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Re: YC Changes

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Post by dhawalhs »

Dowwie wrote: post #56
dhawalhs wrote: post #26

Obligatory link to How to Start a Startup Stanford class by Sam Altman: http://startupclass.samaltman.com/ As the founder of a MOOC search engine, I am excited. Its good for my business :) P.S. You can follow the class on Class Central [1] and we will send you an update whenever the course dates are actually announced [1] https://www.class-central.com/mooc/7130/startup-school?follo...

class-central is great! I follow your twitter notices to keep up with upcoming courses

Thanks! Glad to know somebody finds them useful.

Re: YC Changes

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Post by smoyer »

lasryaric wrote: post #6
davmar wrote: post #5

ok.

Every blog post should have a TLDR like this one. TL;DR: Michael Seibel will be the new CEO of YC Core, which we are now just going to call "YC". Ali Rowghani is now the CEO of the YC Continuity Fund. I’m going to be the President of YC Group, which includes Y Combinator, YC Continuity, YC Research, and our new online class. We’ll add more organizational units over time. We’re going to replace the Fellowship with a m…

I was just coming to say the same thing!

It's concise and let's me cherry-pick the sections below I'd like to read - better than a table of contents except in those magazines that provide a paragraph for each of their lead stories).

I'd like to see other sama stories in an abbreviated form too.

Re: YC Changes

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Post by lbhnact »

idlewords wrote: post #46
baldajan wrote: post #29

PG wasnt joking when he said: "You could parachute [Sam] into an island full of cannibals and come back in 5 years and he'd be the king." - PG 5.5 years ago[1] [1] http://paulgraham.com/fundraising.html

Let's do it.

can always count on a zinger from idlewords :)

Re: YC Changes

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Post by OoTheNigerian »

Michael has been everywhere when it comes promoting YC. Si it's great to see this formalization.

Of course, the timing of this announcement is more exciting being that Michael and Qasar will be in Nigeria in 10 days :) [1][2]

re: MOOC

Sam/Michael,

What are your thoughts on (semi)formalizing a relationship with incubators globally as the top of the funnel for recruiting startups.

It can key into them helping adopt your MOOC curriculum. That way the fundamentals of knowledge are taken care of at the lowest of levels and potential YC recruits have the basics even before applying.

I was just having it as a rough idea to discuss with Michael when he visits only to see this post pop up

[1] Lagos - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/techcircle-presents-building-a-...

[2] Abuja - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/techcircle-presents-build-a-gre...

Both are oversubscribed but pop me an email (see profile) if you want to attend and have not registered I'll get you a ticket.

Re: YC Changes

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Post by [deleted] »

reflexive wrote: post #49
erikpukinskis wrote: post #37

I realize it's a joke, but it also seems quite unlikely to be true. To me, this is the biggest weakness of YC as an organization: a pernicious belief that what applies within their community applies to all communities. I have to wonder what kind of world Graham sees, if it's one in which all communities would welcome a person like Sam as leader. No disrespect to Sam and his substantial leadership qualities. Edit: It'…

> using people of color as ideological puppets You assume if they practice cannibalism, they must be "people of color"? Edit: context: parent states that PG's use of the phrase "an island full of cannibals" is "a commonly recognized form of racism"

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Re: YC Changes

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Post by zorpner »

reflexive wrote: post #49
erikpukinskis wrote: post #37

I realize it's a joke, but it also seems quite unlikely to be true. To me, this is the biggest weakness of YC as an organization: a pernicious belief that what applies within their community applies to all communities. I have to wonder what kind of world Graham sees, if it's one in which all communities would welcome a person like Sam as leader. No disrespect to Sam and his substantial leadership qualities. Edit: It'…

> using people of color as ideological puppets You assume if they practice cannibalism, they must be "people of color"? Edit: context: parent states that PG's use of the phrase "an island full of cannibals" is "a commonly recognized form of racism"

I'll happily call this out as obvious concern trolling. While you are technically correct (as most concern trolling is designed to be), it's obvious to any reasonable person that referring to an "island of cannibals" to an English-speaking primarily Western audience will call up a specific cultural trope that involves people of color. And now I've spent my order of magnitude more effort pointing out your bullshit than you spent creating it, so I suppose the joke's on me.

Re: YC Changes

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Post by Kinnard »

It's ambiguous wether the MOOC will be replacing the Fellowship the Fellowship will be continuing along with this new component.

Re: YC Changes

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Post by sethbannon »

There are many great mentors in the startup world, but I've yet to meet one with a better time in to help out ratio than Michael Seibel. Excellent choice to lead YC.

It's also very inspiring to see YC Group tackling some of the world's most important problems. Excited to see what comes of this.

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