Techstars

“We did Techstars fall of twenty-twenty-two. That was our first 120 K and then a ton of very forward thinking angels that include physicians and technologists. To date, we've raised 870 K.”

“You have to be a US-based company for my pre-seed fund called Rising Stars through Techstars. But assuming that is something that happens, you can count on the commitment later.”

“If we don't do our job after those 13 weeks, you can buy back your equity. So like, that's the ultimate fail safe. So I have had precisely zero EBGs throughout my time as managing director. Zero.”

“In order to determine how to verticalize, we identified 20 or 30 cohorts, so we had artists, golfers, outdoor enthusiasts, pregnant women, moms of kids who go to Montessori schools, and we scored them in different categories. Do they value trust? Do they value…”

“The six percent, you know, is what you could potentially allocate to a really meaningful advisor or board member or someone who takes part in your company in a really large way.”

“There have been times that I look back, and I'm like, they should not do that. That's, you know, like, emotionally distressing, and of course, getting contradictory advice that whole time.”

“Coming out of Techstars, we are now raising our preceded round of 700 K to go to production.”