{"id":129,"date":"2017-06-16T08:40:43","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T08:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/54.158.119.27\/?p=129"},"modified":"2024-03-18T16:46:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T20:46:58","slug":"what-youll-get-out-of-y-combinators-startup-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canny.io\/blog\/what-youll-get-out-of-y-combinators-startup-school\/","title":{"rendered":"What you\u2019ll get out of Y Combinator\u2019s Startup School"},"content":{"rendered":"

We just completed the inaugural batch of Y Combinator\u2019s\u00a0Startup School<\/a>\u00a0for our startup\u00a0Canny<\/a>. It was a blast, and we learned a ton.<\/p>\n

For those of you thinking about doing the next batch, we\u2019d love to share our experience with you. We also have ideas for how YC could do even better.<\/p>\n

The Program<\/h2>\n

The founder track had 3,000 companies from 141 countries. This was split into 94 groups. Each group got the pleasure to work with a YC alumni mentor\u200a\u2014\u200asomeone who has founded a YC startup in the past.<\/p>\n

We were part of group 18 and our mentor was\u00a0Boris Jabes<\/a>, founder of\u00a0Meldium<\/a>\u00a0and all around awesome guy \ud83d\ude0d.<\/p>\n

Office Hours<\/h2>\n

Our group had office hours on a weekly basis. Since founders were from all over the world, these were held in a group video chat. Each company spent 5\u201310 minutes asking for advice on our hardest problems. Boris gave most of the advice, but it wasn\u2019t uncommon for other founders to chime in too.<\/p>\n

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Boris laying down some wisdom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Video Lessons<\/h2>\n

A new lesson was released on YouTube every week. Here\u2019s a list of them all, in the order they came out:<\/p>\n