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The pivot it's this magical word in Silicon Valley. You try something, it doesn't work,

and instead of trying to make it work, you ditch it. Make a giant change to the business and never look back. Today

however the investors are more interested in what came before the pivot and

how that could weigh this business down. We'll see if

entrepreneur Jen Saxton can convince them that the mistakes of her past won't

come back to haunt her. From Gimlet this is the pitch. I'm Josh Muccio.

Today's investors are...

I'm Phil Nadell.

Phil built companies that sold for hundreds of millions of dollars.

Now he manages forefront venture partners,

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