YC Startup School 2018: a free, 10-week, online course • Hacker News Board

Re: YC Startup School 2018: a free, 10-week, online course

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Post by jeremya » Wed, Jul 18, 2018, 2:29 PM UTC

adora wrote: post #3

Hi, I'm Adora, a YC partner, and will be helping out with the course. Very excited to meet and work with everyone. Happy to answer any questions.

I see that the course begins on August 27th. What is the deadline for applying to Startup School?

Re: YC Startup School 2018: a free, 10-week, online course

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Post by clbrook » Wed, Jul 18, 2018, 2:32 PM UTC

adora wrote: post #9

clbrook wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When applying is the login the same as the regular YC login or do I need to create a new account?

Not tied to Hacker News id at the moment. Need to create a new account.

Thanks! Will do.

Re: YC Startup School 2018: a free, 10-week, online course

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Post by sreyaNotfilc » Wed, Jul 18, 2018, 2:32 PM UTC

Sounds sweet! I'm actually releasing a website/business September 1st. So, this is perfect timing. Might as well give it a go.

Re: YC Startup School 2018: a free, 10-week, online course

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Post by elvirs » Wed, Jul 18, 2018, 2:34 PM UTC

this is awesome. lines up with our stage of development too. filled out the form, hoping to become part of YC community

Re: YC Startup School 2018: a free, 10-week, online course

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Post by adora » Wed, Jul 18, 2018, 2:35 PM UTC

jeremya wrote: post #11

adora wrote: post #3

Hi, I'm Adora, a YC partner, and will be helping out with the course. Very excited to meet and work with everyone. Happy to answer any questions.

I see that the course begins on August 27th. What is the deadline for applying to Startup School?

August 13.

Re: YC Startup School 2018: a free, 10-week, online course

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Post by Viccco » Wed, Jul 18, 2018, 2:37 PM UTC

Most definitely joining in. Perfect timing, as I'm preparing to launch

Re: YC Startup School 2018: a free, 10-week, online course

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Post by wslh » Wed, Jul 18, 2018, 2:39 PM UTC

adora wrote: post #3

Hi, I'm Adora, a YC partner, and will be helping out with the course. Very excited to meet and work with everyone. Happy to answer any questions.

Thanks Adora. Just a suggestion: I took the 2017 course and it was great, now I think an aditional growing startup course will be complementary for companies that need to solve growing challenges.

Re: YC Startup School 2018: a free, 10-week, online course

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Post by major » Wed, Jul 18, 2018, 2:41 PM UTC

adora wrote: post #3

Hi, I'm Adora, a YC partner, and will be helping out with the course. Very excited to meet and work with everyone. Happy to answer any questions.

Hi Adora. I signed up and got a 500 Internal Server Error after registering. I didn't get a confirmation email, and when I requested a resend, I receive the same error.

Re: YC Startup School 2018: a free, 10-week, online course

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Post by mkirklions » Wed, Jul 18, 2018, 2:45 PM UTC

I am developing a finance tech, full stack app, solo. This would probably be fantastic, but the time/money commitment is

>Not working my 9-5 job that pays 2k/week

>Not obsessively working on my app after work 4hr/night 5 + 12hr2= 44 hours/week of not programming

Im sure its a great opportunity, but I am unsure if its the better decision. I already have a community that visits Efficiency Is Everything, I already can program, and I have a significant savings.

Business skills may be a real thing to learn, but its a risky 10 week proposal.

Anyone care to share thoughts on this decision? I would rather find out I'm wrong, than be wrong and make a bad decision.

Re: YC Startup School 2018: a free, 10-week, online course

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Post by wgerard » Wed, Jul 18, 2018, 2:46 PM UTC

adora wrote: post #3

Hi, I'm Adora, a YC partner, and will be helping out with the course. Very excited to meet and work with everyone. Happy to answer any questions.

This looks really great!

We're really eager to apply, but we're just curious what it means to "complete" the course - would we need to be in Mountain View during those 10 weeks to attend the lectures in-person?