Are there anyone else going to Startup School 2007 to Stanford, CA?
My application was originally rejected, but lately, Mrs. Jessica Levingston (the author of Founders At Work and the partner at Y Combinator) approved it and allowed me to join this incredible event.
For those who don't know what is that, let me tell you. First of all, you are already missed it. :) But as for good things:
"This is free, one-day startup school this March 24 at Stanford. We'll have a range of experts speaking on all the things you need to know to start a company: what makes a good startup idea and where to get them; what to look for in a co-founder; how to get angel and VC funding; how to incorporate a company and what agreements founders should have among themselves; when and how to apply for patents; what can go wrong in a startup; what acquirers look for; and how the acquisition process works.
One day is not enough to cover all these topics thoroughly, but we think we'll be able to cover enough to make it clear how startups work. Many hackers consider starting a company at some point, but are put off because "business" seems a mystery. Our goal is to remove that mystery."
(quote from Startup School site)
I am very excited about it and can't wait networking with other geeks and listening to people, who already gained a lot and built a sucessful startups.
As for the speakers list, it's just incredible, it's even more impressive than last year event:
"Chris Anderson
Editor in Chief, Wired MagazinePaul Buchheit
Creator of GMailPaul Graham
Partner, Y Combinator; Founder, ViawebMitchell Kapor
President, Open Source Applications Foundation; Founder, LotusJoel Lehrer
Associate, Goodwin ProcterMax Levchin
Founder, Slide; Founder, PaypalMark Macenka
Partner, Goodwin ProcterMichael Mandel
Chief Economist, BusinessWeekGreg McAdoo
Partner, Sequoia CapitalAli Partovi
Founder, iLike; CEO, GarageBand.com; Founder, LinkExchangeRahoul Seth
CFO, AdteractiveMark Zuckerberg
Founder, Facebook"
See you there!
