You don't see too many businesses in direct o consumer or consumer package goods, getting funding for mentor capitals. We had a little bit of a directo consumer boom with casper, eight sleep and other company. But it's really hard. The product needs to be superdifferentiated. Has to be a very unique product,. Like the palaton maybe, or the eight sleep bed, any of those kind of direct to consumer hardware products. They are really hard to make work a tono. That's why they have to charge subscription fees. So some businesses are just not easy to do. And now thire's crowd funding.
In a Founder University segment, Jason compares running a bootstrapped vs. venture-backed company (1:17), discusses 'pegasus' companies (11:09), advises what types of businesses should take VC (23:59), and explains what motivates VCs (33:27). Then Zach Coelius joins to take some listener questions (38:48).