Bsharah doubts Amateur Golf Society will hit exit targets in three years
Al Bsharah · "Startup Funding Secrets: Will This Golf Tech Pitch Convince VCs to Invest?" · Sep 20, 2023 · at 19:00
Investor Al Bsharah pushes back against Dan Hershberg's timeline for rapidly scaling and exiting Amateur Golf Society on The Pitch.
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“Like, I don't feel like you're going to get there in three years.”
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