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Jul 6
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First Time Founders with Ed Elson – This...

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Ed speaks with Graham Dugoni, founder and CEO of Yondr, a company that creates lockable pouches to promote phone-free spaces. They discuss how smart phones have negatively impacted society, why schools have struggled to go phone-free, and how he runs his company without a smart phone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
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