Looks cool, do you only have the May/June/July batch option? I'd be interested in applying, however this June I'm in the US for WWDC and other business trips, so I'd need to wait until next year, or do you also offer a Winter batch?
Important details are really hidden on the webpage. For example, who are the mentors? Second: unlike the Hacker School, it's not free. Both of these items should be addressed under "The Essentials".
There's this hackership thing in Berlin as well... <a href="http://www.hackership.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hackership.org/</a>
> Where: At Microsoft Ventures, Unter den Linden 17<p>It's at the Microsoft product showrooms? I mean this is pretty much Microsoft's take on the Apple Store, I wonder how corporate/marketingy this 'retreat' will be.
Another (non-profit) initiative from Berlin: <a href="http://www.opentechschool.org/berlin/" rel="nofollow">http://www.opentechschool.org/berlin/</a>
I understand you are not looking to make huge profits and I greatly appreciate the idea behind this and your sister program over at Data Science Retreat.<p>Unfortunately, I am a PhD researcher just finishing their thesis this summer so I would not believe that my financial situation will allow me to pay for both the retreat and living expenses.<p>Are the folks you attract mostly financially settled i.e. holding down real jobs?