#15 A Veteran Starts a Startup: Shift

The Pitch

Josh Muccio

Technology, Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2017

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

When Mike Slagh left the military, he wanted to find a job in tech, but he couldn’t get his foot in the door. And then he found out that he was one of approximately 300,000 service members who every year struggle to make the transition back into the workforce. So Mike decided to do something about it and started Shift. Today's investors are Phil Nadel, Jillian Manus, James Altucher and Daniel Gulati. Our show is produced by Josh Muccio, Kareem Maddox, and Molly Donahue. We are edited by Devon Taylor. Our Theme Music is by Breakmaster Cylinder, with original music composed by The Muse Maker, Bobby Lord and Haley Shaw. We were mixed by Enoch Kim with help from Matt Boll. Lisa Muccio plans our recording events and thanks to Asthaa Chaturvedi for her reporting on this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode of The Pitch is brought to you by American Express business.
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0:55.4	brought to you by American Express business. From Gimlet this is the. I'm Josh Muccio.
1:04.0	On this show, we take you into the room where entrepreneurs pitch investors for funding.
1:12.0	Do you know one of my companies used to be a literary agency?
1:16.0	Do you know that?
1:17.0	Yeah.
1:18.0	So... I did know that.
1:19.0	Yes.
1:20.0	You represented Mother Teresa, right?
1:21.0	Yes.
1:22.0	I did. That's really cool.
1:24.0	Today, a military vet turned entrepreneur pitches his plan to tackle a systemic problem in America, one that he knows all too well.
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