Post on 22-Jan-2018
My Experience
2013 YC Startup School
2015 SDR workshop + TC Disrupt SF
2016 Silicon Valley Innovation Safari
YC Startup School
An one-day event that attracts entrepreneurs from all over the world
Learn from the smartest founders in Silicon Valley
Meet those passionate people like you
YC Startup School 2016Date & Time: Sep 17th, 9:30AM-7:30PM
Location: Flint Center@Cupertino
Speakers:
Marc Andreessen · Founder, a16z
Kalam Dennis and Reham Fagiri · Founders, AptDeco
Ooshma Garg · Founder, Gobble
Reid Hoffman · Founder, LinkedIn
Gabe Leydon · Founder, Machine Zone
Ben Silbermann · Founder, Pinterest
Application due: Aug 15
YC Startup School: ApplyStep 1. Create a Hacker News account
Step 2. Fill in the application form
Basic info
Company info
Personal website / LinkedIn
Personal project
Step 3. Wait and prepare
Silicon Valley Innovation SafariAbout 2 weeks doing city tour in SF, company visit, and workshops in Berkeley or Stanford
Cost around 2000~3000USD including flight ticket
Real experience living with the startup teams from all over the world
Silicon Valley Innovation SafariApril 2016
@Zero: Twitter micro service architecture
@Jack: Uber’s vision
@LingLing: One day in Drap U
@Kuan-Yu: Hacker’s Way
@Cat: Google Engineering
@Cheng-Fu: Apple design validation
@Steve: Connecting Taiwan
@Andreas: Social Data Revolution
Executive Summary
Presented by Chung-Hsiang Ofa Hsueh
Silicon Valley Innovation Safari
Fork-> Silicon Trip
if(YC_startup_school_granted) > 3
SVIS again!
reduce our cost by car sharing and cooking
RoomToHack•Gather data•Build metrics•Produce knowledge
Investors•Invest the matched•Provide boost program•Get stock options
Partners•Provide the infrastructures•Get promoted•Get stock options
Summary
5 days left to apply!
Do not worry about to go or not, just apply(You can decide once you get granted)
Extra value = after party & the safari
One of the best way to create successful startups is to live in the future, do not only live in Taiwan.
Reference
Google:
Silicon Trip: http://silicontrip.cf/
More about YC and Paul Graham: https://ofafa.wordpress.com