YCombinator Hosts Start-Up School

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Edited By Larry Chiang

By Jessica Mah

Startup School was my best spent Saturday all year.

It’s difficult to step back from the daily hassles of school and work, but it’s so important to ask oneself, “Why am I doing this?”

A start-up while you are in school means long hours and cutting back on all other commitments.  Doing Start-Up School and surrounding yourself with other like-minded people for an entire day gives you an incredible sense of encouragement and optimism.

I see Startup School as the annual gathering of everyone who follows the religious cult that YCombinator is.  Everyone looks up to Jessica and Paul as the people who give hackers a sense of importance.

How does a non-business person start a company?  Read Paul’s essays, read hacker news (http://news.ycombinator.com), and figure the rest out on your own.

It’s fun and exciting to see people fly across the country just to attend a one-day event.

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Jessica Mah is CEO of Indinero in Berkeley, California

I was at last year’s y-combinator and wrote about it here

I edited this in 10 minutes. If I missed something, email me… larry @larrychiang dot com and include your cell in the subject line.


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