Do You Have a Top Five Contributor?

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As an investor, you should double click on the logos of where your founding team previously worked. That is a very good and very subtle note. You see a lot of slides that say like x tesla, exgugl like it. It's sort of like stacking up the brands. Yes, on the a otr could be a vanity metrick, it could be vanity. Have youno, that would be really narlated to do that. But e nof youe worked at apple for 18 months, you know, in 20, in two thousand 20, what project was it? Was it the ar glasses? Ok, great. And your stringn a r

Sunday show! First up, Jason breaks down how VCs evaluate pre-launch startups (1:54) and startups that are going after a market that doesn't exist yet. (15:21) Then, Molly is joined by Mycocycle CEO and Founder Joanne Rodriguez to talk about developing fungi-powered toxic waste removal and raw material generation! (30:36)

(0:00) Molly intros today's segments!

(1:54) VC Sunday School: How Jason evaluates pre-launch startups

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(15:21) How VCs evaluate startups building for markets that don't exist yet

(20:51) Comparing early examples of traction: pre-orders, crowdfunding, LOIs and more

(29:16) Masterworks - Skip the waitlist to invest in fine art using at https://Masterworks.io/twist

(30:36) Mycocycle CEO Joanne Rodriguez joins to talk about fungi-powered toxic waste removal and raw material generation

(38:26) Helpware - Go to https://helpware.com/TWIST to get $1000 off your first invoice

(39:33) Mycocycle's finished product, how they're recycling raw materials, traction so far, future of the business

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