It was very context specific, but the critical advice YC gave us: 1. Start a new class monthly, not every 6-12 months, which is why we’re about to start cohort 13 not cohort 2. 2. We wanted to sell future cashflows on the blockchain. They pointed out you don’t need cryptohttps://twitter.com/lpolovets/status/1011490957521444865 …
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1. “Trials” - an easy way to interview a handful of students and if you like one contract it for n months. That was landing page + calendly -> Slack then manual work 2. Inviting outside engineers to capstone defenses. We invited 4 engineers, 2 hired students (!), now scaling
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1. Failed so far, but we’re tweaking and spinning up again.
@natfriedman was our first guinea pig, we botched some things on our end, and we can now fix. We also botched another apprenticeship with a company when all the students got hired. Trying again soon, with tweaks. -
I felt *really* dumb about those two failed experiments, especially since both were with very smart folks whose time and attention is baluable, but now we know how to fix, so I have to swallow my pride and we go again.
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This is reply gold. Imho You should do a thread on working and failed experiments. (Might even lead to good input as well)
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Wow, digital vs physical product differences are insane. Some other industries this takes 3 years or maybe never due to corporate bloat
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