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I have worked with several startups in Chicago in non-technical roles. This is a great way for me to learn some of the basics.

Will be there be any sort of scholarships for The Starter League?

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We've discussed this, but we don't have a definitive answer right now.

One thing we believe is that it's important for people to make some sacrifices to be here. We want totally committed students. Figuring out how to pay is a great test to see how committed someone is.

You are correct, sacrifices should be made to achieve something meaningful. Could I trade any sort of work for a class? (ie: administrative, janitorial, chef)

That's the wrong way to do this: you're basically asking him to go through your skills, then go through his business and find where they intersect so you can help him. It's take away one of his most important resources, time.

Instead, research everything about 37Signals and Starter League (example: http://charliehoehn.com/2009/01/08/how-to-hack-someones-mind...), come up 3 ideas that benefit them, and pitch them as someone who will get it done and they won't have to manage. When contacting busy people, you'll get far better returns with this approach.

I'd go into more detail, but Charlie already wrote the roadmap for doing this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5qUR3tpEdA

Thanks for your feedback. I was doing it all wrong. I tweeted at Mr.Fried to view a proposal for work.

vpena.sqsp.com/perfectforstarterleague/

Would love to hear if Jason responds to this...

So my uncle has this philosophy that if a school provides scholarship to a student, irrespective of the amount of money, the school is putting some faith in the student and that is very valuable. Some schools provide a no-cosigner loans that are also in the same light. Just a perspective.

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