The Accelerator Is for Life

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Maki: accelerator is at most half the experience. The rest of your life being the other half. We have perks for founders that exist beyond theyou know, beyond the accelerator,. That they can use for life discussion forums and annual gathering. I've been to founder con. It's kind of fun. Lotopea come out for that. What's why, doyou angel investors don't get founder con? Maki: Not a bad line, actually misens. Yes, it is a much be to be such an easier life. i mean, you do not get the outlier of being tessla or twitter or snap chat or whatever - amazon....

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?