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From Startup to Stand-Up: A Former Tech Founder Wanted to Pursue Comedy — So He Sold Shares in His Career

It was just like any other pitch to investors: justify the valuation, address the risks and make lots of impressive-looking pie charts and graphs. Except this time, Pete McEntegart wasn’t raising money for a tech startup, he was selling shares of himself. The 57-year-old North Carolinian had tried his hand as a…

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    From Startup to Stand-Up: A Former Tech Founder Wanted to Pursue Comedy — So He Sold Shares in His Career

    It was just like any other pitch to investors: justify the valuation, address the risks and make lots of impressive-looking pie charts and graphs. Except this time, Pete McEntegart wasn’t raising money for a tech startup, he was selling shares of himself. The 57-year-old North Carolinian had tried his hand as a…

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