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Hey guys, I'm here and taking notes -- I've put some from the morning talks onto GitHub; please PR if you have any improvements or more details! Let's make the best notes ever :)

https://github.com/charlesfeng/startup-school-notes/tree/mas...

This is awesome. I just tuned into the stream a bit ago and lagging behind on notes, but I plan to catch several afternoon sessions.

I keep my article / book / conference notes in a repo too [0]. It's great to see more of that :).

[0]: https://github.com/tedmiston/notes

Logging is awesome. I wish I could be a little more disciplined.

Thanks for the awesomeness.

I'm really trying to make notes on the office hours with Qasar and Kevin but the pace is just so fast today. I think I'm going to have to go back and revisit once these videos are posted myself.

I've logged some of the useful or interesting questions that Qasar and Kevin asked at https://github.com/charlesfeng/startup-school-notes/blob/mas...

All talks have been uploaded - again, PRs welcome. Thanks in advance :)

https://github.com/charlesfeng/startup-school-notes/tree/mas...

Ooshma is doing a great job. She reminds me a lot Brian Chesky's talk at Startup School 2010 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOytubycHOg

I wish they used youtube live stream. This one is laggy for me somehow.

Me too :/

Youtube also allows going back in time if you missed the first part, it's buffered. so much better.

I think I've managed to play the stream without infecting my computer with Flash. Open this network stream in VLC: http://icv-live8.icvdm.cshls.lldns.net/icvdm/icv-live8/icv-l...

Changing that "live8" to other numbers shows other videos, mostly eBay commercials but maybe some other content as well.

I only saw the bits around 230pm, but if by "startup school" they were trying to explain to the inexperienced entrepreneurs how they can be exploited by third-tier investors who enjoy mocking them, cutting them off while they are trying to explain their innovative ideas, and showing how smart they are to other people in the room, then that parody was pure genius. But I'm guessing most people missed the joke.

Sometimes I wonder if the world from a startup's point of view is limited to America!

The stream is near unwatchable in Australia!

edit: even going as far as using mpv to help alleviate the issues, but stuff dropping still isn't helping!

strange, I'm watching from Germany and it's streaming just fine

Understand your frustration, it's cutting in and out here in Michigan. Hope they investigate another vendor for next year.

I didn't have any issues with the stream in Ohio.

It's streamed through CloudFront, which has servers in Australia so I hoped it would work well. Could you traceroute to cdn.startupschool.org and email me the results at tlb@ycombinator.com?

from Brazil is working just fine (well, we are in America after all :) )

When will the recorded versions be up?

It usually takes a couple of weeks

Can someone please screen record and put it online :)

Working on it! Hopefully in the next week or two.

why it takes so long?

Mainly for editing. Segmenting and editing the different footage into something more easy to watch takes a bit of time.

I will aim to get the extended version online after the weekend, but downloads do take a while!

thanks, for the ones that can't wait the extended uncut version will do fine :)

Where will they be published when ready?

Live back channel discussion for remote viewers in #startups on irc.freenode.net...Come join us!

Netflix's deck that Reid Hoffman is talking about: http://www.slideshare.net/reed2001/culture-1798664 This is a great one!

I had a ticket and was going to join (I flew out for one in 2015) as I really enjoyed the last time. But then I remembered unless you're looking for a founder you only get to mingle with other, hopeful entrepreneurs and you don't really get good feedback from anyone. And the entire set of presentations end up online.

So if you want to attend for the social experience (which don't get me wrong that's certainly fun) go for it but I'm not convinced it helps anymore beyond watching the videos online. In fact last time it ended up just helping me procrastinate.

> But then I remembered unless you're looking for a founder you only get to mingle with other, hopeful entrepreneurs and you don't really get good feedback from anyone.

Isn't that the case with most entrepreneur-targeted events? :P

It is the case for MOST of conferences and most MBA programs ;-)

I find that the event is best for those who need a jolt of inspiration to get their motors running. Which isn't a bad thing! We can get out practical advice elsewhere.

Fwiw I made a couple great connections at the pre-bbq in 2015 (not sure if they do this anymore). That was really the highlight for me. It was much more difficult to have a conversation during the event itself. Maybe we need a "hallway track" for startup school too. ;)

I feel like I'm using RealPlayer the way this thing keeps buffering.

"Cannot load M3U8: Crossdomain access denied".

Can't understand why people keep trying to develop in-house livestream solutions, with so many professional options available, and must-have features: HD streaming, mobile, recordings available immediately, etc.

This is an interesting point as the largest video streaming service is a YC company. (admittingly, this type of content would not be suitable for Twitch, even under their Creative umbrella).

The video stretches when playing a 16:9 aspect ratio video on 21:9 displays.

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