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Roundtable Recap: June 24 – Three Startups That Can Hit One Million Dollars

Today’s roundtable overlapped with the Italy–Slovakia World Cup soccer game, which from what I can tell was quite exciting, albeit very disappointing for the reigning champions!

June 24 Roundtable Recording

In case you missed it, here is the recording and the chat transcript.

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