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Startup School Notes: The Book – Profits go to Watsi

111 points by gkoberger 13y ago

adv0r 13y ago
Dude, 40$?
ajiang 13y ago
This is great. I hope the trend catches on for more conferences / events to have these books as a nice momento of the event and reminder of the key points from each speaker.
- gkoberger 13y ago
  I had a few conferences reach out to me. I'd love to do more!
  - ajiang 13y ago
    Perfect. You could go to conferences free for life and make a nice side business from it.
    - vickytnz 13y ago
      … though as someone who's done conference reporting, it can get pretty exhausting fast (though for me I usually did the writeups that night and had to have them up the following morning. I used to go home after the conference and basically sleep for a day!)
- wmorein 13y ago
  I work for FiftyThree (the people who worked with Greg to make this). We're hearing from a lot of people interested in doing this - here is another example of a book made from sketchnotes: https://vimeo.com/75830198 https://vimeo.com/75830198
  - ajiang 13y ago
    That's amazing...and probably a nice little side business there, working with artists to attend events and providing physical books as gifts to conference attendees.
dmazin 13y ago
This is wonderful. Watsi's ability to motivate us toward charity is really encouraging.
JGuo 13y ago
Amazing. Keep up the great work Greg!
wellboy 13y ago
Great hustle Greg, great hustle. Make a startup out of this, launching with tech conferences with your awesome notes and expanding later into other verticals. Bam. This is your launch^^
Smerity 13y ago
I loved the Startup School Notes and this is the perfect continuation. You've taken all the publicity and activity and directed it straight to a cause which was pitched with emotion and conviction to the Startup School crowd. It's one of those one of those "see an opportunity, take the opportunity" moments, and I'm really glad you took the opportunity to do both the initial sketches and the book! Thanks!
- gkoberger 13y ago
  Thanks!
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simonebrunozzi 13y ago
Greg, superb!!! Can't praise you enough for this. Well done!
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sjtgraham 13y ago
How many people would buy a book of PG's essays with all profits donated to Watsi (or one of the next YC non-profits)?
- thatswrong0 13y ago
  I know I would. Hell, even just a nicely formatted eBook or nice webpage (like StartupNotes.org) could do the trick plus provide a lower barrier to entry.
  - maxprogram 13y ago
    How about a PDF? :) http://stuff.maxolson.com/On-Startups.pdf http://stuff.maxolson.com/On-Startups.pdf There are other startup-related essays thrown in there too. PG, if you're reading this and want it taken down, please let me know and I'll oblige.
- gkoberger 13y ago
  Not for charity, but his book Hackers and Painters is a collection of essays.
intelliot 13y ago
In the spirit of Balaji Srinivasan's talk, how about accepting bitcoin? At the time of this comment, USD $40 = 0.19388 BTC = 193.88 mBTC.
MattStopa 13y ago
I actually chose to donate the proceeds of my book The Rapid Rubyist to Watsi. It's been pretty satisfying to know that the money will actually go for something useful! The book has been a success so that is nice too. http://www.amazon.com/The-Rapid-Rubyist-Matthew-Stopa-ebook/dp/B00DPQ5P24 http://www.amazon.com/The-Rapid-Rubyist-Matthew-Stopa-ebook/...
mrwnmonm 13y ago
40$ for another person notes on somthing published for free?
- gkoberger 13y ago
  The notes used in the book are available for free, too: http://startupnotes.org/ http://startupnotes.org/
sashaeslami 13y ago
This is a video of the founder of Watsi speaking at startup school. It was the best speech IMHO. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlT3UhC7NwQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlT3UhC7NwQ
usivaguru 13y ago
Do you ship internationally? - Malaysia
- wmorein 13y ago
  Yes, we do ship to Malaysia. Shipping does cost an extra $5, though.
  - asadlionpk 13y ago
    What about Pakistan :)
    - wmorein 13y ago
      Yes, Pakistan too.

111 points by gkoberger 13y ago

adv0r 13y ago

Dude, 40$?

This is great. I hope the trend catches on for more conferences / events to have these books as a nice momento of the event and reminder of the key points from each speaker.

gkoberger 13y ago
I had a few conferences reach out to me. I'd love to do more!
- ajiang 13y ago
  Perfect. You could go to conferences free for life and make a nice side business from it.
  - vickytnz 13y ago
    … though as someone who's done conference reporting, it can get pretty exhausting fast (though for me I usually did the writeups that night and had to have them up the following morning. I used to go home after the conference and basically sleep for a day!)
wmorein 13y ago
I work for FiftyThree (the people who worked with Greg to make this). We're hearing from a lot of people interested in doing this - here is another example of a book made from sketchnotes: https://vimeo.com/75830198 https://vimeo.com/75830198
- ajiang 13y ago
  That's amazing...and probably a nice little side business there, working with artists to attend events and providing physical books as gifts to conference attendees.

dmazin 13y ago

This is wonderful. Watsi's ability to motivate us toward charity is really encouraging.

JGuo 13y ago

Amazing. Keep up the great work Greg!

wellboy 13y ago

Great hustle Greg, great hustle. Make a startup out of this, launching with tech conferences with your awesome notes and expanding later into other verticals. Bam. This is your launch^^

Smerity 13y ago

I loved the Startup School Notes and this is the perfect continuation. You've taken all the publicity and activity and directed it straight to a cause which was pitched with emotion and conviction to the Startup School crowd. It's one of those one of those "see an opportunity, take the opportunity" moments, and I'm really glad you took the opportunity to do both the initial sketches and the book! Thanks!

gkoberger 13y ago
Thanks!

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simonebrunozzi 13y ago

Greg, superb!!! Can't praise you enough for this. Well done!

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sjtgraham 13y ago

How many people would buy a book of PG's essays with all profits donated to Watsi (or one of the next YC non-profits)?

thatswrong0 13y ago
I know I would. Hell, even just a nicely formatted eBook or nice webpage (like StartupNotes.org) could do the trick plus provide a lower barrier to entry.
- maxprogram 13y ago
  How about a PDF? :) http://stuff.maxolson.com/On-Startups.pdf http://stuff.maxolson.com/On-Startups.pdf There are other startup-related essays thrown in there too. PG, if you're reading this and want it taken down, please let me know and I'll oblige.
gkoberger 13y ago
Not for charity, but his book Hackers and Painters is a collection of essays.

intelliot 13y ago

In the spirit of Balaji Srinivasan's talk, how about accepting bitcoin? At the time of this comment, USD $40 = 0.19388 BTC = 193.88 mBTC.

MattStopa 13y ago

I actually chose to donate the proceeds of my book The Rapid Rubyist to Watsi. It's been pretty satisfying to know that the money will actually go for something useful! The book has been a success so that is nice too. http://www.amazon.com/The-Rapid-Rubyist-Matthew-Stopa-ebook/dp/B00DPQ5P24 http://www.amazon.com/The-Rapid-Rubyist-Matthew-Stopa-ebook/...

mrwnmonm 13y ago

40$ for another person notes on somthing published for free?

gkoberger 13y ago
The notes used in the book are available for free, too: http://startupnotes.org/ http://startupnotes.org/

sashaeslami 13y ago

This is a video of the founder of Watsi speaking at startup school. It was the best speech IMHO. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlT3UhC7NwQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlT3UhC7NwQ

usivaguru 13y ago

Do you ship internationally? - Malaysia

wmorein 13y ago
Yes, we do ship to Malaysia. Shipping does cost an extra $5, though.
- asadlionpk 13y ago
  What about Pakistan :)
  - wmorein 13y ago
    Yes, Pakistan too.