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Re: Startup School 2013 – Live Stream

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Post by bigtunacan »

friendstock wrote: post #44
gsaines wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

George from the CodeCombat team here. It was a crazy experience. Nick and I were leaving the stage, I was thinking "okay, that went okay, hope we get an interview!" When they called us back I thought we had biffed a mic transfer to the next team. When we heard we were in this next batch, I couldn't even believe it. Nick and I managed to keep it relatively cool on stage but we got a little silly back stage. Still can'…

Congratulations! Just curious -- how is this different from RubyWarrior (which I enjoyed playing)?

It's JavaScript...

Seriously though; I had never heard of RubyWarrior; so thanks for that one too!

Re: Startup School 2013 – Live Stream

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Post by bigtunacan »

burritofanatic wrote: post #37
bigtunacan wrote: post #33

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From what I've read elsewhere, sometimes they decide and tell you on the spot, other times you won't hear back for maybe a day or two. Personally, I wasn't feeling it for that 2nd interview group, but the 3rd guy with the customs brokerage business. I want a piece of that action :) That seems like a big money maker. My money is on him getting in.

Correct, the customs brokerage business reminds me of Asseta (YCS13) in that there's less competition, and is an industry that people do not naturally enter for lack of knowledge or sex appeal. Recipe for a money maker. CodeCombat's novel, and given YC's history with Codecademy and One Month Rails, along with the founder's previous business venture - getting picked up wasn't a surprise.

Yeah; I think the CodeCombat app is actually pretty cool. As a father of 3 I immediately checked it out. I'm always interested in ways to get my kids interested in programming.

PG has already shown an interest in programming education; add to that these guys have a live product it is a bit of a no brainer to "incubate" it a little. Curious to see an actual profit model though; I'm not sold on the weak "recruiter" angle. From what I see it is more of a kid's educational app.

The brokerage business though; whether he gets accepted by YC or not, I expect he is going to make some serious bank on that.

Re: Startup School 2013 – Live Stream

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Post by bigtunacan »

gsaines wrote: post #39
Sukotto wrote: post #30

Hey guys come back for a sec. You didn't know it, but that was your y-combinator interview.... you're in the next batch. -- pg to the codecombat team

George from the CodeCombat team here. It was a crazy experience. Nick and I were leaving the stage, I was thinking "okay, that went okay, hope we get an interview!" When they called us back I thought we had biffed a mic transfer to the next team. When we heard we were in this next batch, I couldn't even believe it. Nick and I managed to keep it relatively cool on stage but we got a little silly back stage. Still can'…

Congrats. Immediately checked out your product too. My little 4th grader is going to be giving it a spin shortly.

Re: Startup School 2013 – Live Stream

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Post by pearjuice »

pg wrote: post #48
pearjuice wrote: post #19

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Is this stream being recorded? Can we watch it on a later moment, when we shouldn't be asleep or is this thrown into the ether once and that's it?

Yes, don't worry, we'll post videos of each talk.

Thanks, I got hooked either way. It's been a long night but definitely worth it. The interview with Zuckerberg was a bit odd though. Unstructured, if you will.

Re: Startup School 2013 – Live Stream

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Post by rhizome »

bruceb wrote: post #45

Balaji Srinivasan lives in the richest, most technological advanced country in the world and he is talking about exit. I am no fan of too much regulation but sometimes it come in to existence for a reason because we live in a society and need some rules in order to function better. Hilarious how he shows SV eating other places and cites examples of companies who are in existence because of the content created by othe…

His use of "exit" was more abstract than physical location, though from his description of the reasons his father left India we see that sometimes you have to do that, too. He mentioned "Hirschmann's Treatise," in passing, which you might find illustrative:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit,_Voice,_and_Loyalty

Re: Startup School 2013 – Live Stream

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Post by semerda »

gsaines wrote: post #39
Sukotto wrote: post #30

Hey guys come back for a sec. You didn't know it, but that was your y-combinator interview.... you're in the next batch. -- pg to the codecombat team

George from the CodeCombat team here. It was a crazy experience. Nick and I were leaving the stage, I was thinking "okay, that went okay, hope we get an interview!" When they called us back I thought we had biffed a mic transfer to the next team. When we heard we were in this next batch, I couldn't even believe it. Nick and I managed to keep it relatively cool on stage but we got a little silly back stage. Still can'…

Congrats guys! I really enjoyed your presentation. Obviously the product is the start of something bigger but how you guys worked together on stage to answer questions to what you built is kickass. You peeps are obviously smart, know your market and have the determination to make this big.

Too many startups just deliver educational content digitally. That has been done many times over. But very few look at creative ways to keep the user engaged (focused) while being educated. You guys managed to do both. Superb.

Re: Startup School 2013 – Live Stream

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Post by MysticFear »

pg wrote: post #48
pearjuice wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is this stream being recorded? Can we watch it on a later moment, when we shouldn't be asleep or is this thrown into the ether once and that's it?

Yes, don't worry, we'll post videos of each talk.

Where will the videos be posted? A youtube account I presume.

Re: Startup School 2013 – Live Stream

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Post by neurotech1 »

gsaines wrote: post #39
Sukotto wrote: post #30

Hey guys come back for a sec. You didn't know it, but that was your y-combinator interview.... you're in the next batch. -- pg to the codecombat team

George from the CodeCombat team here. It was a crazy experience. Nick and I were leaving the stage, I was thinking "okay, that went okay, hope we get an interview!" When they called us back I thought we had biffed a mic transfer to the next team. When we heard we were in this next batch, I couldn't even believe it. Nick and I managed to keep it relatively cool on stage but we got a little silly back stage. Still can'…

Its interesting that at least one other team (friends of mine) applied previously with a somewhat similar that didn't get in. PG apparently selects teams more than ideas.

Congrats guys.

Re: Startup School 2013 – Live Stream

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Post by wellboy »

neurotech1 wrote: post #59
gsaines wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

George from the CodeCombat team here. It was a crazy experience. Nick and I were leaving the stage, I was thinking "okay, that went okay, hope we get an interview!" When they called us back I thought we had biffed a mic transfer to the next team. When we heard we were in this next batch, I couldn't even believe it. Nick and I managed to keep it relatively cool on stage but we got a little silly back stage. Still can'…

Its interesting that at least one other team (friends of mine) applied previously with a somewhat similar that didn't get in. PG apparently selects teams more than ideas. Congrats guys.

Well they went viral on reddit, that might have helped ;)
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