After a frustrating round of fundraising for her company PopCom, Dawn Dickson decided that VC was broken. She opted to take a different route: an initial coin offering, or ICO. But then her best-laid plans got all mucked up ... by Uncle Sam. 

Today's investors are Jillian Manus, Phil Nadel, Daniel Gulati and Michael Hyatt.

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