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You guys are pretty fast. I managed to get the newly rewritten application form onto the server this morning, but then I was busy all day talking to startups about their Demo Day presentations. I'm going to try to get the startupschool.org site updated this evening.

One of my favorite secret tools: http://www.changedetection.com/ let's you track pages, and emails you once they change. Not sure what their revenue model is, but it's let me get in first on many occasions. Very handy.

Their revenue model could be to put paid users at the front of the queue. Pay more for guaranteed karma!

Could be. I think the free service only checks once a day. I would pay for a more frequent check.

Ok, here it is: http://startupschool.org.

I'm feeling the urge to apply. I'm 49 years old, but a big believer in lifelong education. I also feel the urge to mention hammers in the "what tools do you like" box.

Do it.

So I'll know I'm not the oldest.

OK, a 20-something with less life experience may benefit more from the event than a 40-something, and be more likely to actually do a startup (having generally fewer commitments etc.), but hopefully they won't use age to rule people out if they have a technical background and genuine desire to do a startup even later in life.

I have no commitments. Though I might have different risk-tolerance. However I'm not entirely sure that's a bad thing.

Damn, forgot to include my Leatherman...

Just submitted.. hope I get in! This is the first year I'm out of school and can actually fly out for something like this, and now that I'm right in the middle of my startup journey, it would make more sense than ever.

Is there any word on roughly how many people apply for each seat?

Would it be in bad taste if we aren't accepted to camp out in hopes of no-shows?

I think that would be very much in the spirit of entrepreneurship, and what I was planning to do. :)

How long will the application be open? (This might sound like a redundant question but I was going to ask some friends to apply that I can't contact immediately)

It will be open for at least another month.

Any speakers announced yet?

The updated site has a list:

http://www.startupschool.org/speakers.html

2009 Speakers (so far) Chris Anderson Editor in Chief, Wired Magazine

Paul Buchheit Founder, FriendFeed; Creator of GMail

Jason Fried Founder, 37signals

Paul Graham Partner, Y Combinator; Founder, Viaweb

Tony Hsieh CEO, Zappos; Founder, LinkExchange

Mitchell Kapor President, Open Source Applications Foundation; Founder, Lotus

Greg McAdoo Partner, Sequoia Capital

Mark Zuckerberg Founder, Facebook

When is it?

October 24, in Berkeley.

Sweet, I have a free plane ticket I've been saving for Startup School (I gave my seat up and got a voucher). Berkeley will be a good venue too.

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