News Summary

• Kevin Hartz co-founded Xoom and Eventbrite.
• He now runs Z Fellows, a one-week accelerator that hands technical founders $10,000 grants.
• The drop-out-and-build movement is becoming a standard lifestyle choice for a certain kind of ambitious kid.
• Y Combinator recently rolled out a program that’s designed for students who want to start companies but don’t want to drop out.
• The program allows them to apply while still in school, get accepted and funded immediately, and defer their participation in YC until after they graduate.