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. 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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Yup, but instead of a thesis you’re defending your final project, its code, and your understanding of it to Lambda staff, hiring partners, and outside engineers. That was also an experiment at one point. Everything was.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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