89 Founders Attend Founder University’s Cohort 8 Kickoff

On May 13th, 89 founders joined the LAUNCH investment team for Founder University Cohort 8 Kick-Off in Redwood City, California!

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Kelly Schricker and Presh Dineshkumar, co-leads on Founder University, welcomed Cohort 8 with interactive exercises meant to challenge the founders!

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Jason Calacanis spent some time jamming with Founders on their ideas, challenges, and vision!

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LAUNCH portfolio founders joined us to provide their insights on life after Founder University.

They shared lessons learned the hard way, unexpected challenges, and the advice that helped them the most in their journey.

• Peter Kirkham; LinkedIn, X, Props AI
• Aaron Rodriguez; LinkedIn, Ellis
• Aleksandr Diamond, LinkedIn, Ellis
• Edward Brawer, LinkedIn, X, PodcastAI
• Alex Hanna, LinkedIn, X, Zweelie
• Not pictured:
  • Aman Ibrahim; LinkedIn, X, DeepTrust
  • Kash Ali; LinkedIn, X, TaxGPT
  • Isabella Maceda; LinkedIn, X, TaxGPT

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The day wouldn’t be complete without a few JCal selfies!

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A special thanks to our host Goodwin Procter and Andrew Sparks for sharing your beautiful space and supporting our founders!

Cohort kickoff was just the beginning. we cannot wait to see what you build over the next 12 weeks, Cohort 8!

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