What Are the Questions You Like to Ask During Interviews?

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Start-ups are 50 per cent over fty per cent o start up spale because they're not solving a big and urgent need. We want to understand that and how they're thinking about it. How can you be clever on more than one axis? Are you being clev in the product, in your go to market strategy, in the way you're acquiring customers? How do you think about all that? So we look at problem, we look at solution. We do look at total dresswell, market. And when most darrups are pitching us, they're going to not do well in these. But we can ask enough questions to figure out if we like it...

1:00 Jason thanks all frontline workers and intros Dreamit Ventures’ Steve Barsh
3:33 How did Dreamit start, what is the goal and how is their program structured?
9:43 How often does Dreamit follow-on with their portfolio companies, how do they think about pricing, valuation & leading rounds?
15:15 Steve goes over some of Dreamit’s top portfolio companies: SeatGeek, LevelUp & Houseparty and explains how SeatGeek pivoted while going through Dreamit’s program
18:20 How early will Dreamit Ventures go? Pre-revenue? What verticals do they focus on how do they improve their program?
27:24 What is the most important thing Dreamit does for founders: advice, anointing or money?
30:07 At what point during the process does Dreamit turn on the criticism? What questions do they ask during Accelerator interviews?
42:58 How much of Dreamit’s program focuses on the fundraising process?
48:59 Lightning round: How founders should judge accelerators, nailing interviews, multiple accelerators, follow-on philosophy, bridge rounds, top firms that Dreamit works with