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Y Combinator Is Launching a “Grad School” for Booming Startups

• yesimahuman 9y ago
  How strict is the employee headcount? Seems like it would have excluded the lean WhatsApp's of the world
  • lquist 9y ago
    Something tells me that they'll be flexible if you have 300m DAU :)
  • immad 9y ago
    It’s not strict
• oisino 9y ago
  Curious why Y Combinator doesn't open this up to all startup companies just not the small % that went through YC already.
  • sethbannon 9y ago
    They did: http://blog.ycombinator.com/open-application-for-yc-growth-program/ http://blog.ycombinator.com/open-application-for-yc-growth-p...
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• hartator 9y ago
  Any plans to do this in Austin, TX?
• aorloff 9y ago
  Another greate option for training people during growth are the Harrison Metal classes, starting with General Management. If you are a first time manager (or even a seasoned one!) in a growing startup, its an invaluable crash course in business.
• iteriteratedone 9y ago
  Stop ... startup idea is dead. We all know tech now. Its just a small business on the internet. There is no more 10x stuff. You build an app, market and sell its just like old business but with an internet focus. Its time to mature, we had our days of "changing the world". Now just learn your craft, make a profit and sell. Startup grad school? Get an mba and get a real education dont half ass it if you are serious. Im not saying that this is a waste of time. Im saying there are more robust avenues and you graduation in business is making profit not just networking for a few months. 5 years ago this was a great opportunity. Today I would ask myself why are these guys not contacting me? Focus on you business/product not joining a club.All the info is out there.