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Hey everybody, hey everybody, welcome to this week in startups.

My name is Jason Callicanus. I'm an angel investor, entrepreneur, writer, blogger, I guess I used to be called

a blogger here in the Silicon Valley. Boy, is it strange? It's August. It's 2020, we're in, I guess I'm in a day 140 or 150 of being sheltered in place

down a little bit of the distance thing, you know, went out to get ice cream with the girls

on one of these closed main streets here and yeah I've been losing my mind I'll be

totally honest with you you guys know I'm a social creature I am not designed for this and I find myself having great

sympathy now for people who maybe we're in solitary confinement or in prison.

And I realize what a torture it is.

To compare what we're going through in this very mild way to what somebody in a prison

goes through, I know is a ridiculous comparison, except for the fact that I very

acutely feel lonely and I've never felt sad or depressed in my life. I'm going to be honest with the audience here.

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