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2008 Startup School April 19. Confirmed so far: Andreessen, Bezos, DHH

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Can you automatically allow YCNews users above a karma threshold? (It will help me book flight tickets in advance)

I like that suggestion (assuming I'm above the threshold).

Totally agree. Its spring break time, so flights get expensive.

Adding event to my google calendar... :) (Note to self: bring lunch as buying lunch last year was really hard because of the huge lines)

This is a really great suggestion. I think I ended up eating a bag of pretzels and a diet coke for lunch that day.

Try using SubEthaEdit to make friends with someone who has a car. :-)

Another suggestion: try to get a seat as soon as you can so you don't have to stand for hours at a time. Also, I think parking on campus is free over the weekend.

No spot on the app for yc.news usernames? You know - in case you think our comments here might be proof enough of technical ability and worthiness :)

I don't want to seem like we're trying to force people to sign up for News.YC. I'll tell you what, though: if everyone uses the same email address when they apply that they have in their profile, I'll try to match them.

That means you can't say e.g. whatever [at] gmail in your profile email field. But you don't need to anyway; it isn't visible to crawlers.

Is the majority recent college grads? Any 30ish entrepreneurs?

I can tell you that last year there was a good amount of 30ish entrepreneurs although the majority of folks did seem to be college students/recent grads (myself included).

34 here.

yo soy 28

done....thanks for looking out for the yc newsers

21 here.

What's happened to the title of this post?

It looks like the text is ended up in the title block.

I'm used to seeing the title from the front page at the top of this page. Very confusing otherwise.

Ok I have done that, I was meaning to sign up anyway.

Now, after asking for this feature, I realized I won't even be anywhere near california on that day.

Argh.

Small suggestion: Add geographic location on the name tags so those traveling from afar can network with local hackers. I was really wishing for that last year...

If people have other suggestions, tell us here. One thing we'd thought of doing was having different colored dots people could put on their nametags if they were looking for a startup or looking for more people for one...

Startup School: the traffic light party for nerds.

justin.tv could have a live link for the rest of us? maybe?

They did last year.

Great idea. I'm sure we'll do it.

I hope you go forward with this idea, it should help out with networking.

I absolutely agree. It would really help to see why people are coming down there and can also be a great icebreaker.

How about "Would Like a Place To Stay" and "Can Host a Hacker", possibly even check boxes on the application form.

If I travel cross country for what could be a life changing weekend, I'd rather spend the down time hanging with like minded people instead of at a Best Western.

(Maybe then someone could throw a web app together to help us find each other)

That's a cool idea.

Sweet! Jessica pulls through with another great lineup.

Though I admit I'm most looking forward to pg's always entertaining talk.

Anyone want to webcast this? I'm near Denver, and it's quite a commute.

second. illinois would be quite a trek, i'd LOVE to go.

student = poor = no way can i fly and hotel stay unless its SUPER cheap.

checkout couchsurfing.com. i bet you can find somewhere to stay near the stanford campus. and because you are a student, it will be minimally creepy.

still, a $300 ticket is too much for me

Is there a rule for this? Was never clear on the recording policy.

Trep did you ever hear anything on this? I don't think I'll be able to make it in person either.

Major props, in advance, to whomever can manage a high-quality recording of the talks. The podcasts are a great service for those of us who can't make it in person!

Does anyone have figures for acceptance rates from previous years? I'd like to have a rough idea what my chances of getting to go are.

okay - okay - my application is in. was surprised not to see a spot for YC News username, guess I would be really bummed to miss this.

Startup School is BY FAR the best startup event to attend. The line-up is top notch year after year.

"... 2008 Startup School April 19 ..."

Has anyone ever thought to invite "John McCarthy" to talk?

my dilemma: I'm on the east coast so if I attend I would have to fly out just for the weekend. Should I still go or should I fly out to CA to visit friends for my longer spring break in late March?

wow I cant wait. It looks like way to many people are going to register for this, they prob wont accept most of them.

Awesomeness. Looking forward to it...

woah. Nice work Jessica!

Bezos + Andreessen FTW

Quite a list there.

last year's was great

Damn, California.

And here's me, on the east coast.

So am I, but I've flown to San Francisco for the last 2 years for this - contemplating applying for another year to go out and network. I have to admit, I partied a little to hard the night before SS last year with some fellow hackers and was very late for the sessions.

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