What if we could meet a founder right on the cusp of a big pivot and then instantly jump forward in time to see how that pivot ended up playing out years later?

Well, in this episode, we're going to do just that.

It was three years ago when Claire Coder went in front of our investors, but you've never heard

this pitch before.

At the time, her startup was a very risky bet. She was just at the beginning stages of her pivot

from selling tampon subscriptions on her website to signing big contracts with tech companies.

But enough time has passed where her company now is so far beyond what she was pitching

to investors.

And in the second half of today's show, we'll talk to Claire and find out just how far a business can go

in three years.

From Gimlet, I'm Josh Muccio,

and you're listening to the pitch.

Let's meet the investors. I want to invest in a company

where you have a scalable way of acquiring customers and I can add money to it that

will let you explode that. That's Phil Nadell. He's our legendary numbers focused investor.

I would love to invest in you.

I think you are the real deal.

That was Jillian Manis.

She cares about the people and the mission behind the company.

I think the only way to make money in VC is to take a non-consensus view that turns out to be right.

Daniel Galatee is a hot shot VC.

Well, at least one person said that online.

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