Last day to apply for Startup School Europe
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Last day to apply for Startup School Europe
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Re: Last day to apply for Startup School Europe
#2Why London? Wouldn't it make more sense to have it organized in a mainland city such as Berlin or Paris where many more Europeans can easily get to?
Re: Last day to apply for Startup School Europe
#3Why London? Wouldn't it make more sense to have it organized in a mainland city such as Berlin or Paris where many more Europeans can easily get to?
London has 5 airports; there is also the Eurostar. If people really want to go, I'm sure they can find a way. Surely if thats too high a barrier it says something about how serious they are about founding a startup?
Re: Last day to apply for Startup School Europe
#4Why London? Wouldn't it make more sense to have it organized in a mainland city such as Berlin or Paris where many more Europeans can easily get to?
London has 5 airports; there is also the Eurostar. If people really want to go, I'm sure they can find a way. Surely if thats too high a barrier it says something about how serious they are about founding a startup?
Yes, but UK is not schengen, so for any non-EU living in the schengen area this presents a barrier.
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#6This looks cool, however, I can't find anything about the costs... Is this free to attend (if you're invited)?
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#7This looks cool, however, I can't find anything about the costs... Is this free to attend (if you're invited)?
Yes, it is free.
Re: Last day to apply for Startup School Europe
#8Why London? Wouldn't it make more sense to have it organized in a mainland city such as Berlin or Paris where many more Europeans can easily get to?
London has 5 airports; there is also the Eurostar. If people really want to go, I'm sure they can find a way. Surely if thats too high a barrier it says something about how serious they are about founding a startup?
I'm not complaining about the location but your statement about "how serious" I am is over the top.
I am willing to create a startup on which I'm working in my free time (I need a day job to pay the bills) and personal elements made my life a bit more complicated than necessary financially-wise and I couldn't afford a trip abroad right now.
Re: Last day to apply for Startup School Europe
#9Why London? Wouldn't it make more sense to have it organized in a mainland city such as Berlin or Paris where many more Europeans can easily get to?
London has 5 airports; there is also the Eurostar. If people really want to go, I'm sure they can find a way. Surely if thats too high a barrier it says something about how serious they are about founding a startup?
By the same logic they should be hosted it in Reykjavik.
Re: Last day to apply for Startup School Europe
#10Why London? Wouldn't it make more sense to have it organized in a mainland city such as Berlin or Paris where many more Europeans can easily get to?
I imagine the factors that came into play:
1) It's an major English speaking city with a culture many of the YC partners are comfortable with. Running an event in a country with a foreign language and culture is hard.
2) It's well connected with flights from pretty much every major city in Europe and has direct flights from SF & NY. Not only for attendees but also for convincing speakers to attend.
3) It's by far the biggest startup/tech hub in Europe (excluding Israel) and YC is very pro-hub (one of the reasons YC moved from Boston to SF).
Obviously there's downsides to London, mainly being that it's an expensive city but given that it's a one-day event that gets mitigated to some extent.