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Today's show features:

Brian Benstock, Vice President & General Manager of Paragon Honda and Paragon Acura

David Boice, Founder & CEO of Team Velocity

Sanjay Varnwal, Co-Founder & CEO of Spyne.ai

Danny Zaslavsky, Co-Founder and President of VINCUE

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