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Nov 2023
29m 42s

#125 Locker: The Future of Online Shoppi...

Josh Muccio
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Online shopping was supposed to make things easier. But with so many options, it’s also made our shopping experience more fragmented than ever. Kristine Locker set out to fix that with her social shopping app Locker. However, her target demographic is a couple generations behind most VCs. Can Kristine convince investors she has the solution to a problem they ... Show More
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