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Learn more at American Express.com slash business gold card. And stay tuned later in this episode for the pitch clock brought to you by American Express business. From Gimlet this is the pitch. I'm Josh Muchio. A little while back, an entrepreneur came on the show and gave a pitch that at first seemed pretty normal.

But about five minutes in, something happened that blew us away,

and suddenly an ordinary pitch became rather extraordinary.

I don't want to say too much about what happened next because it's just a great story and I don't want to spoil it. But this pitch from Mike's law for a startup called Shift is one of my all-time favorites. So we're going to hit play for you,

and then we're going to check in with Mike

to see how things are going these days.

Here's the original pitch for shift.

Today, a military vet turned entrepreneur pitches his plan to tackle a systemic problem in America, one that he knows all too well.

But first, let's meet our investors.

Phil Nadell is with forefront venture partners. Look for him to get right down to the cold hard numbers.

So on the commercial side, do you have any signed orders or is it just verbal commitments at this point?

Jillian Manis is with structure capital. She tends to see the best in every entrepreneur and

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