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Startup School 2018 – Curriculum

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Re: Startup School 2018 – Curriculum

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Post by staunch »

Really great news that this program is getting more effort poured into it. Startup School could be orders of magnitude bigger and more important than YC itself. It could be the first meritocratic platform for startup opportunity.

Instead of trying to predict success based on the seeds of an idea and a brief interview, any startup could enter the program and those that prove themselves could move up a ladder that provides more and more opportunity.

The application still asks about educational background, which effectively just a way of asking about familial wealth, but it still seems like a major improvement over existing avenues.

I predict that in the future YC will be viewed as the "do things that don't scale" early effort and Startup School will become the massively world-changing product that results.

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Post by staunch »

wnsire wrote: post #5

Thanks YC for doing this. >100 companies who complete the course will also receive $10K. Depending on your location and what position you are in your career , Funding can be a big issue. This small grant can be a big help to start a business , but 100 companies is quiet limited to be honest.

I think it's good feedback but perhaps not well stated, which is why you're getting grief for it. It is generous and a good thing to give away $1 million no matter how you do it.

Ideally though, they would give $100k to 100 (or 1000) companies and actually take equity. Most startups want to give up equity for good amounts of money, they call it "funding" ;-)

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Post by [deleted] »

geoff wrote: post #4
davebryand wrote: post #3

When you're in YC they tell you that a huge part of being a successful founder is "managing your psychology." I wish they would elevate that to a first-class concept in their startup education.

We did! The session taught by Daniel Gross: "Life as a Founder" will largely be focused on this.

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Post by codingdave »

maerF0x0 wrote: post #8

Anyone have an opinion if this curriculum would be useful for people currently working at a startup or wanting to do intrapreneurship?

I'm of the opinion that all knowledge is helpful. If you work at a startup, understanding the bigger picture of how it operates, where it fits in the market, and what all the roles and responsibilities for success may be can only help you.

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Post by dpeck »

wnsire wrote: post #7
packetslave wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They're giving a million dollars to companies and asking for no equity in return and you're giving them crap for it? Unbelievable.

> you're giving them crap for it Wait , what ? My comment started by "Thanks" that's a weird interpretation really... If you have 1000 companies following the course that's like 10% chance of getting funding, regardless of whether or not there is an equity that's the point.

pro tip: in the world of funding a 10% chance of success is a damn good one.

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Post by samstave »

fridaymorning81 wrote: post #10
wnsire wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> you're giving them crap for it Wait , what ? My comment started by "Thanks" that's a weird interpretation really... If you have 1000 companies following the course that's like 10% chance of getting funding, regardless of whether or not there is an equity that's the point.

they are giving away 1,000,000 dollars.. just giving it away. plus tons of content. did you read the article?

Doubtful that it is randomly given in a lottery sense - they likely are granting this to keep promising teams going...

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Post by hydandata »

davebryand wrote: post #3

When you're in YC they tell you that a huge part of being a successful founder is "managing your psychology." I wish they would elevate that to a first-class concept in their startup education.

One could argue that this is a huge part of any serious undertaking which requires intense focus.
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