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Today’s show: Kelly Schricker joins Jason to kick off another startup pitch competition featuring four companies from Founder University Cohort 5 and 6!

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(0:00) Jason and Kelly kick off another startup pitch competition! (6:52) Advantages teams have over solo founders (11:47) OpenPhone - Get 20% off your first six months at https://openphone.com/twist (13:18) Founder University and crafting the best pitch for your company (22:24) .Tech Domains - Apply to get your startup featured on This Week in Startups at https://startups.tech/jason (23:38) Jason Kappes pitches Newcomer Games (25:58) Jason’s feedback for Newcomer Games (32:24) Mercury - Join 100K+ startups banking with Mercury at http://mercury.com (33:36) Matthew Majcher pitches Scrumly (35:43) Jason’s feedback for Scrumly (40:41) Jared Rosen pitches HomeScore (42:59) Jason’s feedback for HomeScore (52:21) Phoenix Do pitches Fitted (54:26) Jason’s feedback for Fitted (1:08:49) Kelly and Jason review the four companies (1:16:16) Jason picks a startup!