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The company I left graduate to cofound based on my invention was scheduled to launch that day with what would have been a major media event we'd planned for months.

Here's a brief history for anyone interested: http://joshuaspodek.com/videos-invention-company-founded.

While we didn't face consequences on the scale of people in the towers, the Pentagon, who fought overseas, and first responders, it devastated us.

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On the morning of September 11, I stepped onto the stage at a trade show to launch my new product. Over the course of the presentation, a buzz developed, and people started standing up and leaving. By the end of my speech, the trade show had been cancelled and everyone was going home. Needless to say, the product was not successful.

Can we ask what it was? I'm curious to know if it would have gained traction if it had been launched a year later.

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