Episode 1902

Startup Pitches! LAUNCH Accelerator Demo Day | E1902

Feb 22, 202456:27Watch on YouTube

Timestamps:

(0:00) Jason joins seven strong startup pitches from LAUNCH Accelerator.

(1:11) Jacqui kicks off the demo day

(1:40) Introductions to the guest jugdes

(4:40) Justin pitches Melengo

(10:18) Gusto - Get three months free when you run your first payroll at http://www.gusto.com/twist

(11:32) Edward pitches PodcastAI

(18:09) AD2

(19:04) Daniel pitches Tolt

(24:55) Rae pitches River

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(34:01) Kash pitches TaxGPT

(40:56) George pitches Fanfare

(46:31) Jam pitches Monic.ai

(52:05) Our panel of judges pick their top three pitches.

Apply to the LAUNCH Accelerator here: https://launchaccelerator.co

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Follow these founders and their companies:

Justin Kwong & Melengo

https://www.melengo.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinckwong

justin@melengo.com

Edward Brawer & PodcastAI

https://podcastai.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/edwardbrawer/

ebrawer@podcastai.com

Daniel Gjokaj & Tolt

https://tolt.io

https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielgj

daniel@tolt.io

Rae Lambert & River

https://app.getriver.io

https://www.linkedin.com/in/raechel-lambert

rae@getriver.io

Kashif Ali & TaxGPT

https://www.taxgpt.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chkashifali/

kash@taxgpt.com

George Lam & Fanfare

https://fanfare.app/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgewlam/

george@fanfare.app

Jam Mirzakhalov & Monic.ai

http://monic.ai/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mirzakhalov/

mirzakhalov@monic.ai

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis

Thanks to our partners:

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