Startup pitch competition: Jason invests $25K | E1748
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
4.2 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2023
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Today’s show:
Jason hosts another pitch competition featuring two startups from our Founder University program! Apply for Founder University: https://course.founder.university
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Time stamps:
(0:00) Jason kicks off the show
(1:22) Jason and Kelly introduce the pitch competition
(4:25) Luis pitches NeighborBrite
(12:19) LinkedIn Marketing - Get a $100 LinkedIn ad credit at https://linkedin.com/thisweekinstartups
(13:32) Liam pitches Coffee Clozers
(21:24) Squarespace - Use offer code TWIST to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain at https://Squarespace.com/TWIST
(22:42) The value of Founder University
(25:46) Jason awards the $25K investment
(31:09) Lemon.io - Get 15% off your first 4 weeks of developer time at https://Lemon.io/twist
(32:28) Q&A with Jason
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| 0:00.0 | That's what I call like the slow coals marketing. |
| 0:03.8 | You ever use like a charcoal briquettes? |
| 0:06.8 | Yep. |
| 0:07.6 | You're making like a barbecue. |
| 0:09.4 | You know, if you have one of those, |
| 0:10.7 | and I put it on a table between the four of us, |
| 0:13.2 | right here in the middle of this like Zoom call, |
| 0:16.3 | we'd all be put our hand over to be like, oh, it's warm. |
| 0:19.2 | And then if I put five of them there, |
| 0:20.8 | we'd put our hand out just like a foot with like, |
| 0:22.6 | oh, it's warm. |
| 0:23.4 | And then if you put 15 of them, |
| 0:25.5 | we'd all lean back in our chairs and be like, |
| 0:27.7 | whoa, that's hot. |
| 0:29.3 | And this is one five, 15, you know, |
| 0:31.4 | you start getting these hot coals going. |
| 0:33.9 | They kind of build on each other. |
| 0:35.6 | And when you put another, when you put the 16th call on, |
| 0:38.2 | it immediately goes on fire. |
| 0:39.6 | This week in startups is brought to you by LinkedIn Marketing |
| 0:43.5 | to redeem a free $100 LinkedIn ad credit |
| 0:46.5 | and launch your first campaign. |
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