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Jae Hwang

Jae Hwang

Co-founder of Former (fmr), a venture studio building companies with experienced second-act founders.

Aug 13, 2026

29:39
Yeah
29:39
... of what type of companies we would target, but we wanted to provide that bridge and that, that formative capital is, was our way of saying that there was a different type of structure I think fits, you know, potential founders.
29:52
The, the one more part I would add to that maxim is the other thing that I heard over and over was the common refrain.
30:00
If you're lucky enough to have a venture capital firms compete for you, right, to wanting to, you know, kind of get your attention, the pitch is usually the same.
30:11
It's like, "You know, we can give you X million dollars or whatever, you know, and we have a great network.
30:16
We'll put you in touch with customers, you know, and we have all these mentors on tap.
30:21
We can help you with hiring.
35:00
... [laughs]

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