The Impact of Techstars Y Combinator

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"It gets more cutthroat as you go, right? As a company," he says. "I do like that I'm hearing that it's everybody's super supportive." The program offers weekly sessions and midweek breakout rooms for companies to pitch their ideas. It also includes an open-to-share tool so they can share feedback with each other.

Jason hosts another pitch competition featuring three startups from our Founder University program! Apply for Founder University: https://course.founder.university

(0:00) Jason kicks off the show

(1:58) Kelly and Presh discuss reactions from the Founder University community

(6:47) Presentation 1: Kevin O'Connell, Founder and CEO of Kapsule

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(13:38) Presentation 2: Julien Hoachuck, Founder of ArkiTask

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(21:10) Presentation 3: David Axelrod, Founder of Open Insure

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(33:28) Deliberations

(37:36) Jason's thoughts on the three companies

(41:13) Key takeaways from Founder University

(46:22) How to learn more about Founder University