# Startup School

- **Website:** <https://startupschool.org>
- **Primary alias:** `startupschool.org`
- **Employees:** 2+
- **Company kind:** EDUCATIONAL

## Description

Startup School is Y Combinator’s free online learning program for people at the early stages of building a startup, developing a side project into a company, or exploring what it means to become a founder. Drawing on Y Combinator’s experience supporting startups, the program offers practical guidance from YC partners and experienced industry leaders. Its curriculum covers essential topics such as planning a minimum viable product, funding, launching in the press, finding users, growing a business, leading teams, and applying to Y Combinator. Lessons also feature stories and advice from founders, including leaders from Facebook, 23andMe, and Boom. Participants can work through the material at their own pace; the course takes about seven weeks with one to two hours of study per week. Startup School also provides a weekly update tool to help founders track progress and stay accountable. Its YC Co-Founder Matching platform helps founders create profiles, discover potential collaborators based on their preferences, and connect with promising matches.

## Industries

- 🧪 Education _(under Science and Education)_
- 🧪 Science and Education

## Colors

| Name | Hex | Theme |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cod Gray | #1a1a1a | dark |
| Manhattan | #f8bb99 | light |
| Orange | #fb651e | accent |

## Fonts

- Avenir — asset _(custom)_
- Avenir — asset _(custom)_

## Imagery

- banner _(primary)_ — PNG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idZtueXr56/w/820/h/312/idEvhZuam7.png?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1635902896650)

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