Re:Startup School Responses Delayed for a Day
by richcollins on Thursday March 08, 2007 @08:43PM
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I disagree.
I thought it was one of the best events for networking with other hackers that I have ever been to. Everyone there was knowledgeable as well as driven and energetic. I was up until the wee hours of the morning on both nights talking shop with other entrepreneurs and programmers. I actually met my company's co-founder during the first startup school.
I think Startup School is a great opportunity to meet other hackers and, hopefully, form meaningful relationships with like-minded peers.
I'm from Los Angeles where the startup community is generally lacking -- the idea of "entrepreneurship" is somewhere along the lines of things like starting an event planning company or making indie films.
As a result, I'm really looking forward to Startup School as a chance to meet potential co-founders.
Hey JMiao, I'm in LA too. Email me at lalife.com if you want to talk shop some time!
I actually just moved up to Palo Alto in January, but thanks for the post.
Where in LA are you guys? I'm in Pasadena.
That's great! I wish I got in on some of that, but for whatever reason I didn't. I agree the caliber of people was great, which is why it was frustrating not to be able to meet more of them.
But it was great being there in person for the in-person experience, which was gratifying and good positive reinforcement. That said, I didn't apply this time because I'm really really busy on a feature launch for my startup and it didn't seem like I'd get that much out of it as far as the networking aspect.