This looks great! One problem, the character counts for the application questions are really small. The What/Why answer boxes are alright but the How Far Along Are You question only allows for 60 characters.
I participated in 2017 in their first batch, was really interesting to meet other founders and discuss the lectures together & apply them to our startups. I had a nice mentor, but heard from others that some were less motivated than mine. But definitively go to the party!! That was awesome :D
Pros:
Meeting other founders is so important and helped me a lot
Cons:
The experience depends a lot on the quality of the mentor
I believe it's older material than what is most likely to be offered in the 8/27/18, but definitely very applicable. So far my favorite lecturers are the video from Steve Jobs "Excerpt from Steve Jobs’s 1995 interview with Computerworld’s Oral History Project", and Peter Thiel's "Business Strategy and Monopoly Theory".
If your serious, it feels like you are actually in class, and some lectures have students that have contributed responses recently via disqus.
Pros:
Online, steady/self paced, resources are very informative, kinda feels like free mini mba.
Cons:
none
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@svkpham I was interested to read that last year over 13,000 companies applied to participate in Startup School, and 95 YC alumni volunteered their time to advise over 2,800 of those companies. Are you able to provide any background on how you decide which applications make it through the pairing process?
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@ramonrecuero I submitted my application last night but edited some of my answers to the questions this morning. Will you see the latest version when you review my app?
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Purity Drinking Game
Startup School
Froggodoggo
I participated in 2017 in their first batch, was really interesting to meet other founders and discuss the lectures together & apply them to our startups. I had a nice mentor, but heard from others that some were less motivated than mine. But definitively go to the party!! That was awesome :D
Pros:Meeting other founders is so important and helped me a lot
Cons:The experience depends a lot on the quality of the mentor
Aqua Hydration
Namos Market
I didn't feel comfortable applying for the classes starting on 8/27/18. But so far, ive spend most of my down time following this: https://startupclass.co/courses/..., and reading articles throughout the startup school library, https://www.startupschool.org/li....
I believe it's older material than what is most likely to be offered in the 8/27/18, but definitely very applicable. So far my favorite lecturers are the video from Steve Jobs "Excerpt from Steve Jobs’s 1995 interview with Computerworld’s Oral History Project", and Peter Thiel's "Business Strategy and Monopoly Theory".
If your serious, it feels like you are actually in class, and some lectures have students that have contributed responses recently via disqus.
Pros:Online, steady/self paced, resources are very informative, kinda feels like free mini mba.
Cons:none
Startup School