There's a two-day in-person version of this on the East Coast on July 25-26, 2017 at Georgetown University called Startup Spectacular. Worth checking out if you want an in-person version: http://www.startupspectacular.com. Edit: yes, just noticed this is not the same idea / concept. I was posting based on the feedback that a MOOC doesn't seem to work for everyone for this sort of thing.
Startup School – YC’s Online Class
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Re: Startup School – YC’s Online Class
#22There's a two-day in-person version of this on the East Coast on July 25-26, 2017 at Georgetown University called Startup Spectacular. Worth checking out if you want an in-person version: http://www.startupspectacular.com . Edit: yes, just noticed this is not the same idea / concept. I was posting based on the feedback that a MOOC doesn't seem to work for everyone for this sort of thing.
To be clear, the above appears to have no affiliation with YC, but is just another startup course; one that does not appear to be a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), unlike the one referenced in the the post that's the subject of this thread.
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#23Lots of analytics, advertising and tracking being used on the site: https://builtwith.com/www.startupschool.org Expecting to see lots of ads for this appearing soon.
You said a lot. But after opening the link It kinda got scary
Yep, here's the full list:
Eyeota
The Trade Desk
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Tapad
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AppNexus
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Re: Startup School – YC’s Online Class
#24This is great, however I don't believe it will make you a better entrepreneur. To me at least the only thing I ever learned from was doing it and make my own experience which often would if not contradict what I read about then at least illustrate that nothing beats doing.
I guess the idea isn't to teach people how to be an awesome entrepreneur, but to point them in a good direction so they can earn the experience they need to be an awesome entrepreneur.
I don't disagree.
I just don't think statistically, it has any significant impact on whether you become successful or not. But sure it might save you from some beginner mistakes.
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
You said a lot. But after opening the link It kinda got scary
Yep, here's the full list: Eyeota The Trade Desk Rocket Fuel Dstillery Aggregate Knowledge Tapad BlueKai DoubleClick.Net AppNexus Neustar AdAdvisor eXelate Connexity Google Universal Analytics Datalogix Lotame Crowd Control New Relic comScore Rapleaf Cross Pixel OwnerIQ Signal
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Re: Startup School – YC’s Online Class
#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
There's a balance to be had between theory & practice, exclusive doing one or the other will likely produce suboptimal results. Ideally, you'd focus on execution and dynamically get intuitive meaningful feedback as you went.
Each to their own of course and I have no scientific evidence to back this up but my guess is that only a fraction who ever become successful entrepreneurs take courses in entrepreneurism. The rest see an opportunity and hire the financial, legal and technical and other advice they need.
Real value of the course is the opportunity to get one-on-one sessions with experienced mentors; my guess is that the majority of successful founders have received advice that was crucial to their success.
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#27Lots of analytics, advertising and tracking being used on the site: https://builtwith.com/www.startupschool.org Expecting to see lots of ads for this appearing soon.
We are absolutely not going to be advertising on the site. I'm not sure where the tracking is coming from but am looking into it.
Also, I think that information is out of date. The Startup School Conference site has been moved to here: http://conference.startupschool.org.
The new site is built with Ruby on Rails, React and Semantic UI.
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#28I hope that there is some kind of 1:1 they can do here. We're part of a startup in a non-techy city. We're a service business and although our immediate future is bright, I have major questions about how to scale our business outside of acquiring similar companies doing stuff close to what we're doing and changing their strategy. Sure, there are mentors here who have grown a business...but I want YC-enabled growth...
We hope to provide 1:1 and group office hours to as many companies as possible.
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#29Unable to sign up at the moment, getting a 522 from CF after entering email.
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#30Here's more info:
https://blog.ycombinator.com/onlineclass/