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Y Combinator and the Harvard Computer Society to Host Startup School 2005; Startup Experts Come Together to Share Insights with Next Generation Founders
[October 11, 2005]

Y Combinator and the Harvard Computer Society to Host Startup School 2005; Startup Experts Come Together to Share Insights with Next Generation Founders


--(Business Wire)-- Y Combinator -0- *T THE EVENT: Eminent speakers from all aspects of the technology startup world will explain the business side of starting a company to young would-be founders. http://startupschool.org WHEN: Saturday, October 15, 2005 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. EDT WHERE: Science Center B, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA BACKGROUND: Startups are back. And this time, the lower cost is enabling startup founders to be much younger. Startup School is the first big meeting of next generation founders--more than 500 of the top young programmers and engineers who are coming to Cambridge to learn how to start a startup. Will the founders of the next Google be in the room? There's a good chance. SPEAKERS: Steve Wozniak, Co-founder, Apple Computer Qi Lu, VP of Engineering, Yahoo! Michael Mandel, Chief Economist, BusinessWeek Paul Graham, Partner, Y Combinator Stephen Wolfram, Founder, Wolfram Research Marc Hedlund, Entrepreneur in Residence, O'Reilly Media Mark Macenka, Partner, Goodwin Procter Stan Reiss, General Partner, Matrix Partners Hutch Fishman, CFO, cMarket; CFO, Veveo Olin Shivers, Associate Professor, Georgia Tech; Co-founder, Smartleaf David Cavanaugh, Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr Langley Steinert, Chairman and Co-founder, TripAdvisor ATTEND: To attend or to learn more about the conference, please contact Jessica Livingston at [email protected] or 617.576.0695 *T

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