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Hey everybody, welcome to this week in Startups.

You asked for a news round table. You asked for the acquired FM boys to come back.

Well, here they are, Ben Gilbert, David Rosenthal.

In their 5th, 6th, 7th appearance, who knows?

They've been on the pod so many times now.

If you don't know their podcast, it's acquired.fm.

And of course, Ben is the co-founder of Pioneer Square Labs.

And the PSL Ventures Startup Studio VC Fund in Seattle, David Rosenthal

is the co-host of acquired.fm.

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