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Founder University

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A 12-week pre-accelerator program to build an MVP and get your first users. We invest $25k into the top graduates. Apply 👉

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Founder University
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Cohort 8 applications are now open ‼️ Work on your idea, MVP, or existing product for 12 weeks. - Launch a product - Get users/customers - Demonstrate product velocity Top products have a chance at receiving a $25k or $125k investment.
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Founder University
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‼️ Cohort 7 applications are now open ‼️ Work on your idea, MVP, or existing product for 12 weeks. - launch your product - get users/customers - demonstrate product velocity Top graduates have a chance at receiving a $25k investment 💰 Apply 👇
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What is Product-Led Growth? PLG is a powerful strategy that puts your product at the heart of your growth engine. Instead of relying solely on marketing and sales efforts, PLG leverages the product to attract, engage, and retain users. A simple starting point for PLG is to…
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‼️ Cohort 6 applications are now open ‼️ Work on your idea, MVP, or existing product for 12 weeks. - launch your product - get users/customers - demonstrate product velocity Top graduates have a chance at receiving a $25k investment 💰 Learn more:
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If only I started... @jason shares why now is the best time to start a company
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🆕 @FounderUni episode with @TheSunak (Founder @linksquares ) Vishal shares the playbook for growing @linksquares from $1M to $10M ARR in 2 years 📈 You’ll learn how to grow faster with his 4 P's framework: - People - Product Dev - Predicability in GTM - Philosophy on VCs
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Applications for @FounderUni cohort 5 are open! 🚀 we're looking for 100 builder-founder/teams that have an idea, MVP, or launched product and want to: - join a community of builders - launch an MVP and get users - turn an MVP into a startup we also …
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welcome welcome cohort 7!
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@FounderUni is a 12-week program helping turn builders into founders and ideas into MVPs 6 startups from Cohort 4 pitched @Jason on @TWiStartups AND scored a $25k investment! Let's meet them 👇 🧵
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Playing around with the @OpenAI x @Zapier integration 👀 Here's a simple demo of using a table in @NotionHQ to create product one-liners 📝
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Welcome, Cohort 6! 🚀 Founders: 1. drop your company name, one simple sentence, and link below👇 2. follow each other 🤝
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So great to hear @Jason thoughts on where to focus during the program ✔️ Build a great product ✔️ Obsess over your customers
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Welcome, Cohort 6 🫡 See you tomorrow in SF!
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one hour till we kick off cohort 7 🫡 200+ startups join us to build & launch their product over the next 12 weeks!
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Welcome, Cohort 7 🫡 See you shortly at the IRL kickoff!
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. @Jason welcomes Cohort 7 ✨
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top advice from warren buffet... never stop thinking about how you can delight your customer 🫡
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Less than 48 hours away from kicking off Cohort 4 of with @Jason and the @LAUNCH team!
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when pitching a very early-stage company, it can be hard to know what VCs are looking for here’s 5 questions we want you to answer in your pitch 🧵
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Cohort 5 @FounderUni IRL kickoff in SF is less than 24 hours away 🎉 Who’s coming? Reply and say hi 👇
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Cohort 5 @FounderUni IRL kickoff in SF is less than 24 hours away 🎉 Who’s coming? Reply and say hi 👇
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@FounderUni
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introducing Founder Fridays 🚀 for founders, by founders. - local self-hosted meetups worldwide - talk about your biggest challenges - share learnings, ideas, and more kicking off on Friday, Feb 2nd 👇
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great midweek check-in last night 🔥 started off with cohort 7 small wins for the week - new landing pages - product iterations - customer discovery calls 10 more weeks to go!
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@FounderUni
Founder University
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📅 3 cohorts are scheduled for 2022 - 2⃣ February 28, 2022 - 3⃣ June 13, 2022 - 4⃣ September 26, 2022 🤔 Interested in joining? 👉 Apply today: 👈 🧑‍🎓 Learn directly from @Jason & the @LAUNCH team!
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Viable → Marketable → Lovable 👇
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12 weeks to build & launch a product 200+ builder teams 20-30 teams will get a $25k investment Applications for @FounderUni Cohort 7 are open & we're reviewing applications till the new year 👇
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@preshdkumar and @KSchricks reporting for duty! Cohort 5 IRL kicks off in less than an hour 🚀
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it’s happening! new year, new founders, new ambition cohort 7 kicks off tomorrow 🚀
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on my way! @FounderUni cohort 7, i cannot wait to meet you!! ✨
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🚨Cohort 2 is 8 days from kicking off!🚨 👏150 founders already confirmed 🎉 🙋Where are those founders at? 👀 👇Tell us about yourself (and your startup) in the comments👇
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Did you know you can build your entire MVP or v1 product without writing a line of code? @preshdkumar from @LAUNCH walks us through some of the best no-code platforms to get started building your product 👇
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another incredible round of pitches today with our recent Founder University grads! they made 2-minute pitches look easy ✨
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Spend two days with us (zoom) on February 16-17 to learn everything about: → Fundraising → Growth → Product → Sales The workshop is FREE & open to all pre-series A women founders. Apply See our incredible speakers below 👇
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🧑‍🏫 @jason 's rules for pitching your product 1. Get to the product in 15 seconds 2. Examples matter 3. Synchronicity 4. One slide - one message 5. Show don’t tell
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product-market-fit + growth with @Davidjpark96 sharing how he grew @whoisjenniai to $280k+ MRR 📈
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LAUNCH Accelerator 28 Public Demo Day
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100+ startups from @FounderUni cohort 7 pitch @jason for 60 seconds and receive candid feedback 🚀
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🚨 Coming soon....🚨 🚀 Podcast... @Jason & other experts will be giving tactical advice to founders! 🔔Subscribe & notified when the first episode drops👇
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Congrats to the 20 founders who had the chance to pitch @Jason , @msavino , and @mollywood at the conclusion of 's 3rd Cohort today! Find the recording here:
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🚨 Founder Challenge 🚨 📣Describe your startup in 1 simple sentence -- without buzz words -- post below! ➕Bonus points: provide your URL 🚀 Excited to see what you are all working on!
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Does anyone from Cohort 1, 2, or 3 of have advice for Cohort 4 as we prepare to kick-off in one week?
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heard more amazing small wins tonight before our session on $100k branding and design crash course with @scott_bair cohort 7 - if we didn't hear yours, share here! ✨
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🧑‍🏫 @jason 's rules for pitching your product: ⌛️ Get to the product in 15 seconds 🪄 Examples matter ⚖️ Synchronicity 1⃣ One slide - one message 👀 Show don’t tell 🗺️ Let your slide be your guide
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We're excited to announce a 🆕 Founder University Investment! Verbaly is an AI speech coach designed to help you speak confidently.
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So great to see everyone tonight (apologies to anyone unable to get into the session) -- we'll see you next week -- it will be fixed!
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🚨 Cohort 4 is currently onboarding!🚨 🎉Week 0 of starts Monday! 👏Can. Not. Wait. For the next 12 weeks!
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Welcome Founder University Cohort 5! can't wait to see everyone on the virtual kickoff tonight Cohort 5 roll call 📢 - company name - one liner - URL
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First batch of end of cohort founder pitches complete!! 🎉 ✔️ 2-minute pitch ✔️ questions from judges Cohort 4 makin' it look easy! Thanks for our host @preshdkumar & judges @amberlmccarthy @Jigneyp @KSchricks
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watching founders pitch NEVER GETS OLD 👏 great job today & thank you for sharing your companies with us
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welcome to cohort 6! we’ll see you soon
@KSchricks
Kelly Schricker
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It’s happening! @preshdkumar and I can’t wait to kick off cohort 6 today ✨
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Interested in joining a startup? Skip the search & meet the founders over zoom! Join us March 15th to meet our portfolio founders who are actively hiring. Who should join? ✔️ Founders in the LAUNCH network with open positions. ✔️ Folks looking to join a startup!
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🎧 Founder.U now has a podcast! 🚀 You can subscribe on YouTube, Spotify, Apple + view episodes at the link below 👇
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Remember those fun AI @theallinpod episodes? The creator ( @edwardbrawer ) built a podcast production tool off the back of that experiment. He shares his journey of joining @FounderUni pitching @sequoia 's @roelofbotha & @stephzhan and raising $125k from @LAUNCH 🚀
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today we had our first NYC IRL office hours with @msavino (President @LAUNCH ) and some cohort 7 founders we'll be hosting more of these across NYC and SF for @FounderUni founders 🚀 thanks to @PNCBank for the space!
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even more cohort 4 founder pitches today! 3 rounds, 27 founders ✨ thanks to our host @preshdkumar & judges @AshleyRaeWG @Jigneyp @amberlmccarthy @LauraHLake @HeyItsCaitlin @leblanc_au @scott_bair @KSchricks
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Founders: starting to fundraise? At @LAUNCH , we've watched hundreds of startups raise money from angels & VCs Some are successful & others aren’t Here’s 4 tactical steps to get started 🧵…
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The networking portion of our kickoff to Cohort 4 of is well underway! How's it going founders?!?
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Test, Build, Launch Thanks to @preshdkumar for the tactical session tonight ✨
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An absolutely phenomenal session from @msavino at week 3 of -- providing great insights on startup financials and accounting! Now on to the Q&A... any questions you didn't get answered?? Drop them 👇👇
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Week 2 of is underway with @preshdkumar & @jason and ~360 founders! 😍
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A few weeks ago, we live-streamed a batch of Cohort 4 pitches on @TWiStartups ⭐ 16 founders 💡 16 incredible ideas 👀  here are 3 tips for nailing your pitch 👇
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back at it with another founder fridays on MARCH 1ST 🗓️ for founders, by founders - local self-hosted meetups worldwide - talk about your biggest challenges - share learnings, ideas, and more
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Excited for todays live session with @RockwellShah (Founder @MesmerizeApp ) The topic tonight is all about growth & distribution 📈 #FounderUniversity
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Founder University Cohort 7 Pitches Jason Calacanis
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@FounderUni
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Founders inspiring founders!! Gotta love it! 🔥💪
@MychalCulpepper
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Damn @TobyTabi killed it tn. His pitch made me go right back to the drawing board but in a good way 🔥🔥🔥
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Great midweek session last night 🔥 Started off with cohort 6 small wins for the week 🏆 - new users - product iterations - first $$ in the door and s/o @NathanPodbeat for going outside and talking to users!
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🏗️ Founders - what are you working on this weekend?! 👀 Show us a wireframe, landing page, Loom of a product demo or feature update... nothing too big or too small! 🚀 Do the Work! 🏆 Share the small wins! 👇Links below! 👇
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Cohort 4 of ... See you all in 10 hours!!
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@FounderUni
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PITCH WEEK 💻 for @FounderUni Cohort 6! 100+ founders pitching their startups and progress over the 12-week program 🔥 Applications for our next cohort starting in December are now open! Apply at .
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🚩🚩🚩 Excited for tonight's talk on Data Room Essentials & Diligence Red Flags with @heidibraun ( @LAUNCH ) Final live session of @FounderUni Cohort 4 🤯
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tonight is week 4 of cohort 7 @FounderUni we're talking all about landing pages with @craigzingerline of @VelocityGrowth_ 🚀
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🚨Founders: Share Your Website🚨 Let's see what Cohort 1, Cohort 2, and Cohort 3 founders are building! 👇Drop your link👇
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🎉 Happy New Year Founders! 📢 live session tonight with: 🦙 Marie Ng [ @threehourcoffee ] of @llamalifeco 🧱 Topic: Building in Public 🙋Anyone else excited for this one?!
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There are a few key elements to building a successful MVP at the early stage... Watch @919Akpuda from @msft4startups share: - The art of ideation - Rapid prototyping - How to make your prototype stand out Have you already built your MVP? Link it below & we'll check it out! 👇
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Awesome demo! Semanttic is a @FounderUni Cohort 5 company 💪 They allow you to prototype & build products & services with AI 👇
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Got inspired watching @preshdkumar demo a tool...decided to try it in Semanttic. We're in the Cambrian explosion of interaction paradigms when it comes to GenAI...lots of experimentation. What type of workflow would you like to have?
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The leaders in this cohort of have been so impressive! Not only are these founders implementing at a high level for their own startup, but are some of our top contributors in our community! Shout out to so many of our week 1 leaders!
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🚀 Less that 2 weeks away from the kickoff of Cohort 4!! Anyone else excited for this one?!? 🎉
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Founder University
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📣 Cohort 1, 2, and 3 founders check your inbox for a special survey... 🤔 Interested to see who would want to network in-person with alumni... 👀 🙏 Please complete the survey so we can start planning accordingly!! 🎉
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Absolutely love having @LAUNCH alum back to present to our founders as part of week 6 of ! It is always great to learn from and with @threehourcoffee founder of @llamalifeco
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Founders - what topics would you like to hear tactical advice on as you build, iterate, and scale your startup? Check out Founder.U Podcast👇
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Networking in breakout rooms with @jason @preshdkumar @KSchricks @CharlieCuddy & the @LAUNCH Founders who love to hear about who you met tonight 👇👇
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Storytelling session with @mollywood tonight! remember... - tell the truth - a plan is important. hope isn't a plan! - we're in a milestone-based industry. tell us the milestones & how you will hit them exercise: get your one simple sentence to 10 words✨
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Pitching best practices 🔥 1. Get to the product in 15 seconds 2. Show, don't tell 3. Synchronicity 4. Examples matter 5. One slide, one point
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🚀 Cohort 2 of is officially underway! 📨 Week 1 "What to Expect" email is out ☎️ Founders are already networking on the platform 🕕 We are just a few hours away from the kickoff & first live session with @Jason ! 🎉 The next 12-weeks are going to be epic!
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🚨 Female Founders 🚨 🚀 2-day intensive is coming up! 📅 February 14-15 👩‍💻 Free to women founders with a product in market 👉 Application: 🎉 Join @Jason and hundreds of founders for two full days networking and learning!
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📢 Calling early stage founders! 🏗️ Learn how to build & launch an MVP in 12-weeks 📅 2 more cohorts scheduled for 2022 - 3⃣ June 13, 2022 - 4⃣ September 26, 2022 🤔 Interested in joining? 👉 Apply today: 👈 🧑‍🎓 Learn directly from @Jason & the @LAUNCH team!
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cohort 7 founders - thanks for joining our bonus session with @msavino today ✨
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🚀So great to learn from such amazing presentations and to have the diverse representation at 's 2-day workshop today! Great job @JacqKD & @leblanc_au & @LAUNCH 👏
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As a founder, you need to learn how to sell yourself… to co-founders, Angels/VCs, early employees, and customers Thought leadership is a valuable tool to do this at scale. Learn tactical tips on how to sell yourself from @LinkedInMktg 's Tom Eschbacher ( @tse20 ) 👇
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branding exercise ✨ which one would you buy? and why? reply below
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This cohort has some winners! Excited to see who is next... 👀
@LAUNCH
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The return of the quick $25k bet 💰 @Jason 🤝 @niblettc89 ( @BizzlyApp ) cc: @FounderUni
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20 founders have been selected to pitch @Jason as part of 's 2nd cohort The sessions will be Friday June 10th & Wednesday June 15th from 2:00-3:00pm (Pacific) You can watch live:
@FounderUni
Founder University
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Founders from the 2nd cohort of will pitch live on YouTube to @Jason and the @LAUNCH team in the coming days! Subscribe to our YouTube page to be notified when we go live: (Info will be sent soon to the founders selected!)
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Case Study: Delighting Customers ( @Superhuman ⚡️) How can I make my product 1% - 10% better for the end user? (ask this repeatedly) In this demo, you'll see a simple feature + onboarding tip that helps me use the product more effectively. Simple ➡ Delightful
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Learn how to build a strong brand in 10 mins... @scott_bair walks us through design principles to position your brand for success 🎨 You'll learn how to: - design a world-class logo - build customer trust with visuals - position your messaging for sales 👇
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Great midweek session tonight on practicing your one simple sentence ✍️
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Founder University
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is so lucky to have @mollywood join us today for a special session on Narrative Building! Thank you Molly for joining us!!!
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So excited to kick of the 21st workshop over the next 2-days! This session is for female founders and we are so excited to learn along side them!
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Anyone else ready for week 3 of ?!?
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