Paul Graham's Startup School

So who hasn't heard of Paul Graham?

For those you who don't know of him, he's a bit of a uber-geek in terms of a geek who made it big during the dot-com times, managed to walk away with a bit of cash, and now has a bit of a philanthropic goal of assisting other startups to give it a try. Whenever he writes, it sends ripples through the online world and generally gets on slashdot.

As the owner of a startup, I applied to his upcoming Startup School as a bit of a lark never thinking I would get an invite. I hit "Submit" and then promptly forgot about it and made plans to go to my other conference called Power your Business with PHP which starts three days later.

So I got an invite last night.... whoa.

Now I need to figure out how to close on a new place just outside Washington, DC on the 14th, make it to Boston on the 15th, and then make it to San Francisco on the 17th.... hmmm.

Edit: I just realized that I forgot to point out that I initially came across the Startup School info over at Dane Carlson's Business Opportunities Weblog. - Thanks Dane!

Flight / Train

I've just run the numbers using Independence Air and Amtrak.

The only flights that will really work there leave the night before and get in about 10pm and then leave early Sunday morning. Total cost ~ $320. Getting a hotel room for both Friday and Saturday would be needed in this case.

Alternatively, the train leaves the night before the class and will start back that evening. It's 10 hours each way but only ~$200. A hotel room is not necessary here, but sleeping on the train could be less than fun.

Anyone know the usefulness/availability of WiFi up DC/Philly/NYC/Boston corridor?

Coordinating Info:

For anyone else going to the Startup School, I've started a thread here:
http://blogs.caseysoftware.com/?q=node/147 to give people a chance to coordinate rides/housing, etc.

Wish I was going!

Have a great time, sounds exciting. I love Paul Graham's stuff. Especially his thing about hiring according to the "animal test" in startups. But like a lot of stuff it is easier said than done. Part of the problem is what to do when you don't have some of his startup prerequisites -- I think he's weak on that, and that's why I am curious about where he is going with this seminar -- which I assume is going to attract a lot of people without those prerequisites. A few of his startup prerequisites are:

  • be young and in college or just finishing
  • don't have a family
  • have like-minded colleagues with skills

But anyway, hopefully you can meet a few interesting people there.

There's a reason for that.

I believe he focuses primarily on the first two points because they have the least to lose. Let's face it... while you were in college and for the first year or so afterwards, you probably weren't married, unlikely to have purchased a house, might have had a car, were somewhat used to living on Ramen and/or buying the super generic everything.

Therefore, you had less to risk and could probably spend 24 hours straight working without offending anyone. If you have a spouse, kids, house payment, car payment, your risk tolerance *should* be much lower.

The third point I agree with whole heartedly. This is why I blog, part of the reason I started CodeSnipers, and why I'm involved in places like Northern Virginia Linux Users' Group, DC Linux Users' Group, Joel On Software, BootStrapDC, and related groups. Even if you don't have the connections/money to bring these people into your business, being connected with them on a regular basis is going to challenge you in ways and directions that can't be done by yourself. And you can do the same for them.

Those are definitely very

Those are definitely very valid points. Are points one and two absolute prerequisits? I like to disagree with that. Having graduated years ago and having collected some professional experience can give you a more well-rounded perspective. Being married (to a very patient and extremely supportive partner) can also be quite helpful, especially if that also means that you can focus on your startup while your partner pays the rent. This definitely sounds like a cool event - wish I could be there...

By No Means

I don't fulfill either of them. I am married, have a car payment, and - if all goes well in the next two weeks - will have a mortgage payment too. ;)

Ah yeah. Dang car payments.

Ah yeah. Dang car payments. Thanks for bringing that up ... ;D

Did you miss my point?

I totally agree with those prerequisites, and since you don't fulfill most of them then exactly what are you going to learn from Paul Graham? How to do it if you've only got 3 out of 10 of his prerequisistes? Unless he is changing his tune, I don't think that's what he is going to help people with. Again, that's where I have a question about this seminar since I am sure most of the people going do not fulfill his criteria. Not to say I wouldn't like to go to it myself (despite having about zero of his prerequisites).

Two Things

Networking and War Stories/Wisdom are what I'm hoping to get out of it.

From talking with some of the other people going, I've found that quite a few of them are still in college, a couple are in their mid-30's, and the bulk seem to be between 20-25.

One way I stand out from many of them is that I:
a) am already doing it;
b) have revenue;
c) have a growing customer list;
d) have two people working for/with me; and
e) have our First Real Product(tm) nearly ready for release.

I think this could be an intersting experience all the way around.

Looking forward to hearing

Looking forward to hearing about it afterwards here on codesnipers. :D

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