Startup School 2017 First Lecture
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Startup School 2017 First Lecture
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Re: Startup School 2017 First Lecture
#2This is an interesting talk, but it is substantially similar to the previous one that was already out there.
Which makes me think: it would be interesting to have a diff tool for videos, but it diffs a representation of the content not specific video frames.
Customers might include all the students of Udacity, Coursera, EdX and Startupschool.
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#3A couple of the slides are titled: Getting your first 100 users. I think that's probably a strong attraction/benefit for YC. Its alumni seem almost to be a keiretsu from the outside, offering connections and first sales to their newly hatched brethren.
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#4A couple of the slides are titled: Getting your first 100 users. I think that's probably a strong attraction/benefit for YC. Its alumni seem almost to be a keiretsu from the outside, offering connections and first sales to their newly hatched brethren.
True. But when I was reading the Techcrunch reports on these last Demo Days, every time I read one of the batch had some dozen or two customers I couldn't stop thinking "How many of those are just other YC companies?"
In other words, there's a bit of a discounting in effect now too.
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#5Something else that's just out is the list of future speakers: https://blog.ycombinator.com/startup-school-online-first-lec...
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#6Great resource - looking forward to future videos. It does feel like there's an assumption that everyone who wants to build a startup is trying to build the same kind of startup. Lifestyle businesses and social entrepreneurship ventures are kind of glossed over, but are legitimate - they require passion and hardwork without the hope or promise of big payoffs. I'm wondering if this series will be appropriate for people who are interested in those types of startups - I guess we will see.
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#7A couple of the slides are titled: Getting your first 100 users. I think that's probably a strong attraction/benefit for YC. Its alumni seem almost to be a keiretsu from the outside, offering connections and first sales to their newly hatched brethren.
My impression is that basically all VCs try to generate network effects from incestuous cross-pollination among their fundees.
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#8This is an interesting talk, but it is substantially similar to the previous one that was already out there. Which makes me think: it would be interesting to have a diff tool for videos, but it diffs a representation of the content not specific video frames. Customers might include all the students of Udacity, Coursera, EdX and Startupschool.
Could you link the other one, thanks!
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#9This is an interesting talk, but it is substantially similar to the previous one that was already out there. Which makes me think: it would be interesting to have a diff tool for videos, but it diffs a representation of the content not specific video frames. Customers might include all the students of Udacity, Coursera, EdX and Startupschool.
Can't help with the diff tool concept, but I built a search engine for talks, which semi-randomizes the results to force a variety in the search results.
For business talks, you can see it here: http://findlectures.com/?p=1&type1=Conference&talk_type_l2_C...
This includes the older startup school talks, plus a few good software business conferences. For the next phase, I want to highlight talks that are most unique to the category (using word lists in the transcript/captions, not video diff)
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#10A couple of the slides are titled: Getting your first 100 users. I think that's probably a strong attraction/benefit for YC. Its alumni seem almost to be a keiretsu from the outside, offering connections and first sales to their newly hatched brethren.
This is half true, but yc network companies are a _lot_ more discerning about what they'll try these days. There are 5-10x more yc startups than there used to be, and no one has time to use them all.
It's actually more valuable for early user feedback than showing traction for investors. yc network companies are usually willing to spend more time poking through stuff than some company you don't know, help with pitches, etc.