For some, the road to developing their startup is a natural one. Some entrepreneurs are born to manage the resources, technology, infrastructure, costs, and all of the roadblocks that come with their first startup. But for the majority of people there are unexpected pitfalls and roadblocks that go well beyond just getting funding. Even great startups can fall completely apart just when everything looks good. Thankfully, there’s a school for that.
Longtime seed funding organization Y Combinator has, in its time, contributed to more than 1,400 startups since 2005. As such their goal is to get startups “through the first phase.” They heavily stress support for their startups beyond seed funding. The likes of Airbnb, Dropbox, Twitch, and Reddit owe their origins to this group. So it came as no surprise in 2014 when they went so far as to offer a startup class at Stanford University on the early parts of developing a startup.
Even though the course only covers “30% of the way there“ according to Sam Altman President of Y…