Curious if YC has any data on the outcomes of the co-founder matching programs they've been running?
I'm a bit apprehensive because most of the advice I've heard from YC and elsewhere about finding a co-founder involves looking for someone you have a long history with, and that's by definition not something a co-founder matching program can offer.
Wondering how the outcomes here compare with just going at it solo. I understand having a co-founder de-risks the business and increases the chance of success in a bunch of ways, but it also introduces a bunch of new risks that can turn out to be pretty catastrophic.
Awesome! I've always loved the original Startup School conference. The speakers never felt over the top braggy or markety, but rather they talked about failures or low points.
(I've been to a ton of them, and used to do doodle notes for them! Long before I became a YC founder. http://startupnotes.org/)
I went to the first Startup School in 2005. While the sessions were great, the fun started before we got there when the train tracks (between NYC and Boston) flooded and I gathered the other geeks onboard and jumped on a bus.
No, I'm not kidding: https://caseysoftware.com/blog/changing-plans-or-how-not-to-...
And some more posts with recaps of the actual event: https://caseysoftware.com/blog/tag/startup-school
Honestly I wish it focused more like 50% on finding a problem not validating it and staying motivated and productive even go into health and nutrition
I've participated in a previous version and really enjoyed it. Would recommend. I have a couple of questions if anyone is in a position to answer?
Roughly what time do the live talks happen? Is there a published list of the cities for the live meetups (founder talks and self organised)?
Thanks
> Startup School goes all the way back to 2007
Oct. 15th 2005, fwiw.
As someone who watches the Covid sewage graphs (via my bot https://twitter.com/covidsewage) and can see the current huge spike that everyone else seems determined to ignore... please, please encourage the hosts of these events to find outside venues for them!
I'm not ready to spend time inside with dozens of strangers, even masked, but I would be delighted to attend something like this in an outside venue.
It's fun to look at the earliest Startup School threads on HN:
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateEnd=1230768000&dateRange=custom&...
Like this one:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=148333