ZocDoc's Cyrus Massoumi: 'I Was Not Exuding Huge Amounts of Confidence' 
On one day Cyrus Massoumi went door-to-door hawking ZocDoc, the doctor-appointment scheduling site, security guards kicked him out. Watch video
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ZocDoc's Cyrus Massoumi: 'I Was Not Exuding Huge Amounts of Confidence'
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