Curated course on how to get into YC

Curated course on how to get into YC(crowdcademy.com)

23 points by tweiss 13 years ago | 10 comments

joelrunyon 13 years ago |

Sounds like a great idea, but is this a paid course? If so, I'd personally be worried about it being taught by someone who didn't get in to YC (no offense).

If I misunderstood something, feel free to correct me.

tweiss 13 years ago | |

no offense taken ;) it's a free course that I created to help others with their applications and to showcase the prototype of crowdcademy. There will be paid courses eventually, but on much more complicated and lengthy topics such as learning Photoshop or a specific programming language.

invalidOrTaken 13 years ago |

This is obvious evidence that something is ripe for disruption, though I'm not sure what. Is it VC decision-making? Credentialing? Streed cred in the startup scene? Startup mentoring?

A curated course on how to get into a program that explicitly mostly "just takes the best team" is a code smell.

bbq 13 years ago |

Why try to game the application process? Just be extremely [capable, passionate, grit-ful, and inventive].

feralmoan 13 years ago | |

because Cargo Cult is why

franze 13 years ago |

puuh, i think the most important step is missing:

  Q: How To Get Into Y Combinator?
  A: Try!

ebiester 13 years ago |

So, once you've assimilated what everyone else is doing, do 90% of what the successes did, and 10% be bold and brash and overwhelmingly different so as to feel both familiar yet new.

Basically, the same formula as the KLF discovered (now) decades ago.

tweiss 13 years ago |

If anybody knows of great resources that I've overlooked, please leave a coment and I will add them asap. Thanks a lot!

benologist 13 years ago | |

There's a bunch of stuff here: http://ycuniverse.com/

tweiss 13 years ago | | |

Thanks! I think it's a great resource and have actually included some of it in the course.