Can the American Heartland Remake Itself in the Image of Silicon Valley? One Startup Finds Out
Can the American Heartland Remake Itself in the Image of Silicon Valley? One Startup Finds Out
Business, Spoken · SpokenLayer
May 25, 201736m 37s
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Show Notes
Ross Diedrich had gone pale and raw-boned. The CEO of a year-old startup in Denver, he'd stay at his office until the middle of the night, go home and sleep for about five hours, then chug a spinach smoothie and start again. He was just 27 years old, but he felt wrung out. Now he was standing in front of six angel investors, wearing a blazer over a T-shirt printed with the word covered—the name of his startup—and regretting he hadn't spent more time practicing for this moment.
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