What Silken Valley Is Investing In?

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I think it's emerging. Like berlin is a hopping start up scene, right? Berlin, if you haven't been, is very cool place to go. Its inexpensive, very, very strong, antnereal eco system. You know, we see, we see the same in scandinavia, for sure. London is great. Ah, and yet, ol different countries have their problems. Often there's too much regulation. Often it's too difficult to get a start u going, or even open a bank account. And to me, that's sort of the signal of what's coming. I saw that silken valley bank invested, or some group of people invested...

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?