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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, right now the way it works is it flips kind of the way social media works.

How do you address every comment? Right now the way it works is it flips kind of the way social media works.

How do you address every comment, every fan on daily basis when there's hundreds and thousands of,

you know, mess up messages coming in.

But does that mean a lot to the fans just that they like it?

Yeah. I was one of the investors in My space.

Were you?

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