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Ask HN: Founders, Pre-Founders, and Students...
HN seems to be divided into 3 categories: Founders, Pre-Founders, and Students (well, students are likely pre-founders
but they're occupied with school for the time being.)
Personally I'm a Pre-founder and an early employee at 2 different startups.
Would other Pre-Founders be interested in meeting up somewhere between SF and Stanford for a mini-conference where we can
share ideas, experiences, philosophies and potentially find future co-founders? (Founders and Students welcome.)
Think "startup school" without the well-known speakers.
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- hajrice 17y ago"Students (well, students are likely pre-founders but they're occupied with school for the time being.)" Beg to disagree. I'm a student and find plenty of time to work on my startup.
- jpwagner 17y agoIf you would quit school for your "startup", then you are a founder. If you will definitely not quit school, you are a student. Somewhere in between is "Pre-founder".
- p01nd3xt3r 17y agoI agree with jpwagner... In Paul Grams essay "Startups in 13 sentences" #10 is Avoid Distractions. I would consider school a distraction even if you do find time to work on your startup its not the main focus of your life.
- p01nd3xt3r 17y agoI think this is a good idea; I am a founder looking for a good co-founder and I have found it hard to find good talent since I am not currently enrolled in school or plugged into one of the talent networks (Google, FB etc...).