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‘I’d love to understand more…’ Judges debate the potential of a pitch and what could make it better

15 Jan 2025 · 1 min

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I'm still trying to understand what I just heard.
You know, I would have loved to understand how they generated $5 million of revenue, where that came from.
I was pretty interested in how they're doing this because I do think that there's something to marketplaces for scientists, for data scientists, for all scientists.
I think the idea is great, but it probably fits better in a Tokenized model than a traditional, I would say, equity type model.
I would love to learn more about the entrepreneurs themselves. The story—we don't know what the story is. The story. Yeah.