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2011 Startup School
- pg 15y agoThe speaker list is just those confirmed so far. It will grow as we get closer to the event.
- susanhi 15y agoAny chance of live streaming the event this year?
- dadads 15y agoSeconded. Being in Canada means I can't easily fly all the way to Stanford.
- asnyder 15y agoIf you get accepted, it's definitely worth flying in for. It's something I believe everyone should experience, especially if you're thinking about creating or joining a startup. More for the social aspects than the content.
- int3rnaut 15y agoDamn our Canadian transportation system! My friend and I are planning on sleddogging down. Haha, we're actually planning a road trip for this if you don't mind driving with strangers and are in the lower AB/BC province we might be able to drive you--if you don't carry around an axe and stuff that is.
- te_chris 15y agoCanada? Easy compared to being in New Zealand! :P Sounds like an amazing event though, will certainly have to watch the live stream.
- pg 15y agoWe'll probably stream it via justin.tv like we usually do.
- zaatar 15y agoAre the older editions archived? Is there a public link? Thx
- abstractbill 15y agoYes: http://www.justin.tv/startupschool/videos http://www.justin.tv/startupschool/videos
- bdr 15y agoSee also http://www.youtube.com/startupschool http://www.youtube.com/startupschool for the 2008 videos. Omnisio's versions had the speakers' slides, but those seem to be lost.
- simonw 15y agoWe have information about previous startup schools (including some videos) on Lanyrd: http://lanyrd.com/series/startup-school/ http://lanyrd.com/series/startup-school/
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- seiji 15y agoCan get get negative confirmations? Will Quora guy be speaking? That presentation was painful to sit through last year. His advice boiled down to "have rich friends and tag along for the ride." Reid is another tricky one. He has so much useful information, but his presentation last year was almost incoherent. It looked like he was running late for class and tried to prepare his presentation on-the-fly with no organization.
- pg 15y agoThat was such a nasty comment that initially I couldn't even understand what you were asking.
- seiji 15y agoSorry for my unfortunate tone. I was lamenting the lack of preparedness of a minority of speakers. Most people gave world class presentations, but a minority had a perceived lack of preparation. With people traveling half way around the world, it seems disrespectful to have speakers fumbling on stage.
- mixmastamyk 15y agoDoesn't read so nasty, though perhaps a bit negative. The question that springs to mind, is the comment true?
- 2arrs2ells 15y agoThe quality of the speakers last year was mixed, but none of the speakers were a waste of time. Some of the talks I found least interesting (i.e. GitHub) others said were the best of StartupSchool.
- staunch 15y agoNever been, but I've watched many of the videos repeatedly. Some great talks came out of Startup School. Can't wait to watch this year's.
- raganwald 15y agoI got on the cheapest flight I could find and went to the very first Startup School. And while I did not walk out and change the world, I walked out and changed my life. Streaming or not, my advice is to find your way there by hook or by crook and attend in person.
- uuilly 15y agoYeah, I moved to SF from DC about a month after that one. Still here. At a third startup :)
- RyanGWU82 15y agoHeh, I did the same thing after Startup School 2005. I was in DC but Startup School got me to apply to Stanford for the master's program in CS. Six years later and I've got my masters and I'm having a great time at a Bay Area startup!
- dabent 15y agoI flew in last fall and really enjoyed the experience. The the chance to meet a lot of like-minded people from all over the world (including one guy from Scotland) was worth it alone. The speakers were first-rate, including Mark Zuckerberg and the after-party was great. If you're interested in startups, this is a great event to attend.
- Swizec 15y agoI was here last year and I have to say it was one of the best things I've ever attended. The after party at YC was also pretty damn epic. So many awesome people, just a shame I felt too shy to go say Hi to pg.
- leeskye 15y agoyou should never be too shy to say to anyone. And for what it's worth, PG was one of the easiest guys I've ever talked to.
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- joshu 15y agoYay! It was fun to speak at the first one of these.
- ajju 15y agoI remember your talk and enjoyed it.
- paliopolis 15y agowatched the old videos over and over gain, cant wait to attend in person ie if I get selected :)
- jsrampton 15y agoI'm watching them right now. Just applied, can't wait to get selected!
- zinssmeister 15y agoOne of the best events I have been to. I highly recommend attending in person. The atmosphere that day in the auditorium was amazing and you get to meet people from around the world. Have I mentioned it's free?
- noelsequeira 15y agoAll other things being equal, does how early (or late) you fill up the application form have any bearing on whether or not you make the grade? (I hope not)
- pg 15y agoNot at all. With YC applications it helps a little to apply early, but these we go through in one shot after the deadline.
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- ajju 15y agoI went to the first startup school in Cambridge with my then girlfriend (now wife!). Flew to NYC for cheap tickets and took the chinatown bus to Boston. I was already working at a cool startup then but it started me along a path of several iterations of trial & error which led to RideCell. Now I am on my third year leading a fast growing, cash flow positive company that makes a real difference. Had some great discussions with edw519 about pawn shops, with tlb about remote receptionists, with Scoble, some guys from loopt, and one of the Lockitron founders in 2010. Startup school gives me a boost every time I attend. Hope to do so again this year.
- susanhi 15y agoWhat's the criteria on who gets accepted to attend?
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- luke_osu 15y agoJust filled out the application. It would be very cool to go but I have no clue what criteria they will use to weed people out. I guess we will see!
- kingofspain 15y agoSame here. Nothing to lose I guess but I'd estimate ~0% chance of acceptance!
- iqster 15y agoDon't underestimate yourself, friend.
- JDulin 15y agoI think I will organize a pilgrimage from my school's CS department.
- moizsyed 15y agoIf accepted, you can crash at my apartment in the valley for a day. I dont have a big place, but I can easily host 2 people. Will go thru AirBnB I guess.
- RobertHubert 15y agoGetting my team to apply now! Thanks for the heads up! Edit: Im in LA and if I qet the invite, Ill be driving up but I can fit 2 more people in the car for the ride if any locals want to carpool. I have room to host 2 people at my place here in LA also if anyone is flying in to LAX for any reason lol.
- wyclif 15y agoAnyone road tripping this from back East?
- alain94040 15y agoWould people like a co-founders meetup that evening? I'm sure everyone's creative juices will be in full swing by the evening.
- pg 15y agoThere will be some form of event in the evening. We just haven't worked out the details yet.
- dmazin 15y agoI'm moving to the Bay Area tomorrow. I'm attending my first meeting for Rails people in a few days! It's mind-blowing to be in an area where I'm not the only one who likes this stuff. So obviously I'm very excited by the idea of attending Startup School. Man, years ago now, DHH's talk formed the basis of what I want to do with myself.
- Jarred 15y agoAre you talking about SFRuby (about the meeting with Rails people)?
- dmazin 15y agoI was talking about the Easy Bay group (http://www.meetup.com/EBRuby/ http://www.meetup.com/EBRuby/), but now that you mention it I should join some SF groups. Come to think of it SF is only 30 minutes away from Berkeley where I'll be.
- Jarred 15y agoEast Bay Ruby looks much more of a conference than a meetup. SFRuby's basically just talk to people who are good at/learning RoR and code. It's also weekly. SFRuby is probably better for meeting people who code RoR, and East Bay Ruby sounds like it's better for learning something related to RoR.
- dmazin 15y agoSo are the hacknights the best times to hang out and meet people? I certainly do want to meet people.
- iamelgringo 15y agoWelcome to Silicon Valley! You should come hang out: http://www.hackersandfounders.com/ http://www.hackersandfounders.com/ Introduce yourself, remind me of this post, and I'll buy you a beer. We should be having an event in Berkeley in mid September.
- izzart 15y agoHow do they decide which applications to accept?
- grinich 15y agoIf you're around Boston this fall, we're doing Startup Bootcamp again at MIT. Date is 9/24. More details to follow early next week. http://startupbootcamp.mit.edu/ http://startupbootcamp.mit.edu/
- noahlt 15y agoStartup Bootcamp is always a great event. Thanks to the guys who put it on, and I highly encourage you to go to Startup Bootcamp if you're on the East Coast and can't make it out to Stanford.
- Goladus 15y agoThat notice saying registration is closed, I assume that is for the 2010 bootcamp?
- grinich 15y agoYes-- the new site will be live next week.
- dtran 15y agoStartup School changed my life. I went to Startup School 2008 during my second year at Stanford. I had never heard of YCombinator, but a friend involved with the Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students (BASES) had encouraged me to check it out because it was on campus. After hearing inspiring talks from PG, PB, SamA, DHH and the other speakers and meeting lots of founders, I joined BASES, where I met and started working with Ricky. I knew pretty soon that I wanted to start a company with him. Fast forward a year to Startup school 2009: Ricky and I had been working on a few ideas while in school and met Mark, who had just come back to Stanford after dropping out to work on a startup. I ended up working with Mark on a class project a few months later before the three of us formed a company and were fortunate enough to be part of the amazing Summer 2010 batch of YC. Attending Startup School last year was surreal - here I was right out of school working on my own company surrounded by an amazing community of entrepreneurs. And the energy at Startup School was STILL overwhelming, even after having gone twice and been through YC. There aren't many other places on the planet where you find several hundred smart, super hard-working, energetic people who firmly believe they can build the next Google packed into a single auditorium.
- ericd 15y agoSame, SuS 2008 was one of the most memorable days of my life, and one of the things that really steeled my resolve to start something. The presentation by DHH that year is probably #1 or 2 on my all-time list.
- iamwil 15y agoWeird. I was there too, and I didn't manage to bump into you, David or Ricky at all. But then again, there were boat loads of people there.
- Nemisis7654 15y agoI'm a college student who doesn't have much money and thus may not have the funds to take the trip. Should I not even apply or should I apply regardless?
- pg 15y agoYou have a good deal of time before the deadline, so you can wait to apply till you're more certain you can come.
- pclark 15y agoif you can get the funds for the trip you can crash at my apartment in san francisco. (you can check my hacker news profile to verify that I have been here for a while and am generally not crazy, although, I might try and recruit you.)
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- sinzone 15y agoI would love to hear Jack Dorsey!
- mikeg8 15y agoThis seems like an an invaluable opportunity and I hope I can make it.
- malandrew 15y agoI just moved to the Bay Area and I'm really looking forward to this. Out of curiosity, what kind of activities are there going to be to promote ice breaking and networking? I ask because all the best events I've been to always make sure to pay as much attention to promoting networking as they do the speakers. On top of that, would it be possible to make sure the name tags are really big and easy to read casually at a distance. It's always much easier to strike up a conversation when you can glance at someone's name tag and easily read their name, twitter handle or HN handle without having to lean in and stare.
- richoakley 15y agoI just applied and will be flying in from Cape Town, South Africa to attend if I make it. I've never even been to the States, but I've spent the last 5 years of my life dreaming about spending time in the Valley. This seems like the perfect excuse. No idea where I'm gonna stay, how I'm going to get around, or how I'm going to make it work, but I'm going to try anyway. Can't wait!
- NoPiece 15y agoWould someone over 40 be out of place at this event?
- SwellJoe 15y agoNot if that someone over 40 is starting or planning to start a startup soon.
- jsrampton 15y agoI've never been to this, planning on attending!
- wensing 15y agoWhat are the chances of a startup open house?
- wensing 15y agoLast time I went to Startup School (2007) Drew Houston was just an attendee hoping to get into YC. I still remember him telling be about this syncing thing ... sounded like it just might work.
- repos 15y agoIs it difficult to get accepted if you haven't launched a startup yet?
- johnx123-up 15y agoMy Indian pal is more interested.. Few questions from him: 1. Will PG make it in India? 2. Can I fly there to attend? Will the stay be arranged?
- johnx123-up 15y agoWhy downvoting? (Answers will help me)
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- james-fend 15y agoCrossing fingers to get an invite. Im all the way in Nashville, TN but I'll def scrape up a plane ticket to go.. and possibly never come back to TN, lol..
- Sigma11 15y agoAnyone coming from Israel? I'd much prefer to spend the long travel with some cool people, rather then going alone.
- candre717 15y agoI'm applying! I already have the funds saved for the plane ticket. I'm coming from the East coast. I wanted to apply last year but a.) I didn't have the funds and 2.) I wasn't confident in my coding skills as I am now. I'm super excited, because even if I don't get in I'll still be one step better than where I was last August :) I'm a little uncertain about housing, but worst case scenario, I'm willing to take a same day flight back.