Startup School Reviews and Details

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• Ask HN: Great startup idea, but cannot solo

  Start by trying the idea out manually, the school of hard knocks (and some reading) will be a better edu. Watch the https://startupschool.org videos for what the other schools would teach you. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

• Where should I look for young entrepreneurs like myself looking to build something

  Try the Y Combinator school : startupschool.org. Source: about 2 years ago

• Any tips, strategy, or framework on how you folks identify what competitors you have in your space?

  Not sure, but they do have their https://startupschool.org with free resources so I’d suggest to start there. Source: about 2 years ago

• How do I pick and focus on what I want to do to turn it into a business?

  Y Combinator has a lot of good advice, check startupschool.org. Source: about 2 years ago

• How to get started

  Y Combinator give the best advice. They're the biggest startup incubator. Check their program https://startupschool.org or the bite-sized tips newsletter https://yc-tips.com. Source: about 2 years ago

• I launch my startup, what then?

  Also, startupschool.org is very recommendable. Source: over 2 years ago

• Ask HN: I'm a good programmer, I know nothing about marketing. Where do I start?

  Not sure I have any good marketing references, but I would ask / say - Why would I want to use this over my current calendar? - What makes your product different? - Who responds to this? Can you find a niche who wants this? Do not spend money on advertising until you can reach some users and learn from them. I would recommend going through the https://startupschool.org videos. For most products, "marketing" comes... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• A mastermind program for indie hackers 🧠

  Startupschool.org is also free, indiehackers, etc... Do you provide any guarantee or money back? Source: over 2 years ago

• Looking for resources about partner agreements, exit plans and related info to starting out a partner relationship.

  I'm looking for articles, videos or reddit posts that will help me define a healthy relationship with my new partner and a friend heading into a new venture. I went through startupschool.org but I remember seeing more solid and spot-on advice here in the comments. Source: over 2 years ago

• I am a College Student and want to build a cloud gaming platform

  You also seem to not be very clued in about entrepreneurship so please go through https://www.startupschool.org/curriculum/past first and foremost. You can also enroll on pioneer.app and attend their weekly online meetups. Also checkout indiehackers.com and https://discord.com/invite/xUwqJCp . Source: over 2 years ago

• Ask HN: Is it worth getting an MBA as a software engineer?

  No, MBA is for financial engineering growing startups into IPO scams (being checky) Building a startup is very different from what they teach in MBA programs. You want to read books on this list: https://verdverm.com/books/ The Lean Startup - Eric Ries was the seminal work (with Steve Blank). Crossing the Chasm, The Challenger Sale, and Don’t Make Me Think should be near the front of the list. Nice benefit is that... - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

• Ask HN: Where to meet people who are interested in building together?

  I've found one from https://startupschool.org, built a project together (i am the tech one), didn't continue finally because he wanted to continue with his startup and I don't feel like I can code and commit my time further. Weird experience, I would love to have another co-founder who can code together or even work together in something tbh. I guess having someone who can code with you together makes it more fun?... - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

• Advice on how to start a start up.

  Try startupschool.org it's really onpoint, and gives the basics. Source: almost 3 years ago

• How do I make 100 billion dollars?

  Getting off this subreddit and going to startupschool.org is a good first step. Source: almost 3 years ago

• Y Combinator Startup School, Summer 2022

  Y Combinator (YC) is a startup accelerator that has incubated companies like Airbnb, Stripe, Doordash, Reddit, Scale and more. We are bringing back our first live Startup School since 2020. Source: about 3 years ago

• Finding a app developer

  Try your hand at Y Combinator's startupschool.org. They have a cofounder matchmaking tool. If you have an impressive resume, someone might be willing to work with you. Idk the success rate of it, because obviously it's attempting to pair you with a random person. But do your due diligence. Your cofounder should be more than just technical. Source: about 3 years ago

• Looking for Tech Cofounder for a SaaS

  Check out the co-founder matching tool on startupschool.org. Basically hundreds (thousands?) of Y Combinator Startup School grads, looking for startups to join. It's like Tinder for finding a co-founder. It's pretty awesome, highly recommend. Source: over 3 years ago

• Ask HN: Best way to get feedback from developers?

  > Securing web application data since 1874 You probably want to change that line, it's not true and/or a cheeky joke that turns off devs. More generally, is this project basically Hashicorp Vault? re: where to get feedback... - your current users, though this is a chicken-egg problem - I've had good luck in slack orgs, don't be marketing or fishing for users. Get to know the group before making an ask - make it as... - Source: Hacker News / over 3 years ago

• Building an app – new to startup world – where to raise funding?

  Do you have users? If not you only have assumptions https://startupschool.org videos are a good place to start. They are also available on YouTube iirc. - Source: Hacker News / over 3 years ago

• Ask HN: Is there any how to build a SaaS web app course?

  Do you need to build the software to launch? https://startupschool.org is the first video series I recommend. The videos should be on YT as well. - Source: Hacker News / over 3 years ago

• Online community for the remote-first founders.

  Why is "startupschool.org" trying to download something when I click that link?... Source: almost 4 years ago