Why Would a First Time Founder Come to the Programme?

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There are three categories of haunch punners: the very first time ones, those who act like they know everything. Then there's the secondhingyou nont it mean, then the do second time. And so we have these hypersuccessful oncpuners who came to us andstaid, hey, can i join the programme or like, why would you pass? Why do you want to join our community so experienced? They said, well, the reason why iam so successful is because i learn things quickly. When i'm a mentor to these young grange printers coming out of stamford, i get much less high quality on filtered information than if i'm their...

1:00 Jason intros Power of Accelerators Episode 2!
3:07 Jason intros StartX Founder Cameron Teitelman: What is StartX, how do they invest, when and how was it started?
6:54 How does StartX exist? Are they profitable?
8:43 Why would a growth stage founder join StartX?
13:28 What is the process for selecting founders/companies for StartX? What is unique about Stanford students?
16:28 Difference between arrogance and confidence, StartX's "No A**hole" rule, Cohort size
20:47 What does StartX look for in founders, what questions are asked in interviews & what preferences do they have regarding co-founders
27:04 How do VCs look at StartX? What are their demo days like?
31:54 Thoughts on YC's demo day & how to run a demo day process
41:16 Cameron on hacking his way into VC, new StartX funds, thesis on successful founders & peer-support groups
45:58 Stories about getting cut out of a deal
48:09 What StartX's portfolio signaling tells them about successful founders, importance of time management
51:59 Steve Blank's theory of customer development, top portfolio companies