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Nov 2017
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Startup Follow Up: Bolt Innovation Manag...

WHARTON BUSINESS DAILY
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Ben Einstein, General Partner of Bolt Innovation Management, joins host Rob Coneybeer to discuss how his company, a pre-seed fund focused on companies at the intersection of hardware and software, has progressed since he was last on Launch Pad in 2014.

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