Y Combinator: Startup School for Future Founders

(We are preparing a complete translation of all Startup School and YC Library training materials, stay tuned here )



We launched the Startup School online program in 2017 to support founders who are actively working to build their companies. On November 9, we are also opening a startup school for potential founders who are interested in starting a company in the future. You can register for the new course today.



Startup School is extremely successful in helping active founders grow their companies. Today it is a service for 140,000 founders. However, our online program was not suitable for people who had not yet decided what to work on. In fact, you couldn't even complete your registration if you weren't actively working on a startup.



So, starting November 9, we are pleased to announce a new Startup School course, which we call Startup School for Future Founders - a startup school for future founders. This course is 6 weeks long and is designed for students, engineers, creatives, and anyone else who is thinking about starting a startup but not actively working on it right now.



We have developed a new curriculum for this track. It targets future founders and includes YC classics like LectureHow to Talk to Users ( video with Russian subtitles ) and essays Before the Startup ( translation ), as well as new lectures from YC partners, for example, How to Find Incredible Startup Ideas. We've also designed highly effective exercises to put this knowledge into practice. The exercises cover key early topics such as generating good startup ideas, finding / testing a co-founder, and testing your idea with potential customers.







When you're ready to take the next step and really start working on a company, Startup School can help you with that. Prospective founding members can switch to an active founder profile at any time to take advantage of our partner offers, weekly updates, group sessions, and an expanded curriculum. We're also very excited to launch a co-founder search service for our community soon. At Startup School, thousands of founders are actively looking for a co-founder right now, so talented potential founders won't even have to come up with their own idea - they can just look for an existing team they are willing to work with.



Finally, we have also been contacted by universities, incubators and entrepreneurship centers interested in incorporating Startup School content into their curriculum. Startup School for Future Founders' content and exercises are great for universities looking to share market-proven entrepreneurship advice. Feel free to include them in your curriculum! If you are a professor or consultant interested in using our content, please let us know! We look forward to supporting you as soon as we can.



If you are interested in starting a startup someday, or if you know someone who does, sign up for Startup School now.

Startup School for Future Founders

Startup School for Future Founders



Free 6-week online course for aspiring startup founders.



Learn how to start a company with the world's best accelerator - Y Combinator. Register now to join us!



The next course will start on November 9, 2020.

Why founders love Startup School

We've created the best tutorials and tips on how to start a startup, as well as the most relevant articles for aspiring founders.



Do appropriate weekly exercises to strengthen the lessons of the curriculum.



Meet fellow aspiring founders through weekly live video chats and discuss curriculum content or simply swap ideas with each other. You may even meet a co-founder!

• 44% of companies that went to Y Combinator before graduated from Startup School
• $ 100K - that's the amount they give nishtyaks (AWS, etc.) to Startup School students
• 69% of students are not from the USA

Frequently asked Questions

Are there costs for the Startup School program?



The startup school is completely free. All you need is a device with internet access.



We believe all founders should have access to the best startup advice, no matter where in the world you are building your company. Startup School is a collection of the best tips that YC partners have suggested themselves or gathered from experts in the field. We offer them for free so that founders can use these tips to build their startup. We also hope that more SUS founders contact YC!



I don't have a startup yet, can I still sign up?



Quite right! This program is specially designed for people who are thinking about the idea of ​​becoming a founder in the future.



Should I enroll in a regular Startup School or Startup School for Future Founders?



When you register with Startup School, you will be asked if you are actively working for the company (20 hours a week) or thinking about starting in the future. This determines if a regular founder's program or a future founder's program is right for you!



Learn from the best startup founders!



(We are preparing a complete translation of all Startup School and YC Library training materials, follow the news here )

Useful materials

• What startups Y Combinator is looking for in 2020
• A selection of 143 translations of Paul Graham's essays (from 184)
• All 16 lectures of the Y Combinator startup school with Russian subtitles of the Spring 2017 version
• All 20 lectures of the Y Combinator 2018 startup school with Russian subtitles
• All 21 lectures of Y Combinator startup school with Russian subtitles 2019
• Chat Y Combinator in Russian
• Public on Facebook YCombinator in Russian