Demo Day Podcast
Demo Day is the podcast for founders, venture capitalists, and anyone who wants to learn more about the top accelerator, incubator, and VC programs across the country. Come hear the top venture capitalists and founders in the game discuss what it takes to go from seed to exit.
Podcasting since 2019 • 123 episodes
Demo Day Podcast
Latest Episodes
How VCs Predict Startup Success with Ben Savage
What is the single most powerful indicator that a founder will succeed? According to Ben Savage, it isn’t just a great product or a massive market—it’s the "Compete Test". When a seasoned investor looks at a founder and realizes, “That’s not so...
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Season 5
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Episode 18
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53:35
Why VCs Reject Impressive Founders with Jesse Draper
VCs aren’t just judging your deck and market size, they’re judging you as a human being. In this episode, Jesse Draper breaks down exactly why investors walk away from “impressive” founders and strong companies when the founder fails t...
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Season 5
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Episode 17
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56:46
The AI Race Is Rigged -- Here’s Why with Manu Kumar
The AI boom isn’t a level playing field—and most startups are running a race they’re set up to lose. In this episode, Dr. Manu Kumar explains why the real winners of this AI wave are the incumbents who already control distribution and customers...
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Season 5
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Episode 16
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1:01:21
The Industry Quietly Taking Over VC with Gabriel Schlumberger
Space startups today look a lot like the internet in 1995 – early, chaotic, and packed with upside for the founders brave enough to build in the void. With VCs going all in on space, Techstars betting big on the category, and an entire industry...
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Season 5
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Episode 15
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1:00:17
Mark Suster’s Guide to Becoming Successful (For Ambitious Young People)
What if everything you’ve been told about "success" is backwards? In this episode, Mark Suster shares a brutally honest guide to becoming successful for ambitious young people trying to break into startups, tech, and venture capital.Mark...
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Season 5
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Episode 14
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1:42:52
