Is It a Game?

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I think that's really what the the problem has been over this last decade, is that with all the blogging and pod casting and books, everybody's unpacked an analyzed founder investor behaviour. Don't be careful not to take too much advice from too many other people. At the end of day, it will rise and fall with your ability to show up for work and do your best work. And if you're growing it based on the strategy of some investor who's on their tenth unicorn and their sixth house - like they're playing a different game. They're playing to hit another winging for whole munts ys....

0:43 Jason intros TechStars CEO David Brown
4:47 TechStars leading the virtual accelerator trend
10:21 Will TechStars go with a hybrid model going forward and what key points should remote accelerators focus on?
15:27 How did TechStars settle on the number of 10 companies per cohort?
17:28 What has TechStars seen across their portfolio since COVID started?
21:21 Sustained changes vs. temporary changes due to COVID, will COVID lead to more entrepreneurs?
31:58 How to explain edge-case funding scenarios to founders who have real businesses that are having troubling raising capital, taking a long-term view on accelerator engagement, why B2B is easier than B2C
36:22 Why angels invest in one company over the other? Do metrics matter as much as personal relationships? What are ideal founder characteristics that David looks for?
40:25 How TechStars selects mentors by surveying their mentees, comparison against Y Combinator
51:45 Opportunity for going global, David's relationship with Co-Founder David Cohen
1:00:30 Would TechStars ever go public?