The annual Startup School, put on by the Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students (BASES) and Y-Combinator, featured founders and investors in Dinkelspiel Auditorium on Saturday. More than 800 prospective entrepreneurs attended.
The day’s list of speakers included Silicon Valley heavyweights such as Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, Reid Hoffman ‘89, founder of LinkedIn, and angel investor Ron Conway, who was one of the early investors in companies such as Google, PayPal, Facebook and Twitter.
The annual event is a collaboration between BASES, a student organization focused on entrepreneurship on campus, and Y-Combinator, a startup incubator that identifies promising startups and helps them succeed. In its sixth year, the event attracted young entrepreneurs, including approximately 200 current Stanford students and recent alumni.
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Author: Alan Guo
