LG: Many people have invited you many times to say many things. They were great and they’ve invited me many times and I agreed to come because I think I would like to support that kind of stuff.
KS: Yeah, there were tech companies down there. LG: Were they tech companies that you were meeting with? It was really cool, really amazing companies, and lots of women, people of color, sort of belying the idea that only white men can create things in this world. I was meeting with a lot of young entrepreneurs, this whole diversity, entrepreneur diversity thing. I had a great time there and I was also in North Carolina for a brief second.
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