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Titos bar. right now the app is available to download free in the app store, but right now im looking for partners to help us take it to the next level. >> cool. >> all right. >> very cool. >> nice to hear. >> pitching to influencers. i want to hear what you thought of it. not as an idea, but as an idea that you would write about. right? shes out here pitching to influencers to get them to write about it. im going to give you a second to ask any questions. good job. >> i thought you did a great ...

Engage, and i feel like everyone thought -- im going to cry. youre going to cry. i feel like this is really going to be a very popular app. only trouble spot we saw maybe the -- were not sure how the tech works. >> tech has to be tight. >> the tech has to be really good. with continued success, you can tighten that up. >> im going to add one thing. sam is in charge of blog her. she can get everyone there to download it. you can create an event at blog her to get everyone to download it. >> we ca...

Company. lets see how our pitcher does. >> hey, sarah. judge. j. >> hi, j.j. nice to meet you. >> so nice to meet you too. i have been playing with your app. its amazing. >> thank you. >> what would it mean to you to get to speak in front of blog her? >> it would be huge. you probably know its really hard to get the word out about things, and i love my app, and i would love for all these people to know about my app and to love it and to share it. >> how long have you been working on it? >> ive b...

Sprout pharmaceuticals, best known for pushing the female viagra through the fda. sold that company for a billion dollars. congratulations. that is so fun to say. >> thank you. >> and sam ski, present of she knows, one of the top five media companies online for women. also run the biggest blogger conference for women as well. youve been there for a while and youve helped the company grow three times? >> three times in revenue, twice -- double in audience reach. >> also congratulations. you guys ...

Ceo of sprout pharmaceuticals, best known for pushing the female viagra through the fda. you sold that company for $1 billion which -- congratulations. that is so fun to say. >> thank you. >> and sam ski, president of "she knows," one of the top five media companies on line for women and run a blogger for women. youve been there for a while and helped the company grow three times? >> three times in revenue. twice double in audience reach. >> all congratulations. >> awesome. >> you guys have done...

Funding for your company. how much did you raise for sprout? >> ultimately $100 million. >> thats amazing! >> but no venture capitalist, and i want to know why, what was behind that? >> i had been in a number of different operating roles in venture-backed companies and i felt that that sort of short-term perspective and that lack of appreciation of the fabric of building the company really was missing. and when i was going to do it, i was doing it on my own terms and i wanted people in there who...

Weeks later and realize nothing has gotten started. but trust me, the reverse is far worse, which is youve mumbled something under your breath in a meeting and everyone has taken that as the net new priority. so making sure getting things done is something that can scale and youre stating your priorities to everyone so they know whats most important is one of the biggest most unexpected challenges youll face. >> this is the brain trust, where i get to take the really complicated, sticky, messy q...