Founder stories that live beyond Demo Day.
Demo Day is a moment.
Your founders are building for years.
Accelerators spend months finding, supporting, and preparing exceptional founders. But much of what makes those founders compelling can disappear once the cohort ends.
In Your Words captures the people, companies, and ideas behind the pitch, while the story is happening.
The pitch says what they’re building.
The conversation tells you who’s building it.
In Your Words combines editorial preparation with experienced production to capture founders clearly, naturally, and in their own words.
FOUNDER INTERVIEWS
Thoughtful, professionally produced conversations that capture the founder, the company, and the point of view behind the pitch.
COHORT PRODUCTION
A coordinated production format for capturing multiple founders efficiently, with planning built around the schedule of the accelerator and its companies.
DEMO DAY + LIVE PRODUCTION
Founder films, event content, and live production for Demo Days, showcases, and other moments when the cohort comes together.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
Standalone interviews, company films, and other production work for founders, accelerators, and organizations in the startup ecosystem.
The company starts with the founder.
We capture the person, perspective, and conviction behind it.
Jeanine Johnson
Jenny Shears-Teixeira
Julie Omran
Jack Skates
Laurence Cullen
Michael Negus
Production with somewhere to go.
In Your Words is the exclusive production partner for Founder Discovery Network, a discovery network built to keep qualified founders discoverable beyond Demo Day.
IYW produces the interviews and original media. FDN carries that work forward through Founder Briefs, Company Briefs, interview clips, and Signals.
Explore Founder Discovery NetworkFDN has independent eligibility and editorial standards. Working with In Your Words does not guarantee inclusion in the network.
Jeanine Johnson / Immutaverse — Founder interview
Immutaverse — Company Brief / Founder Discovery Network
One production. A cohort of stories.
We build production around your program, coordinating with your team and founders to capture multiple interviews efficiently, without adding another complicated process to the cohort.
01 / PLAN
We work with your team to identify the founders, schedule the production, and establish what you want to capture.
02 / PREP
Each founder receives a simple preparation process designed to make the conversation productive without scripting it.
03 / PRODUCE
We capture multiple founder interviews in a coordinated production, on location or remotely.
04 / DELIVER
Founders and the accelerator receive professionally produced media for the agreed uses and channels.
05 / DISCOVER
Eligible founders can continue into Founder Discovery Network, where their story becomes part of an ongoing discovery presence.
Built around your cohort.
Depending on the engagement:
- Founder interviews
- Short-form founder clips
- Accelerator compilation films
- Demo Day content
- Event coverage
- Founder and accelerator media assets
- FDN production for eligible founders
Good interviews start before the cameras roll.
We do the homework first. Every production begins with an understanding of the founder, the company, and the context around the conversation.
PREPARED, NOT SCRIPTED
We research the company and prepare the conversation in advance. Founders know what to expect, but they are never handed lines to memorize.
A REAL CONVERSATION
The interview is a conversation, not a performance. We listen, follow what is interesting, and give founders room to explain what they believe in their own words.
EDITED WITH INTENT
We shape the strongest material into clear, concise stories while preserving the founder’s voice and meaning.
Trusted by founders. Built for the programs behind them.
Accelerator provenance represented in Founder Discovery Network: Berkeley SkyDeck · Pad-13.
"I recommend this to all of my clients."
Jenny Shears-Texiera
Founder, Star Maps Agency
"I was able to say everything I've been wanting to, and now I have it all organized into clips. "
Jack Skates
CEO, Whispering AI
The people behind the production.
In Your Words brings editorial strategy and filmmaking together in a small, experienced production team.
