@StartX

StartX is the premier community for Stanford founders.

 Palo Alto
startx.com
Joined May 2010
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First company or fifth, StartX meets you where you are. First-timers get 1-1 mentorship and a fundraising coach. Repeat founders get an advanced program, peers and industry experts. @nickdamian0's done it 3x. Apply to Spring'27: startx.com/apply?s=app_campa… #StartX #SerialFounder
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StartX alum @knowtexai, the first frontier AI lab for healthcare, is a prime awardee on the VA's $775M enterprise AI contract. 🎉 Founded by @CarolineCZhang & @Jocelynrice27 (StartX P23), who started building it as medical scribes. Huge congrats to the team!!
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Capella gets niche deep tech questions answered within 24 hours, often more than once, from her StartX group. In hardware, that matters: mistakes surface late and cost more to fix. Spring 2027 apps close Oct 11. Apply: startx.com/apply?s=app_campa… #StartX #StanfordFounders
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We could've taken 7% equity from every founder who came through StartX. At today's valuations, that's roughly $14B. We took 0%. Apply and keep your equity. Spring 2027 applications close Oct 11. Apply: startx.com/apply?s=app_campa… #StartX #StanfordFounders #Equity #Startups
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Enterprise sales has gotchas nobody warns you about. StartX founders work through them with peers who've already been there, like Ivan Lee. Applications for Spring 2027 close Oct 11. Apply here: startx.com/apply?s=app_campa… #StartX #EnterpriseSaaS #StanfordFounders
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In consumer tech, your vision can outpace your metrics. Chris Hulls went through that for 7 years before Life360 became one of StartX's 29 unicorns. What helped him persevere: other StartX founders in the trenches with him. Apply: startx.com/apply?s=app_campa… #StartX #ConsumerTech
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Deep tech problems can eat months if you're solving them alone. StartX’s community cuts that down to hours for Capella: "You can pop any question and get an answer within 24 hours, from multiple people, multiple opinions." Apply: startx.com/apply?s=app_campa… #StartX #DeepTech
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Most PhDs shelve their research when they graduate. Capella Kerst built a company on hers instead. Her advice: join StartX, home to the highest concentration of PhD-to-CEO founders who get where you're coming from. Apply: startx.com/apply?s=app_campa… #StartX #DeepTech
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Investors used to reward steady SaaS metrics. AI broke that model. Karl: "Recurring revenues, customer stickiness, all of that is now up for a toss." Get StartX in early, before you're stuck rebuilding your whole approach. Apply: startx.com/apply?s=app_campa… #StartX #EnterpriseAI
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Most founders turn to accelerators the first or second time. Karl Mehta went back for his third: "I wanted a proven methodology from people way smarter than me. StartX had that." Apply to Spring '27 cohort: startx.com/apply?s=app_campa… #StartX #SerialFounder
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Ever gotten fundraising advice from a unicorn CEO... on WhatsApp...on the runway…before a flight? Jesse Chang has, through StartX's robotics network. 3,000+ founders. 29 unicorns. Apply to Spring '27 cohort: startx.com/apply?s=app_campa… #StartX #Robotics
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Still in school and building a startup? There's a StartX track for that. Jesse Chang: "We hit major milestones and even closed our fundraise while at StartX." Part-time, academics first. Apply to Spring '27 cohort: startx.com/apply?s=app_campa… #StartX #StudentFounders
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Nick's done YC twice, StartX three times. In his words: "StartX has a really close-knit, supportive community." What keeps him coming back: trusted network and a level of access inside Stanford no other program can match. Apply: startx.com/apply?s=app_campa… #StartX #StanfordFounders
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Accelerators aren't just for first-timers. Nick's built three companies through StartX. 3,000+ founders. 29 unicorns. 144 companies valued over $100M. Apply to Spring '27 cohort: startx.com/apply?s=app_campa… #StartX #SerialFounder #StanfordFounders
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Most founders dream of one biotech unicorn. Ivan Dimov built TWO, both through StartX: "Being part of a community increases your probability of success enormously, especially around biotech." 29 unicorns, 250+ hospital partners. Apply: startx.com/application_spots… #StartX #Biotech
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• Dedicated lab space through the Med Lab Co-op • Clinical partnerships across 250+ hospitals and 50,000+ physicians • Regulatory guidance for FDA and IP strategy • Mentors who've built biotech, device, and health IT companies before you
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Biotech doesn't move like typical startups, the cycle from investment to revenue is severely extended, and knowing how to navigate that, and when to raise, is critical. The @StartXMed community is built to support:
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Most things in Silicon Valley want something from you: equity, fees, time. Ivan Lee: "There's no price (at StartX), unlike almost everywhere else." 0% equity. 3,000+ founders. 29 unicorns. Apply: startx.com/application_spots… #StartX #StanfordFounders
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A decade in consumer tech didn't prepare Ivan Lee for enterprise. A StartX community of founders facing the same roadblocks did. 3,000+ founders. 29 unicorns. Spring '27 apps open. Apply: startx.com/application_spots… #StartX #EnterpriseSaaS #StanfordFounders
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@StartX community just went from from 21 to 26 unicorns in the last 4 months 😵‍💫
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