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From Gimlet this is the pitch I'm Josh Muccio. 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.

This week, we do virtual reality on planes as passenger in flight entertainment.

You guys are building your own proprietary headset.

So we've built our own proprietary headsets.

What do you have patents on this?

We don't have patents, we have, so we have where...

That's a problem, you know that, right? Today we meet an entrepreneur who wants to bring virtual reality 40,000 feet into the air. But first, he has to convince investors he's the real

deal.

I'm Phil Nadell with Barbara Corpin Venture Partners.

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