Rebecca Rosenberg from ReBokeh
Rebecca Szkutak and Dominic-Madori Davis Aug 1, 2023, 42 min
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Becca and Dom are joined by Rebecca Rosenberg, the founder and CEO of ReBokeh, a startup that created an app that applies filters that allow people with low vision to see better. Rebecca talked about how her own experience with having low vision inspired the product and what it was like building the startup as an undergrad when everything went remote in 2020. She also spoke about how the app will likely have multiple revenue streams and what it was like pitching the product to VCs who didn’t believe the disability Rebecca has even exists.
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Rebecca Szkutak
Senior Reporter, Venture
Becca is a senior writer at TechCrunch that covers venture capital trends and startups. She previously covered the same beat for Forbes and the Venture Capital Journal.
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Dominic-Madori Davis is a senior venture capital and startup reporter at TechCrunch. She is based in New York City.
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