Hi everyone,
Startup School course is back! Startup School is a free, 10-week, online course. It’s designed for any startup founder who would like to get help through the earliest, most difficult challenges of starting a company. The course will begin on August 27, 2018 and applications are now open at StartupSchool.org.
For the first time ever we are going to give $10,000 in equity-free funding to 100 of the most promising companies that join and complete the course.
You can check the full announcement here: https://blog.ycombinator.com/ann...
Any feedback is appreciated!
Thank you
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@ramonrecuero Ooh, the website has been completely redone since yesterday! I was signed up for the mailing list for when registrations opened, but never got a notification. I guess PH is a better source of info!
@vivan Yep, we completely redesigned the site ;) We just published it today Notifications will kick in once we near the application deadlines
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@ramonrecuero Signed up! I met someone who is part of SS at the Indie Hackers meetup a few weeks back which got me super interested in it. Look forward to it!
@ramonrecuero@bentossell There will be completely new lessons, with some deeper-dives into a few things we covered briefly last year. We'll share the curriculum soon!
Wow! Can we do it again? (serious question)
I wrote a blog post about our experience from last year's Startup School. Might be worth a read if you're considering it! https://canny.io/blog/what-youll...
We were in the first batch. The weekly syncs were great because we could ask a bunch of questions and get feedback. They also kept us accountable to driving out metrics week/week. We also keep in touch with our mentor, a year later. A few teams, including ours, got to participate in live office hours with Sam Altman. It was a great opportunity to practice speaking and get some exposure. We wrote about our experience here: https://canny.io/blog/what-youll....
Pros:
We met several other cool founders and had a great mentor. The advice is super valuable.
@ramonrecuero this looks awesome, I can see a lot more progress has been made since the last startup school from a website point of view. Here's some feedback/idea. Have a 5/10 multiple choice survey that people can fill out which tells them if they're ready for startup school. It will help you weed out who to focus on, as well as inform you the type of people interested in startup school, as well as give prospective startups a good idea if they're a good fit for the program. Hope that helps.
@spencerbratman thank you. We have definitely thought about automating the selection process. However it is really difficult to mark a clear line. As you know, with startups things are not black and white. We ended up just defaulting to a simple one: If you are already working on an idea, sign up to get access to mentors, chance to get equity free funding and thousands of dollars in cloud credits + Stripe. Otherwise, you can get to enjoy all the startup content anyway :)
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Received a confirmation email for advisor track. A few minutes later, says apologies and confirms audit track. Is the second confirmed or a software error again?
As someone who has subscribed to the podcast and Youtube playlist.
How much of the video course will be new vs old content/lecturer/strategies? Thank you!
As part of the W12 batch, I know first hand that the advice from past founders, office hours, and networking can make a big difference. I highly recommend it!
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We were in the first batch. The weekly syncs were great because we could ask a bunch of questions and get feedback. They also kept us accountable to driving out metrics week/week. We also keep in touch with our mentor, a year later. A few teams, including ours, got to participate in live office hours with Sam Altman. It was a great opportunity to practice speaking and get some exposure. We wrote about our experience here: https://canny.io/blog/what-youll....
Pros:We met several other cool founders and had a great mentor. The advice is super valuable.
Cons:20+ teams to 1 mentor is a bit much.
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You'll be surprised with what you can accomplish in 10 weeks. I wrote about my experience in last year's Startup School here: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/startup-school#comment-484477
Pros:The mentors (mostly YC alum) and small group sessions with other founders are so valuable.
Cons:None
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As part of the W12 batch, I know first hand that the advice from past founders, office hours, and networking can make a big difference. I highly recommend it!
Pros:YC experience is amazing for new founders.
Cons:none