Jason Calacanis (@jason) is a technology entrepreneur, angel investor, and the host of the popular podcasts This Week in Startups and Angel. As a “scout” for top Silicon Valley venture capital firm Sequoia Capital and later as an angel investor, Jason has invested in 200+ early-stage startups including 7 "unicorns" (billion-dollar valuations), including Uber, Thumbtack, Wealthfront, Robinhood, and Calm.
In this episode of #DreamitLive, Jason will share his insights with Steve on raising capital in an economic downturn, the qualities that founders need to excel at during a crisis, how he makes investment decisions, his predictions for how COVID-19 will change venture investing in the short and long terms, and more. They’ll also answer questions including:
- What are the top 3 things startups must focus on right now?
- What sectors will heat up? What’s going to cool off? Should startups pivot early?
- How might valuations and deal terms change?
- Will VC’s slow their investing pace and what should startups do about it?
- What worked in 2007/2008 that applies here when raising?
- Will there be a bigger impact on B2B or B2C?
- When pitching pre-seed/seed/Series A or B, where does your pitch need to be incredibly strong?
