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YC Fall 2015 College Tour
- wj 11y agoClicking through to one of them (http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/4922?eventId=32998738&calMin=201509&cal=20150914&skinId=11049 http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/4922?eventId=32998738&ca...) says: "In July 2015, Y Combinator introduced YC Fellowship Program to make an investment of $12,000 into 1000 startups every year. The first batch of YC Fellowship includes 32 companies, which received an equity-free grant instead of an investment." Does that mean there will be 968 more fellowships given over the next ten months?
- manuelflara 11y agoI think that 1000 figure comes from a statement they made along the lines of "one day we could be funding 1000 companies through this Fellowship program". I don't think they had a figure in mind for this batch.
- dabent 11y agoI'd love to see this at Georgia Tech in the future.
- katm 11y agoWe're planning to visit Georgia Tech this winter.
- FlyingLawnmower 11y agoThis is great to hear -- looking forward to it!
- ryanSrich 11y agoAny plans to visit NY? RIT or RPI would be good candidates.
- bernardom 11y agoOr Cornell!
- CardenB 11y agoYes! I am so excited!
- waterlesscloud 11y agoAnd Morehouse on the same visit.
- athyuttamre 11y agoExcited for Startup@Brown! http://startupatbrown.org http://startupatbrown.org
- dvt 11y agoCan YC set anything up at UCLA? We're really starting to have a very vibrant start-up community. Travis Kalanick (Uber CEO) is actually paying us a visit and is sitting down with students and alumni in a couple of weeks! I'd be more than willing to help out or volunteer.
- mspecter 11y agoNo MIT?
- katm 11y agoWe visited MIT this past spring and plan to visit again soon -- just not this fall. We are doing office hours in Boston, which you're welcome to sign up for: https://ycombinatorevents.wufoo.com/forms/y-combinator-office-hours-in-boston-928929/ https://ycombinatorevents.wufoo.com/forms/y-combinator-offic...
- Archio 11y agoDidn't they already go there? They haven't been to my university yet.
- philippnagel 11y agoToo bad I'm located in Germany.
- BinaryIdiot 11y agoIt would be really cool if YC came by UMD (University of Maryland). There is a start-up shell where a whole bunch of companies work out of, some of which has raised money and some not quite yet but it's a cool spot for start-ups nonetheless.
- wtvanhest 11y agoAlumni of UMD founded Google, Oculus, Under Armour and many other companies.
- dylanjermiah 11y agoSquarespace also IIRC.
- amitparikh 11y agoAt Maryland, both the Hinman CEOs [1] and QUEST Honors [2] programs would provide great reciprocal value for YC. [1] http://www.hinmanceos.umd.edu/ http://www.hinmanceos.umd.edu/ [2] http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/programs/undergraduate-programs/academics/fellows-special-programs/quest http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/programs/undergraduate-programs/a...
- HorizonXP 11y agoHey katm, are you still planning to do Startup School this fall too? Or does this replace that?
- katm 11y agoWe are not doing Startup School this fall. This doesn't replace Startup School - but we decided to focus on things like this, YCF, and open office hours this fall. Startup School will be back next year.
- Jun8 11y agoAwesome, wish I was back in college! Note to YC: Why don't you set up an official YC Startup University? You're effectively doing it now with all the talks, tours, etc.
- esfandia 11y agoHow about a stop in Ottawa, Canada? Two big universities (Carleton and Ottawa U), and a pretty big tech community here.
- adenadel 11y agoIt seems like the west coast isn't getting much love. I understand staying out of the Bay Area, but UW, UCSD etc. seem like they would be good places to visit.
- adenta 11y agohuge startup community at Indiana University:Bloomington that would love this opportunity.
- fhjskakaan 11y agoAny plans for Cal Poly?
- yefim 11y agoA bit disappointed that YC isn't visiting Penn seeing as 3 of the startups from the most recent summer batch were by Penn students.
- dubin 11y agoAlso agree that YC should consider a trip to Philly / Penn. There are a lot of students in the area that would flock to any talks or office hours
- pmalynin 11y agoAnd Western Canada gets shafted again, nice.
- spike021 11y agoAny chance that you'll be coming to San Jose State University? We're not so far away from you.
- sama 11y agoI'll come, who can we coordinate with?
- khou 11y agoPlease send me an email at kevin.hou@sjsu.edu I can assist you in the coordination of the event.
- spike021 11y agoHonestly I'm not too sure. There is an Entrepreneurial club, but I wouldn't say any particular organization is out there for this kind of thing. Do you have an email I can reach you at? Maybe I can connect you with someone from the Computer Science club at the very least.
- xigency 11y agoWhy not make a stop at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology? It's not far from Urbana-Champaign if the Y Combinator folks have a presenter to send.
- snake117 11y agoAnyone else heading to the Ann Arbor event?
- pyromine 11y agoI would really love YC to come to Utah. We're building a dorm specifically made as a 24/7 living / co-working space providing all the resources for students to start businesses.
- techwizrd 11y agoWould y'all consider coming to George Mason University? We're actively trying to build a entrepreneurial start-up culture here.
- ff_ 11y agoHi! As a student I am really happy you'll be touring universities to inspire hackers about making great things :) Unfortunately I'm too far away from any of them to personally enjoy this opportunity. Do you plan any visit to European Universities in the near future?
- baristaGeek 11y agoAre you planning something like a college world tour soon?
- hacker_kid 11y agoNo stanford?
- hacker_kid 11y agoNo Stanford?
- vertoc 11y agoWould love for you guys to come to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. We're only a 3 hour drive away and we have a huge entrepreneurship mindset on campus - we have an on campus incubator as well as a whole Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, plus a pretty good CS program :)