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Last Day to Apply for Startup School 2016

50 points by dwaxe 10y ago

SmellTheGlove 10y ago
I think I read elsewhere that this would be streamed live. I presume no advance application is needed to do that, or am I wrong?
- themacexpert 10y ago
  That's correct, or at least, how it was in 2014
- katm 10y ago
  Correct! We'll put the streaming link up on http://www.startupschool.org/ http://www.startupschool.org/ that morning.
  - veritas20 10y ago
    Hey Kat, when will participants be notified?
    - katm 10y ago
      We'll send out invites on August 26.
yeukhon 10y ago
Did anyone find this conference useful? Like I said in [1] yesterday, I am always interested in creating a startup myself but at this stage I haven't decided on exactly which idea to pursue. What's the selection process? How's my answer on the application going to be used? But if streaming is available, is it worth the money to travel? Also, any plan for Startup School @NY? [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12289314 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12289314
- GuiA 10y ago
  > Did anyone find this conference useful? I attended the first one, I believe in 2013 or so? I don't regret that I attended, but it wasn't life changing either. The talks ranged from a little bland and cliché to insightful - but none of them gave me a "man, so glad I'm here - wouldn't have thought of this otherwise" feeling. The network is whatever you generally feel towards networking. I tend to dislike it, so it wasn't for me, but if you really want to meet tons of people who are into startups and YC, then it's a good place to be. > What's the selection process? How's my answer on the application going to be used? The selection process is YC people doing whatever they want to select who'll attend. Who knows what the actual criteria are besides what they publicly say on the website. It could be that names will be picked out of a sorting hat, or that only participants who have an even number of characters in their essay get picked, or who knows what else. I would answer it truthfully without stressing too much about it. > Is it worth the money to travel? Probably not, unless you have other things to do in the Bay Area the surrounding days. Otherwise, if you're a startup founder, that money and time are probably better spent either a) implementing your product or b) talking to your users. > I am always interested in creating a startup myself but at this stage I haven't decided on exactly which idea to pursue. Seems like you might be putting the carriage before the horses here.
  - jaredsohn 10y ago
    > the first one, I believe in 2013 or so? That wouldn't be the first one; from some Google searches, I think the first was in 2005: http://lanyrd.com/2005/startup-school/ http://lanyrd.com/2005/startup-school/

50 points by dwaxe 10y ago

I think I read elsewhere that this would be streamed live. I presume no advance application is needed to do that, or am I wrong?

themacexpert 10y ago
That's correct, or at least, how it was in 2014
katm 10y ago
Correct! We'll put the streaming link up on http://www.startupschool.org/ http://www.startupschool.org/ that morning.
- veritas20 10y ago
  Hey Kat, when will participants be notified?
  - katm 10y ago
    We'll send out invites on August 26.

yeukhon 10y ago

Did anyone find this conference useful? Like I said in [1] yesterday, I am always interested in creating a startup myself but at this stage I haven't decided on exactly which idea to pursue. What's the selection process? How's my answer on the application going to be used? But if streaming is available, is it worth the money to travel? Also, any plan for Startup School @NY? [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12289314 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12289314

GuiA 10y ago
> Did anyone find this conference useful? I attended the first one, I believe in 2013 or so? I don't regret that I attended, but it wasn't life changing either. The talks ranged from a little bland and cliché to insightful - but none of them gave me a "man, so glad I'm here - wouldn't have thought of this otherwise" feeling. The network is whatever you generally feel towards networking. I tend to dislike it, so it wasn't for me, but if you really want to meet tons of people who are into startups and YC, then it's a good place to be. > What's the selection process? How's my answer on the application going to be used? The selection process is YC people doing whatever they want to select who'll attend. Who knows what the actual criteria are besides what they publicly say on the website. It could be that names will be picked out of a sorting hat, or that only participants who have an even number of characters in their essay get picked, or who knows what else. I would answer it truthfully without stressing too much about it. > Is it worth the money to travel? Probably not, unless you have other things to do in the Bay Area the surrounding days. Otherwise, if you're a startup founder, that money and time are probably better spent either a) implementing your product or b) talking to your users. > I am always interested in creating a startup myself but at this stage I haven't decided on exactly which idea to pursue. Seems like you might be putting the carriage before the horses here.
- jaredsohn 10y ago
  > the first one, I believe in 2013 or so? That wouldn't be the first one; from some Google searches, I think the first was in 2005: http://lanyrd.com/2005/startup-school/ http://lanyrd.com/2005/startup-school/