Is It the Right Thing to Scale?

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I don't think it's the right thing to do. It doesn't work for us. You just get lost. Your mind can never process that large of a cohort. Its just it will melt your brain as an investor to try to even try. But i think, you know, it's a big bet on silicon valley, right? Cause a nd, and so ore our ability to scale. Maybe it's easier around the world because we can just pop born more cities and add ten at a time. If you are going to be restricted by geography, the only way to scale, i suppose, is to increase the class size....

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?