Okay, wow, Josh here, I've got some news for you.

As some of you have probably noticed, it's been a long time since I've graced your ears

with my subtle, not so subtle, dad jokes on the podcast, and there's a reason for that,

which I'll get to in a second.

But first, here's the big news.

The pitch is coming back.

Yes, after a year and a half I ate us, we will be returning with new episodes late in

the fall.

Now, you may be thinking, that's great, Josh, but what the heck happened?

You disappeared for a year and a half.

Well, the answer, COVID.

In 2020 and 2021, we weren't able to host any new recording events for the show.

Thinking about cycling in 30 founders over a three-day period into a tiny room with

the same five investors sounded like a recipe to spread a pandemic.

So yeah, we couldn't record in the studio.

There were personal reasons too.

I was tired, very tired, I'd been hosting the show for five years and needed a break.

So we took the time, the show went on hiatus, and if I'm honest, I wasn't sure if the

show would ever return.

I needed some separation from the thing, to see if I still loved it.

Well, I got that separation, it was good for me, mentally, spiritually, all that.

But then something happened early this year.

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