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2009 Startup School, October 24 at Berkeley
- rms 17y agoThanks for organizing this. I hope to see all of you there. This functions as the defacto international Hacker News meetup. Maybe, just maybe, Nickb will be seen in the same room as pg.
- jasonlbaptiste 17y agoAnd I thought that the speaker list couldn't top last years. Yeah, I was wrong: http://www.startupschool.org/speakers.html http://www.startupschool.org/speakers.html Thank you YC, Berkeley, St@b,etc. for putting this on.
- sgrove 17y agoIndeed, looks pretty amazing. Thankfully we don't have to choose between which ones to listen to, as that would be quite difficult. Since "(so far)" hints there will likely be more, what's the expected speaker count?
- alanthonyc 17y agoI just turned in my application, then read the faq about getting responses. ...now, I'm wondering if I typed in my email address properly...no feedback until October...hmmm
- pg 17y agoOne of the advantages of the rewritten application form is that you can edit your application. Just go to http://news.ycombinator.com/susapply http://news.ycombinator.com/susapply again.
- alanthonyc 17y agoSweet, thanks!
- paulitex 17y agoAnyone know approximately how many applicants get accepted?
- Xichekolas 17y agoLook at the capacity of the venue... that is most likely the number.
- mrduncan 17y agoNo venue has been listed yet but Zellerbach Auditorium has a capacity of 2089 (http://facilities.calperfs.berkeley.edu/zellerbach_auditorium/techspecs.php#capacity http://facilities.calperfs.berkeley.edu/zellerbach_auditoriu...).
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- rms 17y agoA venue has been listed, it's Wheeler Auditorium with 705 capacity. :( I think a 2000 person theater would have just felt too big, but I guess it would have been worth it anyways from our perspectives. http://facilities.calperfs.berkeley.edu/wheeler/techspecs.php#capacity http://facilities.calperfs.berkeley.edu/wheeler/techspecs.ph...
- alexsolo 17y agoJust out of curiosity, pg, why are you holding the event at Berkley this year?
- johnm 17y agoBigger facilities than that pretty junior college on the peninsula. :-)
- jrockway 17y agoI think we should be able to buy our way in with HN karma ;)
- rms 17y agoWith karma like yours I would be comfortable buying the plane ticket ahead of time.
- jadence 17y agoFYI - Cal Football has a home game that day. Parking is going to be difficult to come by and expensive. Public transportation will also be pretty full so plan accordingly. http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/cal-m-footbl-sched.html http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/cal-m-footbl-s...
- pg 17y agoUh oh. Parking in Berkeley is a hard even on ordinary days. I don't want to think what it would be like on the day of a football game. I would not recommend driving to this event. Park somewhere else and take the Bart in.
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- ashishk 17y agoLooks awesome. Wish I could be there. Will this event be streaming on ustream/ some other variant for non west coast people?
- kyro 17y agoJustin.tv usually streams/archives the talks.
- sid 17y agoI hope so, i watched the 2008 one on omnisio and learnt soooo much (this was around the time i started my startup) was able to write alot of points which i still follow now. Wish i could be there in person. Anway if it is streaming im going to be sure that i dont miss it.
- PStamatiou 17y agoWould any other out of town HNers want to split a hotel room in SF? I figure I might make a trip of it and stay a few days.
- avner 17y agoSounds practical. I'm down if accepted.
- rms 17y agoI was going to do http://www.airbnb.com/ http://www.airbnb.com/
- tlrobinson 17y agoIs it possible to make a listing for a particular event, e.x. say I only wanted to open up my apartment to Startup School attendees?
- rms 17y agoProbably saying in your listing that you only want to rent to Startup School attendees and then confirming with them is good enough.
- matt1 17y agoI've been looking forward to this year's startup school for some time and hope I get the opportunity to go. If accepted, I'd be flying in from the east coast. Since no one finds out before the submission deadline, I'm stuck making travel arrangements two to three weeks before the event, correct? Just want to make sure for planning purposes.
- PStamatiou 17y agoI'm in the same boat (Atlanta). Tickets are cheap from what I've found- $89 each way if I book nowish.
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- matt1 17y agoIf its a choice between buying the ticket now for $89 or later for several hundred, you're probably off better buying now even if you think your chances of getting selected are slim.
- mofey 17y agoWhat is meant by "tools" on the application? Any examples?