What Is the Mass Challenge?

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i was in a poccast. I am in this house with a husband, two t s and a dog. And the twins i'm at home with tha dog,. Three girls, all under the age of ten, a ten year old and two identical twins were four. So i'm in the thick of it too. A really is fascinating to be home for thirty or forty days straight... It feels like infinit but ye, i guess it has only been a little around a month. And i am right now have a sixteen and eighteen year old who have committed not to me on the internet while i'm doing this so we don't cause any broadband issius. Well, then...

0:42 Jason intros MassChallenge CEO Siobhan Dullea
3:09 What is MassChallenge & how is it different from a typical accelerator?
5:48 How many startups do they accept across their different programs?
11:33 How does their prize money situation work? How are the winners selected?
19:05 How is MassChallenge sustainable as a non-profit
22:55 How is MassChallenge funded & how do they track portfolio success, what government & corporate sponsors looking for out of MC?
29:22 MC's top accelerator companies
32:24 What makes for a great application?
39:00 Why are East Coast investors obsessed with intellectual property? Why are they more conservative?
44:10 Thoughts on virtual accelerators?
47:20 Red flags when accepting companies?
50:08 What will change post-COVID-19?