Okay, so a few weeks back, the team and I were hard at work, doing what we do best,

churning out new episodes of this show, when suddenly the coronavirus took hold in the US.

And we thought this will have an impact on a lot of things,

but it's not something we'll need to talk about on this show.

Well, apparently that wasn't very well thought out,

because in this episode of the pitch the virus otherwise known as COVID-19 plays a role

But that's not till later in this episode. Here's the thing though. I did an interview with one of our investors,

Jillian Manis and she explained how big of an impact this is already having on early stage

startups and she outlined exactly what founders should be doing right now

and what startups can expect in the next year or so. The team and I really enjoyed that interview

but we couldn't fit very much of it into this week's pitch.

So we turned it into its very own special episode.

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