My co-founder and I took a seminar on entrepreneurship offered jointly between the engineering and business schools at USC. It was actually pretty similar to YCombinator dinners -- every week someone (occasionally multiple people) came in to talk about their own experiences as an entrepreneur, answer questions. etc. Unfortunately, unlike YC, it was at 7:30 in the morning, which was tough.
It wasn't focused on software, or any one field at all actually, so there was a really wide range of speakers. I have a hard time remembering many of the individuals, but a lot of the overall lessons have stuck with me I think. I have a long set of notes I should really look over, I'm sure their are things that would come in handy right now.
It wasn't focused on software, or any one field at all actually, so there was a really wide range of speakers. I have a hard time remembering many of the individuals, but a lot of the overall lessons have stuck with me I think. I have a long set of notes I should really look over, I'm sure their are things that would come in handy right now.