Is It a Good Idea?

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It's not something that's on the near term. Has it ever been done before? I don't know any. There were some kind of but it was more the stored up studio model, where you make the companies. Currently what we do is, if there are ideas that come in through our network,. We have an arrangement, you know, where we can spin those out and do a start up studio. It's woranwhere es we're investors ind pioneer square labs, for example, and start up studios, high alpha as wel, we're close to those. Ym, you know, we've alwy, youo, it's a great idea....

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?