You want your fundraising process to be really based upon a reality, not things that happen that are obscure edge events. Like FTX or Theranos, these are not things for us to say are the average or to aspire towards you. At the end of the day, startups are based upon a team building a product that delights a customer. If you focus on that, everything works out. But I would say you're doing everything right by just obsessing over those customers.
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(0:00) Jason kicks off the show
(3:35) Jason and Presh describe who Founder University is for
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(9:52) Alexandra Bellensweig pitches HumHum
(22:15) Presh's thoughts on HumHum
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(38:56) Creating fantastic branding
(47:41) Deliberations
(59:43) Jason picks a company
(50:43) Q&A with Jason and Presh
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