How to Start a Startup

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We need more people to start companies. The reason we created founder university and the reason we're doing these showcases here is to show people really that zero to one moment coming up with a great idea, making an MVP,. Getting some initial feedback and then even getting some early stage investor to just give you a little bit of money. If I could splashy cashy, make 125k investments a year, it's only 2.5 million of what I think will be a $50 million or $75 million launch fund for that I'm raising right now. That's a good bet for me to make. Think about it to the founders who are here. What if I did 300 of those

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