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Re:Startup School 2018 – Curriculum by wnsire on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @01:59PM (#17708924)
> you're giving them crap for it

Wait , what ? My comment started by "Thanks" that's a weird interpretation really...

If you have 1000 companies following the course that's like 10% chance of getting funding, regardless of whether or not there is an equity that's the point.

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Re:Startup School 2018 – Curriculum by fridaymorning81 on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @02:08PM (#17709000)
they are giving away 1,000,000 dollars.. just giving it away. plus tons of content. did you read the article?
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Re:Startup School 2018 – Curriculum by samstave on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @03:09PM (#17709596)
Doubtful that it is randomly given in a lottery sense - they likely are granting this to keep promising teams going...
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Re:Startup School 2018 – Curriculum by HatchedLake721 on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @06:41PM (#17711560)
In return for... 0% equity!
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Re:Startup School 2018 – Curriculum by samstave on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @08:35PM (#17712219)
Yeah, which is why it is only 10K -- and not the 100K like was stated earlier by someone - if it were the 100K then it would be very similar to a typical YC round of funding.
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Re:Startup School 2018 – Curriculum by dpeck on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @02:53PM (#17709464)
pro tip: in the world of funding a 10% chance of success is a damn good one.
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