I was going to submit the following, but wasn't sure if it was following the rules of HN posts, so here it is:
Tell/Ask HN: I attended startup school as a non-founder and it was awesome, how was your experience?
I attended applied and attended Startup School 2010 as a non-founder and it was quite possibly the best day of my life in recent memory.
I want to say thanks to Paul, Airbnb, Bases and all the volunteers, and anyone else that put in any effort to make this event what it was.
Second, thanks to all the speakers! You all did an awesome job. Well done! Words cannot describe how well everyone did. By far the best event/conference I have ever attended mostly because of all the interesting and insightful talks.
Some of my highlights:
I sat next to the 3 awesome intelligent founders of Dr. Chronos (plug: http://drchronos.com) and spoke with them about all sorts of interesting topics through out the entire event and after.
I met Alexis and Christopher from Reddit and we joked and talked about many interesting topics during lunch. I even got some pictures taken with them.
Speaking of lunch, that might have been some of the best pizza I have ever had.
I feel like I met almost the entire Airbnb team, they were all awesome. Sorry, if I can't remember all your names, so I want to say thanks for the awesome after party! Special thanks goes to Nick, Joe, and Erin for putting up with me.
I briefly met Paul and got my picture taken with him, truly an honor. Thanks again Paul!
I met tons of intelligent, fun, awesome developers and founders. The networking was worth every single penny alone (just a little over $600 total including hotel from Oklahoma). I learned a ton! It was truly and inspiring time for me throughout the trip.
To all those I did not mention above, thank you for making this quite possibly one of the most fun, exciting, and enjoyable days I can remember in recent history.
I hope I can attend next year. I'm looking forward to it.
Tell/Ask HN: I attended startup school as a non-founder and it was awesome, how was your experience?
I attended applied and attended Startup School 2010 as a non-founder and it was quite possibly the best day of my life in recent memory.
I want to say thanks to Paul, Airbnb, Bases and all the volunteers, and anyone else that put in any effort to make this event what it was.
Second, thanks to all the speakers! You all did an awesome job. Well done! Words cannot describe how well everyone did. By far the best event/conference I have ever attended mostly because of all the interesting and insightful talks.
Some of my highlights:
I sat next to the 3 awesome intelligent founders of Dr. Chronos (plug: http://drchronos.com) and spoke with them about all sorts of interesting topics through out the entire event and after.
I met Alexis and Christopher from Reddit and we joked and talked about many interesting topics during lunch. I even got some pictures taken with them.
Speaking of lunch, that might have been some of the best pizza I have ever had.
I feel like I met almost the entire Airbnb team, they were all awesome. Sorry, if I can't remember all your names, so I want to say thanks for the awesome after party! Special thanks goes to Nick, Joe, and Erin for putting up with me.
I briefly met Paul and got my picture taken with him, truly an honor. Thanks again Paul!
I met tons of intelligent, fun, awesome developers and founders. The networking was worth every single penny alone (just a little over $600 total including hotel from Oklahoma). I learned a ton! It was truly and inspiring time for me throughout the trip.
To all those I did not mention above, thank you for making this quite possibly one of the most fun, exciting, and enjoyable days I can remember in recent history.
I hope I can attend next year. I'm looking forward to it.