Power of Accelerators E5 Capital Factory's Joshua Baer: lessons from 400+ investments | E1063

Jason Calacanis chats with Joshua Baer, CEO & Founder of Capital Factory. They discuss the transition to remote work, the impact of COVID-19 on startups, and the lessons learned from investing mistakes. Josh also shares his insights on what founder traits he looks for.

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Jason Calacanis

Host • 49%

Joshua Baer

Guest • 50%

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0:00	Opening
0:35	Jason intros Capital Factory CEO & Founder Josh Baer
1:47	What is Capital Factory in its current iteration? How are they transitioning to remote? Loss of serendipity of random in-person connections
5:38	Josh takes Jason through the SXSW cancellation
10:29	Issues conceptualizing COVID's impact
15:35	Transitioning to rolling cohorts & optimizing their Slack community
21:36	Capital Factory's standard deal terms, why founders join, how returns are divvied up
27:30	Starting Capital Factory during the last economic downturn, how millennials will react to this crisis
30:45	Josh describes his 5 buckets of how companies are weathering the COVID storm
35:09	Remote work's effect on startup collaboration
41:01	COVID's effect on children, getting back to work
47:37	What investing mistakes has Josh made, and how has he learned from them?
56:00	What founder traits does Josh look for?
59:14	Moving to Austin, SXSW history

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