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From Gimlet this is the pitch. I'm Josh Muccio. A little over a year ago, we had a founder on the show who set the bar pretty high as far as her presentation. But there were flaws in her business that gave some of the

investors pause. And where we left things in that episode felt rather unfinished,

because after her pitch, Margot-Schmoorak decided to hit pause on her fundraising, but for a different reason than you might expect.

So today we're going to play you the original pitch for Margot's startup hostfully,

and then in the second half of the show I'll pick up where we left off last time to see how

things played out. Okay here's the original pitch.

Hi.

Hi.

Hi. Come on out. Hi.

Hi.

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