It was a bright and sunny day outside but the real heat was inside Stanford University’s Kresge Auditorium where an SRO crowd of 700 attended Startup School �08, a day-long conference for entrepreneurial wannabes hoping to be the next Sergey and Larry.
The guy-heavy hacker crowd — disproportionately light on nerd girls and disproportionately high on iPhones –- wore t-shirts stating the obvious, like “Science Is the New Black.” There was one startup baby in attendance (dad in tow) and two startup dogs. When lunch was served it was the jet fuel of innovation: pizza and Rice Krispie treats.