fly wire, localitics and Dingo by works are some of the companies we've worked with in our early days. fly wire is a financial technology company that links banks to universities - they're valued over at a billion so they're unicorn status. They were focused exclusively on universities then, but now they do complex payments for business, large institutions. Localitics went through theireas well. That was a pretty successful company. It's really connected to us. We're actually working really closely with them. A gan can't go by or ak, thets, a major one. Did they go though the programs will you? Yein twenty ten, yes. Anyways...
0:42 Jason intros MassChallenge CEO Siobhan Dullea
3:09 What is MassChallenge & how is it different from a typical accelerator?
5:48 How many startups do they accept across their different programs?
11:33 How does their prize money situation work? How are the winners selected?
19:05 How is MassChallenge sustainable as a non-profit
22:55 How is MassChallenge funded & how do they track portfolio success, what government & corporate sponsors looking for out of MC?
29:22 MC's top accelerator companies
32:24 What makes for a great application?
39:00 Why are East Coast investors obsessed with intellectual property? Why are they more conservative?
44:10 Thoughts on virtual accelerators?
47:20 Red flags when accepting companies?
50:08 What will change post-COVID-19?