It took 40 minutes on the phone to schedule the test.

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Comb through your network to find appropriate investors you are connected to, introduce yourself or get a warm introduction from mutual friends or lawyers, send over your executive summary for consideration, schedule a phone call with investor (if you peaked their interest), submit your business plan (pitch), wait for investor consideration, continue the dialogue, investor due diligence, and finally, receive an investment.

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There's no need to schedule formal meetings or herd everyone around a speaker phone.

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They're going to let you look on your phone and see that someone beat your record on this game and schedule an Xbox gaming thing.

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Or malware can be programmed to phone home to a particular domain which can change on a pre-determined schedule.

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You have meetings you need to make, there were phone calls you scheduled perfectly around your flight, and now you are completely out of control of your schedule.

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