How to Start a Startup: Fall 2014 • Hacker News Board

Re: How to Start a Startup: Fall 2014

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Post by hackerews » Tue, Sep 16, 2014, 5:45 PM UTC

This is really powerful and good for the world.

If you work incredibly hard over a short period of time and watch these videos, you are emulating quite a bit of YC.

Re: How to Start a Startup: Fall 2014

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Post by katm » Tue, Sep 16, 2014, 5:58 PM UTC

TheMakeA wrote: post #12

cperciva wrote: post #10

Marginally related: Anyone know when startup school invitations go out? I believe the application deadline was last week.

Somewhere it was said that invitations would go out about a week after the deadline, so I would expect them by September 19th.

Yes - they should go out by midnight Friday PT.

Re: How to Start a Startup: Fall 2014

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Post by crazypyro » Tue, Sep 16, 2014, 6:06 PM UTC

I am beyond jealous. That instructor list is unreal. Students at Stanford get another peg up on the starting ladder...

(Also there is only 90 universities signed up for watch parties, yet copy lists "hundreds")

Re: How to Start a Startup: Fall 2014

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Post by ph0rque » Tue, Sep 16, 2014, 6:08 PM UTC

startupfounder wrote: post #5

This is an amazing recruiting tool for YC and is a page out of JOEL SPOLSKY's book: "So if the top 1 percent never apply for jobs (aka get startup funding), how can you recruit them? My theory is that the best way is to find them before they realize there is a job market (aka startup funding)--back when they're still in college."[0] [0] http://www.inc.com/magazine/20070501/column-guest.html

Next cycle, there will be a new question on the YC application: "Have you taken YC's course, or followed along online?"

Re: How to Start a Startup: Fall 2014

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Post by icu » Tue, Sep 16, 2014, 6:18 PM UTC

Thank you! I'm really looking forward to following online!

Re: How to Start a Startup: Fall 2014

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Post by penfold26 » Tue, Sep 16, 2014, 6:24 PM UTC

Thats a whos who of the startup world which is fantastic. I hope you can motivate students in not only on just the web side to change the world. Sort of a great way to teach future entrepreneurs the requirements, structure and path of a successful startup.

Re: How to Start a Startup: Fall 2014

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Post by hkailahi » Tue, Sep 16, 2014, 6:28 PM UTC

Wow this is exciting and unexpected! I am curious to see if the students who take this course end up being more likely to dropout afterwards.

Re: How to Start a Startup: Fall 2014

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Post by sama » Tue, Sep 16, 2014, 6:32 PM UTC

crazypyro wrote: post #23

I am beyond jealous. That instructor list is unreal. Students at Stanford get another peg up on the starting ladder... (Also there is only 90 universities signed up for watch parties, yet copy lists "hundreds")

it's online! don't be jealous; watch the talks.

Re: How to Start a Startup: Fall 2014

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Post by crixlet » Tue, Sep 16, 2014, 6:33 PM UTC

truly amazing list. So this is a class specifically for the Stanford computer science program?

Re: How to Start a Startup: Fall 2014

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Post by bdcs » Tue, Sep 16, 2014, 6:36 PM UTC

hkailahi wrote: post #27

Wow this is exciting and unexpected! I am curious to see if the students who take this course end up being more likely to dropout afterwards.

Interesting idea! Though, my guess is few. Many of the "startup-dropouts" probably already have. It sounds like this course doesn't bring any new information to the table, but, rather, is the most concise one can get with 1000 minutes.

As an interesting corollary, Virgil Elings taught an entrepreneurship course at UCSB wherein the first day he assigned the following homework assignment: Drop out and work-for/start-up a company. I didn't take attendance (neither did he, for that matter!), but it seems nobody dropped out.