My estimation of the business acumen of Dharmesh just went through the roof. $300 bucks for a series of articles that's guaranteed to get good traffic is a great deal. Smack a touching story of "one guy's struggle to get to Startup School to help him follow his dream of being an entrepreneur" on top, and you've got a blogging goldmine. OK, maybe just an interesting series of articles, but still a good deal.
I saw someone suggest this very idea in a thread here...but it didn't click that it'd be a brilliant marketing move for whoever picked up the (paltry) tab.
I'm not sure whether I should take this as a compliment or not. :)
In any case, I think it is more a testament to my laziness than it is my business acumen. I haven't been posting to the blog much lately, and thought this would be a good way to get some insights that I'm sure to be good and my readers will get value out of.
I suppose if you wanted to worry over whether I'm interpreting your philanthropic effort as a cynical marketing ploy, then you could take it as something other than a compliment...but that's not my intent at all. I think it's both good business sense and a nice thing to do.
"Laziness" is a virtue when used appropriately. I really need to work on my laziness maximization skills...
By the way, thanks to both Dharmesh and Phil for offering to provide us with notes. I think it's wonderful that you're putting in the time and money to create a comprehensive recap.
Phil if you read this - Thanks! I decided not to apply to Startup School and this makes me feel better.
The more interesting posts will be your post-Startup School ones [one, two, three months afterwards]. I really hope you are inspired and start a thread on your blog on how you are doing/doing it, post-startup school. Followup is everything.
I saw someone suggest this very idea in a thread here...but it didn't click that it'd be a brilliant marketing move for whoever picked up the (paltry) tab.