Stanford University

4 statements across 4 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement May 31, 2017 by Sam Altman · said 127 times in 63 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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May 31, 2017 positive
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Altman: YC is simultaneously advising 3,000 startups via its MOOC
“So right now we're teaching a MOOC, which is kind of the third version of that Stanford class back at Stanford where we are advising 3000 startups at once.”
Sam Altman May 31, 2017 ▶ 5:18 From Startup to Scaleup | Sam Altman and Reid Hoffman · Y Combinator
Mar 8, 2018
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Nozad sourced early deals by cold-emailing Persian Stanford CS students
“I remember in, when I started in late nineties and I didn't know how to find founders I was going on Stanford computer science actually school looking at every name that looked Iranian or Persian and sending an email and inviting them for tea. And I ended up i…”
Pejman Nozad Mar 8, 2018 ▶ 1:02:53 Elad Gil and Pejman Nozad - Startup Investor School Day 3 · Y Combinator
Jun 19, 2019 positive
Assertion Supported
Rossmann: Make School received regional bachelor's accreditation in fall 2018
“We are actually one of the first colleges to be created under new accreditation rules. So we were accredited this past fall. We offer a real accredited bachelor's degree accredited by the same accreditor that accredits Stanford and UC Berkeley and so on and so…”
Jeremy Rossmann Jun 19, 2019 ▶ 21:03 Jeremy Rossmann of Make School on Income Share Agreements and the Future of College · Y Combinator
Dec 18, 2024 positive
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Early DARPA Grand Challenge Work Spawned Modern Autonomous Vehicles
“Ended up working on what would be the beginning of the DARPA Grand Challenge, which would turn into the self-driving cars that we have today.”
David Lieb Dec 18, 2024 ▶ 1:12 How David Lieb Turned a Failing Startup Into Google Photos | Backstory · Y Combinator
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