Hey HN, looks like I was beat to the punch on posting this. :)
I work on Startup School at YC. We're excited to launch our second-ever build sprint. You can think of a build sprint as sort of like a 4-week hackathon, with regularly scheduled checkpoints and a community of other folks all working on their ideas at the same time. If you’re looking for an excuse to take the plunge and start work on a startup or side project, this is a great opportunity to do that.
(Note: I’m traveling today so won’t be as active in the comments as I’d like, but will pop in to answer any questions as often as I can!)
I was in the last Build Sprint, and while I didn't get as much as I would've liked done, it was fun. A question about Startup School platform itself, since I've never found a support channel: will there or is there a way to delete the companies with which you are associated? I've gone through a couple of projects as "companies", but they've unfortunately not lasted, but I don't seem to be able to delete them, and have to repurpose. Then all my graphing about how much I'm doing and how far I've got left is wonky.
No it isn't. I could never find an e-mail address on the site (not saying it isn't there, I just could never find it), so I just tried support@startupschool.org, as it's a common e-mail address to have.
Looks like that number should be 1,000 and the trailing "1" points to a footnote:
"If possible, we’d like to provide an actionable piece of feedback to everyone who completes the Build Sprint and submits a YC application. But we’re not sure how long that will take, so we’re only committing to provide feedback on 1,000 applications for now to be safe."
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[ 3.6 ms ] story [ 49.2 ms ] threadI work on Startup School at YC. We're excited to launch our second-ever build sprint. You can think of a build sprint as sort of like a 4-week hackathon, with regularly scheduled checkpoints and a community of other folks all working on their ideas at the same time. If you’re looking for an excuse to take the plunge and start work on a startup or side project, this is a great opportunity to do that.
(Note: I’m traveling today so won’t be as active in the comments as I’d like, but will pop in to answer any questions as often as I can!)
I was in the last Build Sprint, and while I didn't get as much as I would've liked done, it was fun. A question about Startup School platform itself, since I've never found a support channel: will there or is there a way to delete the companies with which you are associated? I've gone through a couple of projects as "companies", but they've unfortunately not lasted, but I don't seem to be able to delete them, and have to repurpose. Then all my graphing about how much I'm doing and how far I've got left is wonky.
To answer your question, yes, our team can help you set up a new company profile!
Ok, this is really cool.
"If possible, we’d like to provide an actionable piece of feedback to everyone who completes the Build Sprint and submits a YC application. But we’re not sure how long that will take, so we’re only committing to provide feedback on 1,000 applications for now to be safe."