388 - University of California, Berkeley 373 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology 193 - University of Waterloo 187 - Harvard University 144 - Carnegie Mellon Universi…
It's nice to see my ala mater up there! Go Cornell! Also, I know PG disassociates himself from his roots but it's nice to know he was probably once sitting at the same desk I'm at now.
Re: Want to start a startup? Meet all the YC partners in Boston – Apr 20th
#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
Definitely not true! How did you get that impression? I wouldn't be here if it were—my cofounder Scott and I made it to YC from way outside elite circles, US or otherwise. It's really important not to go for these demoralizing assumptions, lest they become self-fulfilling prophesies. Here's some better information: if you can build, can make something people want, and are willing to be coached in the way that YC coac…
> Where did you get that impression Probably from Paul Graham: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39756865
I learned a long time ago, that HN and YCombinator were never for me. We were too poor and never part of the elite SV venture capitalism scene, no matter how sharp or crazy the idea.
We were never part of that 'scene'. Hell, I even tried to enter the VC scene locally. It was all about blatant lying and redoing Uber than actual innovative and crazy ideas. I even had a 'mentor' say that I should just lie about hockey stick growth, cause that's what everyone does.
It's not that hard to see the emperor is dearlng no clothes. But damn, don't say that if you want to deal with SV folks.
Re: Want to start a startup? Meet all the YC partners in Boston – Apr 20th
#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
You are too generous in your reply; the GP's position cannot be held honestly. Spending just a few minutes googling or searching HN would be enough. Just as a starting point, there's the ~quarterly immigration attorney AMA. https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=proberts
It can be held honestly. I don't think it's productive to say another commenter can't possibly believe something I don't believe. In either case here's a better starting point. There are batch stats https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/yc-summer-2020-batch-stats that can be referenced against the founder directory.
I did not say the what you claim I said.
A person may dishonestly believe something.