Startup School

Launch fast, keep it simple, update frequently. That was the message hammered home this Saturday to 600 wide-eyed entrepreneurs packed into Stanford University’s Kresge Auditorium for Startup School 2006.

Attendees at the invitation-only event, who came from as far away as Europe, South America and Asia, were there to learn startup business advice from over a dozen tech industry movers and shakers. The crowd, mostly men in their early twenties, sat in rapt attention as they heard war stories of tech business success and failure from men and women not much older than themselves.

The event was co-sponsored by seed venture firm Y Combinator and Stanford’s BASES organization, and featured presentations covering fundamental topics such as funding, hiring, marketing, operations, and legal planning.

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