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Dec 2023
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Startup pitch competition: Jason invests...

Jason Calacanis
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Today’s show:

Jason and Kelly Schricker introduce the Founder University pitch competition (1:11), then we hear from Abe at GolfGolf (7:16), Mircea from Cicada (15:25), Spencer of dotflo (27:16), and Shreyas from Clinic Assist (34:54). Finally, Jason awards a $25K investment (34:54), and much more!

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Jason kicks off the show

(1:11) Jason and Kelly Schricker introduce the Founder University pitch competition

(7:16) Abe pitches GolfGolf

(13:31) Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at http://www.vanta.com/twist

(15:25) Mircea pitches Cicada

(22:14) .Tech Domains - Apply to get your startup featured on This Week in Startups at http://www.startups.tech/jason

(27:16) Spencer pitches dotflo

(32:41) OpenPhone - Get 20% off your first six months at https://openphone.com/twist

(34:54) Shreyas pitches Clinic Assist

(43:52) Jason awards a $25K investment

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Check out the pitch competitors here:

GolfGolf - golfgolf.tech

Cicada - cicadamusic.net

Dotflo - dotflo.co

Clinic Assist - clinicassist.ai

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