Startup School has been moderately growing during the last month - mostly driven by our friends around the world. There have been a couple classes and meetings and the overall feedback has been very positive. Thanks guys!
However - one thing is striking me. We expected that people would take action themselves to create requests and offers for virtual meetings or classes. But so far this has rarely happened. Therefore my questions to you are:
1. Do you understand the concept of Startup School with the current interface?
2. Are you missing features or functionality?
3. Is the Startup School concept at all applicable for a loose group of entrepreneurs?
We are not competing with a school in the traditional sense. What we offer to you - is to use Startup School in a way bloggers use wordpress to publish their thoughts or people use meetup to organize meetings. Startup School enables entrepreneurs to learn with other entrepreneurs who have the same problems & interests.
We have been using the bottom up approach of learning inside our own tiny company and with large organizations - the result was always the same. People were amazed how a live interaction is incredibly effective to receive relevant information. Instead of searching forever on Google, Wikipedia & Youtube they could simply ask the right person. Totally mind blasting for many people was the realization of how energizing and innovative social interactions can be. In our surveys people described how happy they were to find solutions for their problems so much quicker than before.
When I was first reading such feedback - I was seriously wondering how most people have been learning in their life. I for my part always searched for the direct contact to people who know something I want to learn. I was mostly too lazy to read about it. Instead I would hitchhike to a conferences and sleep on the floor - just to learn something about the "future role of the CFO". I remember most of those CFOs expressed themselves terribly awkward, all of them were not a bit humorous and many had terrible structure in their presentation - nevertheless all of them were CFOs of some of largest German Corporations. The what and how they were speaking passionately about nerdy accountant topics was amazingly informative for me on multiple levels.
Everything I learned in one day was more than in 30 days of listening to my Professor - excluding everything related to the practical parts that our Professor simply didn't have a clue about.
I believe the power of social learning with the right people is unbeatable. Startup School is giving this opportunity to all entrepreneurs out there. No matter if your "mind mates" are in Singapore, Melbourne or New York - with Startup School you can connect with them socially in our virtual meeting room.
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About Startup School:
Startup School is an invite-only platform for ambitious entrepreneurs.
It is a community for entrepreneurs to teach and study
from each other using a bottom up, grassroots-like approach to
organizing and holding live classes online.
We want to
make it as powerful, fun and easy as possible for entrepreneurs all
around the world to share their knowledge and learn in a social way.
Our vision is to build a curriculum for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs. A place where lifelong learning for entrepreneurs happens.
The plattform exists of two components:
1. A marketplace environment where people can request or schedule meetings,talks or classes.
2. A virtual classroom where people can meet live and interact via Audio/Video, Screen Sharing, Chat and more.
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cheers,
Bjoern Lasse Herrmann - Startup School Evangelist
http://startup.supercoolschool.com
ATTENTION:
Startup School is an invite only plattform for entrepreneurs. If you would like to join please contact me bjoern@supercoolschool.com
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