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pitcher susan. she s going to talk about her product. how do you feel? a little nervous but good. you know your business. have you gotten any money, raised any money? no. i m self-funded. where did the money come from? line of credit and lot of shaky days. right. here s a chance to give your pitch. you ll be talking to two people. the first one is alicia she invests in people like you. first money in. she ll be great at giving advice. the second person is jennifer young, the coe founder of a company called out doorsy. she was where you were. started a company, saw a problem and has grown it tremendously over the past few years. let s see what these women think. hi. i m susan. i m a breast cancer survivor.
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repair business. tasha owe fairly was her part-time bookkeeper. liz has spun off a new business, citi bin selling a trash can storage product she developed at checklist. had a lot of clients that needed custom carpentry projects. they were increasingly asking for trash enclosures. liz saw an opportunity for the trash can and closure requests. after careful market research, she founded citi bin to make and sell these high-end storage products. when we decided to make it a business and really product the service that we had been offering. we had a lot of experience. nevertheless, switching from an hourly home repair service to a manufactured product business turned out to be a way bigger leap than either of them had anticipated. i did not anticipate how the difference in cash flow would just impact the business. with the service business, the cash flow was very simple