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Startup School: Every Company That Applied Is Now Accepted

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Re: Startup School: Every Company That Applied Is Now Accepted

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Post by DoreenMichele »

solveit wrote: post #129
snowmaker wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is a good idea! We conducted an inadvertent A/B test :)

Is there any chance you can blind yourselves to any extent? Or does everyone involved already know too much about which companies were initially accepted?

any chance you can blind yourselves

I wouldn't worry too much about that angle, personally.

The human mind can follow a community of about 150. This is two orders of magnitude larger.

I think they will be lucky if they can even remember names of folks they are dealing with.

Re: Startup School: Every Company That Applied Is Now Accepted

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Post by contingencies »

I only received this email, and no other rejection or acceptance email.

We are deeply sorry, but an error occurred in the software that triggers acceptance emails and you were actually supposed to receive the email below accepting you into the Startup School Advisor Track.

I guess that means, unlike the apparent screwup narrative for others here, we were actually accepted and really did make the cut.

Re: Startup School: Every Company That Applied Is Now Accepted

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Post by snowmaker »

kashprime wrote: post #11

A great way to save the situation. And the resulting community created by 15k startups might lead to interesting directions and developments. I'm looking forward to participating and meeting our peers out there.

I totally agree! I am very excited to see how the community evolves.

Re: Startup School: Every Company That Applied Is Now Accepted

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Post by dang »

contingencies wrote: post #134

I only received this email, and no other rejection or acceptance email. We are deeply sorry, but an error occurred in the software that triggers acceptance emails and you were actually supposed to receive the email below accepting you into the Startup School Advisor Track. I guess that means, unlike the apparent screwup narrative for others here, we were actually accepted and really did make the cut.

It sounds like it, but it's odd that you didn't receive the prior incorrect email. Have you checked your spam bin?

Re: Startup School: Every Company That Applied Is Now Accepted

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Post by contingencies »

dang wrote: post #138
contingencies wrote: post #134

I only received this email, and no other rejection or acceptance email. We are deeply sorry, but an error occurred in the software that triggers acceptance emails and you were actually supposed to receive the email below accepting you into the Startup School Advisor Track. I guess that means, unlike the apparent screwup narrative for others here, we were actually accepted and really did make the cut.

It sounds like it, but it's odd that you didn't receive the prior incorrect email. Have you checked your spam bin?

Yep, not there. Probably GMail's fault not yours, it's been randomly dropping emails recently (have same addresses since 1990s ... heaps of spam .. apparently exceeded daily limits for free GMail tier) so I am in the process of attempting migration to Fastmail. Unfortunately they don't allow Chinese phone numbers to sign up, and their SMS never arrives at my HK number, sigh. Nothing ever easy.

Re: Startup School: Every Company That Applied Is Now Accepted

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Post by dreammaker »

kcorbitt wrote: post #65
hyperpallium wrote: post #50

Will the course materials also be available to those who did not apply?

Yes! All the videos and content from the course will eventually become public for everyone – we're trying to optimize for maximum impact.

So, can you explain, what is the main difference between 'new-way'-accepted participants and people who even did not apply to Startup School and will be able to watch the videos also?
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