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'My Brain Exploded': Ring Founder Jamie Siminoff on Mark Cuban's Shark Tank Rejection

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Ring founder Jamie Siminoff revisits the "brain exploding" moment Mark Cuban rejected him and his company, then called DoorBot, on ABC's Shark Tank. In this clip from the GeekWire Podcast, Siminoff shares his candid reaction to Cuban's response — "I just don't see that progression" — and explains why the billionaire's miss was understandable at the time.

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