April 2, 2025
Founder University Cohort 10 is officially underway!
85+ founders joined us at Google HQ in Austin to kick off Cohort 10 with a day of tactical sessions and founder stories.
Founder University Cohort 10 is officially underway!
Last week, 85+ early-stage founders gathered at Google HQ in Austin to kick off Cohort 10 of Founder University.
The LAUNCH team was thrilled to welcome this new group into the program.
Founders spent the day networking, refining their pitches, and learning from experienced operators and each other.
We’re excited to see what they build over the next 12 weeks!
Pitching Best Practices by Jacqui Deegan
Jacqui, Managing Director, shared her best practices for pitching to investors.
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Thank you to our partners!
We so appreciate our partners. These folks commit time, effort, and resources to helping our founders throughout the cohort. And a special thanks to Google Cloud for hosting us at your beautiful Austin HQ!
My LAUNCH Story: Amanda Bradford, Exited Founder
Amanda shared her launch story and go to market strategies. She shared highs, lows, and the hacks that helped her scale.
Fireside Chat: Morgan Flager, Silverton Partners and Jason Calacanis, LAUNCH
Jason and Morgan talked about the state of early stage VC and startup milestones. They also took questions from our founders and jammed on their startups!
Savage My Startup
Jason held a jam session we lovingly call “Savage My Startup.” Permission to be candid: granted!
This is a live feedback session where founders pitch Jason their one simple sentence and he shares the knee jerk reactions investors will have and helps founders through the common challenges they’ll face based on their idea and business model.
The Founder University Team Welcomes Cohort 10!
We couldn’t be more excited to host this group of amazing founders throughout the next 12 weeks.
- Corinne Walker, Researcher
- Jacqui Deegan, Managing Director
- Kelly Schricker, Principal
- Lukas Durand, Business Researcher
- Maddie Naumann, Researcher
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