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Dec 2022
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Checking back in with a few favorite fou...

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Happy holidays! The found crew is taking a week off to relax so we are throwing it back to our anniversary episode.  To celebrate our anniversary, we welcomed back four founders whose stories really stuck with us since we talked to them. In what Jordan called a “founder smoothie”, we talked with Brie Code from TRU LUV who was on our second episode, Earl Cole ... Show More
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