2009 Startup School, October 24 at Berkeley

http://www.startupschool.org

by pg • 17 years ago

73 31 17 years ago

rms5• 17 years ago

Thanks for organizing this. I hope to see all of you there. This functions as the defacto international Hacker News meetup. Maybe, just maybe, Nickb will be seen in the same room as pg.

jasonlbaptiste• 17 years ago

And I thought that the speaker list couldn't top last years. Yeah, I was wrong:

http://www.startupschool.org/speakers.html

Thank you YC, Berkeley, St@b,etc. for putting this on.

sgrove2• 17 years ago

Indeed, looks pretty amazing. Thankfully we don't have to choose between which ones to listen to, as that would be quite difficult.

Since "(so far)" hints there will likely be more, what's the expected speaker count?

pg3• 17 years ago

Last year we had 11 so we'll probably have about that many this time.

alanthonyc2• 17 years ago

I just turned in my application, then read the faq about getting responses.

...now, I'm wondering if I typed in my email address properly...no feedback until October...hmmm

pg3• 17 years ago

One of the advantages of the rewritten application form is that you can edit your application. Just go to http://news.ycombinator.com/susapply again.

alanthonyc2• 17 years ago

Sweet, thanks!

paulitex• 17 years ago

Anyone know approximately how many applicants get accepted?

Xichekolas• 17 years ago

Look at the capacity of the venue... that is most likely the number.

mrduncan• 17 years ago

No venue has been listed yet but Zellerbach Auditorium has a capacity of 2089 (http://facilities.calperfs.berkeley.edu/zellerbach_auditoriu...).

alexsolo• 17 years ago

Just out of curiosity, pg, why are you holding the event at Berkley this year?

johnm• 17 years ago

Bigger facilities than that pretty junior college on the peninsula. :-)

jrockway• 17 years ago

I think we should be able to buy our way in with HN karma ;)

rms5• 17 years ago

With karma like yours I would be comfortable buying the plane ticket ahead of time.

jadence• 17 years ago

FYI - Cal Football has a home game that day. Parking is going to be difficult to come by and expensive. Public transportation will also be pretty full so plan accordingly.

http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/cal-m-footbl-s...

pg3• 17 years ago

Uh oh. Parking in Berkeley is a hard even on ordinary days. I don't want to think what it would be like on the day of a football game. I would not recommend driving to this event. Park somewhere else and take the Bart in.

ashishk• 17 years ago

Looks awesome. Wish I could be there.

Will this event be streaming on ustream/ some other variant for non west coast people?

kyro• 17 years ago

Justin.tv usually streams/archives the talks.

sid• 17 years ago

I hope so, i watched the 2008 one on omnisio and learnt soooo much (this was around the time i started my startup) was able to write alot of points which i still follow now. Wish i could be there in person. Anway if it is streaming im going to be sure that i dont miss it.

PStamatiou2• 17 years ago

Would any other out of town HNers want to split a hotel room in SF? I figure I might make a trip of it and stay a few days.

avner• 17 years ago

Sounds practical. I'm down if accepted.

rms5• 17 years ago

I was going to do http://www.airbnb.com/

tlrobinson• 17 years ago

Is it possible to make a listing for a particular event, e.x. say I only wanted to open up my apartment to Startup School attendees?

matt12• 17 years ago

I've been looking forward to this year's startup school for some time and hope I get the opportunity to go.

If accepted, I'd be flying in from the east coast. Since no one finds out before the submission deadline, I'm stuck making travel arrangements two to three weeks before the event, correct? Just want to make sure for planning purposes.

PStamatiou2• 17 years ago

I'm in the same boat (Atlanta). Tickets are cheap from what I've found- $89 each way if I book nowish.

matt12• 17 years ago

If its a choice between buying the ticket now for $89 or later for several hundred, you're probably off better buying now even if you think your chances of getting selected are slim.

mofey• 17 years ago

What is meant by "tools" on the application? Any examples?

2009 Startup School, October 24 at Berkeley

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