1:00 Jason intros Power of Accelerators Episode 2! 3:07 Jason intros StartX Founder Cameron Teitelman: What is StartX, how do they invest, when and how was it started? 6:54 How does StartX exist? Are they profitable? 8:43 Why would a growth stage founder join StartX? 13:28 What is the process for selecting founders/companies for StartX? What is unique about Stanford students? 16:28 Difference between arrogance and confidence, StartX's "No A**hole" rule, Cohort size 20:47 What does StartX look for in founders, what questions are asked in interviews & what preferences do they have regarding co-founders 27:04 How do VCs look at StartX? What are their demo days like? 31:54 Thoughts on YC's demo day & how to run a demo day process 41:16 Cameron on hacking his way into VC, new StartX funds, thesis on successful founders & peer-support groups 45:58 Stories about getting cut out of a deal 48:09 What StartX's portfolio signaling tells them about successful founders, importance of time management 51:59 Steve Blank's theory of customer development, top portfolio companies

0:42 Jason intros PlayVS CEO & Founder Delane Parnell 2:59 What is PlayVS, how do they make money & how fast are they growing? 5:37 Attracting investors, leveraging an exclusive contract to scale across US high schools & average hours spent on the platform by players 13:26 Delane shares his backstory, from flipping shoes to owning cell phone stores in high school to getting tickets to the LAUNCH Festival in SF 26:38 How Delane turned LAUNCH Festival networking to deal flow & a job in venture capital 32:52 Meeting Peter Pham at SXSW, moving to LA to start PlayVS 38:16 Delane on his relationship with Michael Ovitz 40:20 PlayVS' go-to-market strategy & relationship with game publishers 45:51 PlayVS being co-ed & giving female gamers a safe environment to play in 51:08 Race in tech & Delane's advice on breaking into the industry as an outsider 55:57 Not taking any checks from firms who hadn't previously backed black founders 59:05 Does Darnell's intentionality about diversity create a talent advantage for PlayVS? 1:06:06 Relief of hiring high-level operators 1:11:41 LA restaurant scene discussion 1:13:39 Bird vs. Lime vs. Uber, pricing model discussion, thought on Travis Kalanick 1:23:10 Top 5 Tech entrepreneurs of all-time 1:33:40 What's going on at Airbnb?

2:42 — Electric vehicle startups receive PPP loansAs thousands of small business owners struggle to pay rent and keep their employees on staff, two high-profile electric vehicle startups have applied and received Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans from the Small Business Administration (SBA).

0:50 Jason thanks the front-line workers & intros freeCodeCamp's Quincy Larson 7:45 Why & how did Quincy start freeCodeCamp? What is freeCodeCamp? 12:16 Jason & Quincy discuss starting & running large online communities, benefits of Discord & Slack 15:36 Can you jump right in on freeCodeCamp.org? What types of certifications do they offer? 17:38 COVID-19's impact on user growth & why Quincy is emulating Red Cross, YMCA & other non-profits 21:19 Do they track outcomes at freeCodeCamp, how do they compare to Lambda School? 26:05 Can anyone become a web developer? How many hours would it take for an average high school graduate to be able to build a 1.0 version of Twitter or Shopify? 35:09 Quincy shares some freeCodeCamp success stories 41:21 What's the quickest way to get a job through coding? What program should an aspirational developer start learning first? 45:57 Should new developers prioritize mobile development to maximize earning potential? 48:24 What % of freeCodeCamp users are non-US? Which country has shown the most potential? 50:44 What does the post-COVID world look like for developers? 53:21 freeCodeCamp's developer cards project

1:00 Jason thanks all frontline workers and intros Dreamit Ventures’ Steve Barsh 3:33 How did Dreamit start, what is the goal and how is their program structured? 9:43 How often does Dreamit follow-on with their portfolio companies, how do they think about pricing, valuation & leading rounds? 15:15 Steve goes over some of Dreamit’s top portfolio companies: SeatGeek, LevelUp & Houseparty and explains how SeatGeek pivoted while going through Dreamit’s program 18:20 How early will Dreamit Ventures go? Pre-revenue? What verticals do they focus on how do they improve their program? 27:24 What is the most important thing Dreamit does for founders: advice, anointing or money? 30:07 At what point during the process does Dreamit turn on the criticism? What questions do they ask during Accelerator interviews? 42:58 How much of Dreamit’s program focuses on the fundraising process? 48:59 Lightning round: How founders should judge accelerators, nailing interviews, multiple accelerators, follow-on philosophy, bridge rounds, top firms that Dreamit works with

0:01 Jason intros today's #AskJason and talks about the This Week in Startups Slack! 4:04 Ethan asks where and how Jason gets his news for general industry knowledge 6:43 Sean asks Jason how to acquire talent during a crisis 9:54 Vik asks Jason about building strong corporate culture while working remotely 15:44 David asks about SF mayor London Breed capping fees for delivery companies 19:32 Craig asks for Jason's perspective on investing in fully distributed startups 23:52 Mayur asks which audience do you sell to first when starting a marketplace 28:23 Stuart asks about how to price when launching - Free trials or charge right away? 33:05 Rob asks what investors think when they hear a CEO has 1 or 2 other side hustles 33:18 David asks about the importance of market timing - Will a great business always succeed, and how much of it is due to timing? 39:40 Onyx asks for Jason's take on the future of growing & scaling emerging natural food (or food tech) brands in this environment 41:21 Paulo asks how CEOs should act to motivate a remote team 48:08 Allen asks about syndicates that don’t contribute any money into a deal

0:37 Jason intro Alex Wilhelm & Sam Lessin & checks in on how their quarantines are going 5:59 Are they all working more during quarantine then they were beforehand? 9:58 Will we see a birthrate drop due to the crisis? 15:45 Having & raising children in the digital age/COVID crisis 18:24 How are Apple & Google helping with tracking COVID-19, and when do their efforts become a privacy risk? 27:29 For how long would big-tech need personal health data? 31:54 Differences between Facebook & Twitter, Twitter usage for Jason, Alex & Sam 37:41 What is Sam working on with Fin? How has he transitioned his team to remote? 39:47 Who will be impacted by the move away from luxurious big-tech campuses? Will it lead to a competitive disadvantage for companies that are hesitant? 56:19 Disconnect between optimistic public investors & pessimistic private investors 1:00:38 Why early-stage investors are most at-risk in the private market? 1:05:33 Misaligned metrics in VC, understanding massive unemployment numbers 1:11:26 Is government-backed healthcare good for capitalism & entrepreneurship?

0:51 Jason intro 15Five's David Hassell & checks in on how his company is doing 4:23 What does a great leader need to do in a crisis? 8:26 How to share information with your team about potential layoffs 10:27 What is 15Five? What have they set out to accomplish? 15:22 Tips on transitioning an in-person team to fully remote 22:24 Defining trust in terms of business & how 15Five keeps their employees engaged 32:16 How increasing trust has resulted in hardly any employee turnover at 15Five 35:13 How remote work is revealing 42:24 How are employees feeling about getting back into the office? 47:43 What will COVID-19 change? 57:09 What is David hopeful about?

0:01 Jason & Chamath catch us up on their quarantines 1:20 Chamath intros David Sacks 4:40 David explains what their poker group chat has been like since COVID-19 started, and how Jason, Chamath & himself fall on the optimistic/pessimistic spectrum 6:58 How have the past few months defined David's view on the world, and what is his reaction to the US government's response? 12:22 Did the US health apparatus do its job? How could it improve? Why aren't masks already mandated? 19:33 Culture clash between scientific experts & entrepreneurs, thoughts on Chloroquine as a treatment method 27:00 Are US bureaucrats taking the intelligence of US citizens for granted? How liable is Trump?

0:01 Jason previews today's Ask Jason & drops some hints about the Super Secret TWiST Slack room 2:29 Aaron asks how investors view no-code startups 6:33 Andrii asks if an economic crisis is a good time to start a company 9:52 Jesse asks if he should start trying to raise a round of funding now, or wait until this crisis passes 14:48 Juan asks how he can leverage his first committed angel investor to attract more 19:11 Marcel asks how he can use a "startup mentality" to effectively run his small private school 23:28 Matt asks how to bring on advisors and how he should compensate them 29:46 Mike asks what % of revenue a company should spend on brand & marketing 35:27 Peter asks how much diligence is appropriate for an Angel Investor writing small checks ($5K & under) 41:52 Talha asks what COVID's economic impact will be on Cloud Kitchens, UberEats, DoorDash, etc. 47:56 Ryan asks for Jason's thoughts on solving the unemployment issues due to COVID-19