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brought to you by American Express business. From Gimlet this is the pitch. I'm Josh Muchio.

So scholar Santana and I built a come, built one of them called Casa Nobles.

On this show, we venture into the world of startups,

to a critical moment when aspiring entrepreneurs put it all on the line and pitch investors for funding.

We quit our nice lives and we moved out here to a garage in Palo Alto.

So you're placing recruiters.

Most of you haven't applied to a job

since you were in college like me.

I mean, any good person doesn't apply for a job, right?

Today we hear from a brash, East Coast founder who is sure she has the solution for helping companies find great talent.

But a solution is just the start.

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