The highs, the lows, the new management, and whether the accelerator moving to be more in-person focused is a help or a hindrance to its further-flung participants were all discussed in this week's episode. I was happy to get the chance to talk with her about the upcoming chain merger.
There is a demo day. It is a more Bay Area based program that has stood out to me so far. About 30% of the cohort moved to the Bay Area during the program and another 23% were already in the Bay Area when they applied. A bifurcation is being created between the people who could live in the Bay Area and the people who didn't. That is an interesting tension that is playing out in the metrics.
I was wondering if the wheels would come off. All of the engineers I talked to seemed to be okay. This has been a topic of discussion for a long time. A person compared it to the moon landing. It is a huge risk. It appears to be a big deal. I wouldn't expect anything significant to go wrong in the process itself because of the amount of practice and preparation that went into it.
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