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    Sam Altman‏Verified account @sama 16 Sep 2014

    "How To Start a Startup"--teaching a class this fall w/some awesome guest speakers. all videos will be online here: http://startupclass.samaltman.com 

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    • T.eck エル Arda Metesar M. Ali Sabuncuoğlu Lighter Capital Steve McLendon Raj Roy Daniel Sarbe GA London Bob Corrigan
    10:02 AM - 16 Sep 2014
    28 replies 360 retweets 476 likes
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      2. Nick Frey‏Verified account @nickfrey 16 Sep 2014
        Replying to @sama

        @sama Make it an iTunes U course!

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Sam Altman‏Verified account @sama 16 Sep 2014
        Replying to @nickfrey

        @nickfrey it will be

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. End of conversation
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      2. Akbar Ahmed‏ @Akbar501 16 Sep 2014
        Replying to @sama

        @sama How will the content be licensed? Or is that TBD?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Sam Altman‏Verified account @sama 16 Sep 2014
        Replying to @Akbar501

        @Akbar501 it's all available for free and re-shareable

        0 replies 1 retweet 1 like
      4. End of conversation
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      2. Spencer Schoeben‏ @netspencer 16 Sep 2014
        Replying to @sama

        @sama You should come teach this at Tufts. :'(

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Sam Altman‏Verified account @sama 16 Sep 2014
        Replying to @netspencer

        @netspencer it's all online!

        3 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. Arjun Balaji‏ @arjunblj 16 Sep 2014
        Replying to @sama

        @sama @netspencer Best of both worlds — Spencer, get a viewing group together!

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Spencer Schoeben‏ @netspencer 16 Sep 2014
        Replying to @arjunblj

        @arjunblj @sama YES. Let's do this. // cc @wangisms @NateChaseH @SamMaddenR @JamesHDowner @gilesvangruisen @dfeerst @BlakeRuddock

        2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      6. Giles Van Gruisen‏ @gilesvangruisen 16 Sep 2014
        Replying to @netspencer

        @netspencer @arjunblj @sama @wangisms @NateChaseH @SamMaddenR @JamesHDowner @dfeerst @BlakeRuddock there's a big TV at my apt in somerville

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      7. Spencer Schoeben‏ @netspencer 16 Sep 2014
        Replying to @gilesvangruisen

        @gilesvangruisen @arjunblj @wangisms @NateChaseH @SamMaddenR @JamesHDowner @dfeerst @BlakeRuddock We can also host in the ATO projector room

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Danielle Feerst‏ @dfeerst 16 Sep 2014
        Replying to @netspencer

        When is this happening @netspencer ?

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      9. Spencer Schoeben‏ @netspencer 16 Sep 2014
        Replying to @dfeerst

        @dfeerst http://startupclass.samaltman.com 

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      2. Chris Dixon‏Verified account @cdixon 16 Sep 2014
        Replying to @sama

        Looks great RT @sama: "How To Start a Startup"--teaching a class this fall w/some awesome guest speakers. http://startupclass.samaltman.com 

        1 reply 16 retweets 43 likes
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      2. Raider‏ @ixraider 16 Sep 2014
        Replying to @sama

        @sama @500Startups cc @Monsieur_Apple you should check this out

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Raider‏ @ixraider 16 Sep 2014
        Replying to @ixraider

        Im not late, I'm just early in another time zone.

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    1. Teenage Coder‏ @TeenageCoder 16 Sep 2014
      Replying to @sama

      @sama let me be a guest speaker bro

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    2. Robert Raleigh‏ @RobertGRaleigh 16 Sep 2014
      Replying to @sama

      .@sama: Do you and the rest of the @ycombinator folks have future plans to make this available as @GoNovoEd MOOC in the future w/ @Stanford?

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      2. Solberg‏ @jokull 16 Sep 2014
        Replying to @sama

        @sama extremely impressive "lineup"

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      3. Bala Kamallakharan‏ @BalaInIceland 16 Sep 2014
        Replying to @jokull

        @jokull you saw that we are launching @founding Reykjavik Chapter right?http://fi.co/posts/9301 

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