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I was in the first version of the MOOC and it was better for me meeting the same people over the duration of the time (currently I believe you interact with dif

I was in the first version of the MOOC and it was better for me meeting the same people over the duration of the time (currently I believe you interact with different groups each time?). I found it both interesting seeing how people had evolved during the programme as well as not wanting to let people down by being late or not attending. I would suggest using some kind of Karma to improve the experience while still keeping the people you meet freeform. 1) Meet the same people over 4 weeks (say) for accountability 2) Attendance, Reports, Progress, Peer feedback etc. can be factored in 3) After the 4 weeks you are matched against people who are at your level of attendance/motivation/productivity/peer review etc. and a new set of group office hours is started. Anyway, this would help me better to be more accountable, while job, family, hobbies friends etc. get in the way.

kcorbitt 6y ago
Yes, we want to make accountability MUCH better, particularly for solo founders who can have a harder time staying motivated without someone else to bounce things off of. Don't have changes related to that in the current relaunch yet, but it's on the roadmap.
servercobra 6y ago
I've done Startup School for the past two iterations. I really enjoyed meeting so many random founders in each meeting, but we spent more than half of the meetings just getting to know each other. Some of my meetings had 7 teams! And then the next week, you wind up with new founders and you do it all over again. As time went on, I got less and less from the group meeting, where they were my favorite part at the start. Having the same group over and over would be fabulous, since we could really talk about what we did last week, whether we did it, what's up for next week, continuing talk about issues we're having, etc.
- vikramkr 6y ago
  I'm torn on this a bit since I enjoyed having to practice pitching concisely to new companies outside of biotech to improve that aspect, and to get new perspectives on problems from different people, but I also did enjoy the times that we accidentally (or deliberately?) got regrouped with companies from the prior week and could catch up on progress made. Both have their place and their use, but some level of deeper relationships (as built in the first version that I went through when there were set cohorts) are definitely lacking in the current iterations. Part of it might be taking initiative to stay in touch on your own I guess.

kcorbitt 6y ago

Yes, we want to make accountability MUCH better, particularly for solo founders who can have a harder time staying motivated without someone else to bounce things off of. Don't have changes related to that in the current relaunch yet, but it's on the roadmap.

servercobra 6y ago

I've done Startup School for the past two iterations. I really enjoyed meeting so many random founders in each meeting, but we spent more than half of the meetings just getting to know each other. Some of my meetings had 7 teams! And then the next week, you wind up with new founders and you do it all over again. As time went on, I got less and less from the group meeting, where they were my favorite part at the start. Having the same group over and over would be fabulous, since we could really talk about what we did last week, whether we did it, what's up for next week, continuing talk about issues we're having, etc.

vikramkr 6y ago
I'm torn on this a bit since I enjoyed having to practice pitching concisely to new companies outside of biotech to improve that aspect, and to get new perspectives on problems from different people, but I also did enjoy the times that we accidentally (or deliberately?) got regrouped with companies from the prior week and could catch up on progress made. Both have their place and their use, but some level of deeper relationships (as built in the first version that I went through when there were set cohorts) are definitely lacking in the current iterations. Part of it might be taking initiative to stay in touch on your own I guess.