E1037: LAUNCH Accelerator Class 16 Founders of BasicBlock (payment solution for truckers), DaoCloud (lead-gen for health & wellness practitioners) & Lately (AI-powered social media writing software) reflect on their journeys through the program
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
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🗓️ 17 March 2020
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
5:39 BasicBlock CEO Taylor Monks details his journey through the LAUNCH Accelerator
14:58 BasicBlock CEO Taylor Monks' biggest takeaways from the Accelerator
27:35 DaoCloud CEO Max Coleman describes his journey into the LAUNCH Accelerator
37:34 How did Max grow throughout the Accelerator?
48:36 Lately CEO Kate Bradley-Chernis describes her experience at the l LAUNCH Accelerator
55:08 What were Kate's biggest takeaways from the Accelerator?
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