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New: Distributed Open House the day after Startup School

74 points by pg 16y ago

pg 16y ago
Sorry for the late notice. We only thought of this a few days ago. More startups will gradually get added.
- danishkhan 16y ago
  Awesome! Will there be some kind of transportation between some of the startups? I recall at last years startup school there were buses between the after parties in SF that were held at the different startups. I'm curious if such a thing will occur for visiting the multiple startups in SF or Pal Alto on Sunday.
  - pg 16y ago
    No, sorry, but a lot of them are close to the Caltrain: http://www.caltrain.com http://www.caltrain.com
    - danishkhan 16y ago
      alright, cool. I live in SF so I'll probably visit some of the SF ones, but I was just curious.
  - immad 16y ago
    We are also very close to the Montgomery BART/MUNI: http://www.bart.gov/ http://www.bart.gov/
- uuilly 16y ago
  I like how many Bay Area startups have SF addresses now.
elbenshira 16y ago
I got in, but as a student in Austin, there's no way I can afford $500+ for a weekend, even if it is Startup School weekend. And now there's a distributed open house?! I'm super bummed.
- samratjp 16y ago
  I definitely share that feeling with ya. If there were a hardcore use case of AnyBots telepresence bots, it'd be for this weekend. AnyBot-YC-startup-roulette anyone?
- il 16y ago
  Not to be a jerk, but I'm super bummed that people who knew they couldn't come applied anyway, taking the spaces of people who could have come but didn't get in. I got accepted, so I'm not being bitter or anything, but I'm sure lots of people who were able to come but didn't get in would have loved to have your place. Maybe next year admissions to Startup School could happen on a rolling basis?
  - wheels 16y ago
    I've wondered if startup school / yc applications shouldn't have a nominal fee to offset non-serious applications – maybe $10. i.e. nothing that would put a serious damper on folks that really wanted to apply, but enough to keep folks from saying, "What do I have to lose, I'm only wasting the time of the folks evaluating applications..."
    - catch23 16y ago
      I think it's a great idea, but I'm guessing pg might not want to do the work involving billing, even if it's really easy.
      - wheels 16y ago
        Simple solution: have a charity handle the billing and generate a pass-code. I'm sure that someone at the EFF could be persuaded to create a custom page that would generate tens of thousands in donations per year. (This ignores that there are a couple YC companies that can handle billing stuff.)
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il 16y ago
Edit: Oops, looks like a (better) map has already been made, I missed the link.
- pg 16y ago
  There's one on the page: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=103057409635725219372.00049286b946159c210f4&ll=37.839072,-122.2229&spn=0.649632,1.245575&t=h&z=10 http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&#...
suhail 16y ago
Come by Mixpanel and we'll hook you up with a free shirt--trust me they rock! =)
- iamelgringo 16y ago
  I can totally vouch for the tshirts. They are by far my favorite startup tshirt. They even got me one in XXLT since I'm 6'6".
ora600 16y ago
Is the Open House open to startup school attendees only?
- mceachen 16y ago
  We won't be checking that your "papers are in order", at least at the Y Scraper at 153 Townsend. We've got 7 YC companies you can visit, AND a foosball table.
- pg 16y ago
  No, anyone is welcome.
immad 16y ago
Heyzap (564 Howard near 2nd st) is going to have Foosball table, Xbox, probably some pizza, drinks, and a ridiculous PA system. We will also be doing work. Any one have other suggestions?
- formless 16y ago
  YoYos and Frisbee Boobie Trapping.
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Timothee 16y ago
Looks like a good way to partly solve the hiring problem (or so I hear) for the startups by bringing some likely interested/interesting people in. pg, good use of that byproduct of Startup School!
b3b0p 16y ago
I fly out Sunday morning. I'd kill to stick around, but changing my flight plans will cost something like $150-$400 looking at the change / cancel guidelines.
bkrausz 16y ago
GazeHawk (444 Castro) will have a ping pong table (if we get enough people we'll throw a tourney together) and we'll either grab burritos or order pizza. Our office space isn't built out yet, which screams "office chair races".
wensing 16y ago
Traveling salesman solution, please? Here's your input: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=103057409635725219372.00049286b946159c210f4&ll=37.839072,-122.2229&spn=0.649632,1.245575&t=h&z=10 http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&#...
wensing 16y ago
"AdGrok and 6 other startups" -- can someone expand this list?

74 points by pg 16y ago

pg 16y ago

Sorry for the late notice. We only thought of this a few days ago. More startups will gradually get added.

danishkhan 16y ago
Awesome! Will there be some kind of transportation between some of the startups? I recall at last years startup school there were buses between the after parties in SF that were held at the different startups. I'm curious if such a thing will occur for visiting the multiple startups in SF or Pal Alto on Sunday.
- pg 16y ago
  No, sorry, but a lot of them are close to the Caltrain: http://www.caltrain.com http://www.caltrain.com
  - danishkhan 16y ago
    alright, cool. I live in SF so I'll probably visit some of the SF ones, but I was just curious.
- immad 16y ago
  We are also very close to the Montgomery BART/MUNI: http://www.bart.gov/ http://www.bart.gov/
uuilly 16y ago
I like how many Bay Area startups have SF addresses now.

elbenshira 16y ago

I got in, but as a student in Austin, there's no way I can afford $500+ for a weekend, even if it is Startup School weekend. And now there's a distributed open house?! I'm super bummed.

samratjp 16y ago
I definitely share that feeling with ya. If there were a hardcore use case of AnyBots telepresence bots, it'd be for this weekend. AnyBot-YC-startup-roulette anyone?
il 16y ago
Not to be a jerk, but I'm super bummed that people who knew they couldn't come applied anyway, taking the spaces of people who could have come but didn't get in. I got accepted, so I'm not being bitter or anything, but I'm sure lots of people who were able to come but didn't get in would have loved to have your place. Maybe next year admissions to Startup School could happen on a rolling basis?
- wheels 16y ago
  I've wondered if startup school / yc applications shouldn't have a nominal fee to offset non-serious applications – maybe $10. i.e. nothing that would put a serious damper on folks that really wanted to apply, but enough to keep folks from saying, "What do I have to lose, I'm only wasting the time of the folks evaluating applications..."
  - catch23 16y ago
    I think it's a great idea, but I'm guessing pg might not want to do the work involving billing, even if it's really easy.
    - wheels 16y ago
      Simple solution: have a charity handle the billing and generate a pass-code. I'm sure that someone at the EFF could be persuaded to create a custom page that would generate tens of thousands in donations per year. (This ignores that there are a couple YC companies that can handle billing stuff.)
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il 16y ago

Edit: Oops, looks like a (better) map has already been made, I missed the link.

pg 16y ago
There's one on the page: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=103057409635725219372.00049286b946159c210f4&ll=37.839072,-122.2229&spn=0.649632,1.245575&t=h&z=10 http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&#...

suhail 16y ago

Come by Mixpanel and we'll hook you up with a free shirt--trust me they rock! =)

iamelgringo 16y ago
I can totally vouch for the tshirts. They are by far my favorite startup tshirt. They even got me one in XXLT since I'm 6'6".

ora600 16y ago

Is the Open House open to startup school attendees only?

mceachen 16y ago
We won't be checking that your "papers are in order", at least at the Y Scraper at 153 Townsend. We've got 7 YC companies you can visit, AND a foosball table.
pg 16y ago
No, anyone is welcome.

immad 16y ago

Heyzap (564 Howard near 2nd st) is going to have Foosball table, Xbox, probably some pizza, drinks, and a ridiculous PA system. We will also be doing work. Any one have other suggestions?

formless 16y ago
YoYos and Frisbee Boobie Trapping.
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Timothee 16y ago

Looks like a good way to partly solve the hiring problem (or so I hear) for the startups by bringing some likely interested/interesting people in. pg, good use of that byproduct of Startup School!

b3b0p 16y ago

I fly out Sunday morning. I'd kill to stick around, but changing my flight plans will cost something like $150-$400 looking at the change / cancel guidelines.

bkrausz 16y ago

GazeHawk (444 Castro) will have a ping pong table (if we get enough people we'll throw a tourney together) and we'll either grab burritos or order pizza. Our office space isn't built out yet, which screams "office chair races".

wensing 16y ago

Traveling salesman solution, please? Here's your input: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=103057409635725219372.00049286b946159c210f4&ll=37.839072,-122.2229&spn=0.649632,1.245575&t=h&z=10 http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&#...

wensing 16y ago

"AdGrok and 6 other startups" -- can someone expand this list?