Startup pitch competition! Jason invests $25K into one of three founders | E1932
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
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🗓️ 17 April 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Todays show:
Jason and Presh kick off the Founder University pitch competition (00:00), then we hear from Jared on Umbrella Sports (6:40), Linda on Mastertech (14:47), and Aleksandr on Ellis (24:20). Finally, Jason awards a $25K investment (44:17), and Presh details how to apply!
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Jason kicks off the show!
(2:49) Jason brings on Presh to explain the fundamentals of Founder University and introduces today's pitches!
(6:40) Jared Lewandowski pitches Umbrella Sports
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(14:47) Linda Gray pitches Mastertech
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(24:20) Aleksandr Diamond pitches Ellis
(29:39) Jason and Presh assess the startups and their pitches
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(44:12) Jason picks the startup he will invest in!
(44:51) Feedback on the Founder University experience
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asdiamond
Check out Ellis: https://ellis.so
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| 0:00.0 | You have to ask yourself, well, if I'm not able to find co-founders, am I ready to be a founder? |
| 0:05.8 | What I've heard candidly from other investors is if you can't find co-founders and you can't build |
| 0:11.3 | the product, well, you've found the first two tests of being an entrepreneur. |
| 0:15.9 | So just be aware of how you'll be perceived in the marketplace if you don't know how to build a |
| 0:21.6 | product. This week in startups is brought to you by |
| 0:26.0 | Wistia is the all in one video platform for business |
| 0:30.0 | with tools that help you create, |
| 0:32.0 | manage, and measure the impact of your videos. |
| 0:36.0 | Try Wistia for free at Wistia.com. |
| 0:40.0 | Startups. |
| 0:41.0 | 8 Sleep. Good sleep is the ultimate game changer. Now you can add the pod cover to any mattress. |
| 0:48.0 | Go to 8 Sleep.com slash twist to check out the pod cover and get $200 off the pod plus free shipping and |
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| 1:09.0 | They'll form your company fast, give you the documents you need to open a business bank account, and even provide |
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| 1:28.0 | All right, everybody, welcome back to this weekend startups. |
| 1:31.0 | Everybody loves to know. Well, what startups are we investing in at my |
| 1:34.9 | venture capital fund the fund is called launch you can go to launch.co to learn a little bit more |
| 1:40.3 | about our fund we are a pre-seed and a seed stage fund primarily and one of the things we learned how to do early on was find |
| 1:50.5 | startups that were very nascent. They were in their formation stage. |
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