Startup School 2006 Notes

I had the unique opportunity to attend Paul Graham/Y Combinator‘s Startup School 2006. Held at Stanford’s Kresge Auditorium, the day featured an impressive lineup of local entrepreneurs and experts who shared their experience with a large group of aspiring entrepreneurs.

For the benefit of those who weren’t able to attend this phenomenal event, I’m putting my notes online (supplementing those available on the Startup School Wiki):

• Joe Kraus: Confessions of a Startup Addict
• Page Mailliard: How to Think About Legal Issues
• Mark Fletcher: Lessons Learned Birthing and Building Web Startups
• Ann Winblad: How to Write a Fundable Business Plan
• George Willman: Patents for the Startup
• Tim O’Reilly: How to Think About the Future
• Paul Graham: The Hardest Lessons for Startups to Learn
• Caterina Fake: Interactive Q&A
• Om Malik: What Really Makes Startups Work From a Press Perspective
• Chris Sacca: Advice for Startups
• Joshua Schachter: Lessons Learned During the Creation of Del.icio.us
• Founders’ Q&A