[iloveyouocean]

I was there. And I can say that this would not be my summary of Startup School. This summary makes me question every other summary of events on HN. Not to say that the author didnt provide a good summary for himself, but instead I now realize how radically differently two people can perceive the same event, based on their experience.

[viviantan]

I couldn't be there, but I would be very interested to hear your perspective.

[wilfra]

I posted my takeaways on Quora (second one, currently)

http://www.quora.com/Startup-School/What-were-the-key-takeaw...

I agree that two people can have vastly different takeaways from an event like this, but don't see anything wrong with that. Different people have different backgrounds and different things they wanted to learn going in.

[plinkplonk]

Thank You. Upvoted (both here and on quora) That was a very interesting bunch of takeaways. I found them more interesting than the ones in the OP.

I wasn't there so I'm probably imagining things, but I'm getting the vibe that the VC/investor types were giving canned pop psychology 'MBA'/management consulting type advice like advice, where the hacker/founder folks sound more original (and useful).

[viviantan]

Thank you for sharing! Upvoted.

That lucky office you mentioned apparently casts it's glow on its surroundings as well. La Boulange opened a new cafe next door, and 1-2 weeks later announced that Starbucks had bought out the entire bakery chain for $100 million. (I'm sure they had already struck the deal, but the lucky locale makes for a better story!)

[welder]

These are quotes from the talks, not his summary of startup school.

It doesn't say anything about his perception of the startup school experience. Please tell, what's your startup school summary?