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The 7 Day Startup: You Don’t Learn Until You Launch Reviews

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The 7 Day Startup: You Don’t Learn Until You Launch

The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch

From generating ideas to gaining your first paying customers, The 7 Day Startup is the bootstrapper’s bible for launching your next product. In it, you will learn: 1. Why validation isn’t the answer 2. How to evaluate your business idea 3. How to choose a business name, fast 4. How to build a website in 1 day for under 0 5. 10 proven ways to market a business quickly And much, much more.

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Uber-like ride-sharing business plans Guam launch in April

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Uber-like ride-sharing business plans Guam launch in April
On its website, the company provides the details on how riders and drivers can participate. Stroll Guam plans to roll out its ride-sharing app in multiple languages including in English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and Tagalog. Having the app available …
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Colorful business plan
The 18-year-old University of Wisconsin-Madison student has hired a team of six employees, including painters, and hopes to add more to his exterior painting business. Mauland, a 2015 West Bend West High School graduate, has an internship with College …
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NS: Xona Games prepares for launch on next generation consoles

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NS: Xona Games prepares for launch on next generation consoles
Over the past year Xona Games received two large awards, winning $ 50,000 in February in the Tizen App Challenge with their submission Score Rush, and $ 20,000 in October in the Rogers Small Business Big Ideas contest. They were also officially announced …
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in2itive Business Solutions Partners With Medical Recovery Services: 5 Facts
"Upfront collections can be a real challenge if your center doesn't have a simple means of letting patients know exactly what their financial obligations are," said in2itive Business Solutions President Tracey Erbert in a news release. 4. The current …
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How to make an impact against better-established competitors
Every entrepreneur has, at some point, dreamed of having that one incredible idea that nobody has thought of: the business idea so original and life-changing that it creates a new market and sets the tone for years to come. However, for every Uber or …
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Actor Corbin Bernsen Announces Launch of Indiegogo Campaign for New Venture, Powsumer

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Akron, Ohio (PRWEB) March 07, 2013

Powsumer, a new consumer-driven pricing company founded by Corbin Bernsen, has launched a “Powsumer.com: The Future of Online Shopping” campaign on Indiegogo, an international fund-raising platform. The $ 100,000 funding goal will be used to pay for further development and launch of the Powsumer.com beta site. The Indiegogo campaign can be found at: http://bit.ly/powsumerfunding.

Powsumer is a groundbreaking tool allowing communities to more actively participate and drive down the price in the consumer choices they make. Powsumer brings together consumers into purchasing groups (“packs”) through social and web networks. Lead by a “Pack Leader” that has established the product or service the pack wants as well as the lowest price each member of the pack is willing to pay for the product or service, Powsumer will connect potential suppliers with the pack to complete the deal as a volume purchase. Powsumer alerts these suppliers with real time market, product and pricing trends to help them move products at a profitable margin.

“Indiegogo is a great way to launch Powsumer,” says Corbin Bernsen, founder and interim president, Powsumer. “Powsumer will rely on broad-based internet participation to bring the best deals to consumers, much the same way Indiegogo uses the internet to crowd-source funds for many worth causes.”

Supporters of the campaign will receive, depending on contribution level, a range of perks from founder certificates and hoodies to a visit with Bernsen.

The experienced team at Powsumer includes Bernsen, Andrew Maas, and Peter Tahmin. Bernsen currently stars as Henry Spencer on the USA Network’s hit original series “Psych,” now in its seventh season. He is an accomplished actor, director and producer. As an independent film director and producer, he has developed a talent for financing and budgeting on a shoe string, a valuable asset when working in an entrepreneurial new business setting such as Powsumer.

Andrew Maas is vice president and co-founder, as well as working for the University of Akron Research Foundation (UARF), as a Project Manager and as the Assistant Vice President for University Innovation Ventures (UIV). Integral to UARF and UIV, Maas assisted in the preparation and winning of the 2010 i6 Challenge EDA grant which awarded $ 2.2M to the Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron and UARF to help commercialize and develop early stage medical device technologies and companies. His roles include assisting with intellectual property and related emerging enterprise matters; evaluating technologies, markets and preparing related summaries; and, developing early stage business strategies and promotional materials. He has a J.D. degree as well as a LL.M in Intellectual Property Law.

Peter Tahmin is vice president and co-founder, as well as working as the executive vice president of MailPix.com. Tahmin has significant experience as an executive in the online retail space and will assist Powsumer.com with its launch, branding and operations initiatives.

About Powsumer

Founded in 2011, Powsumer is a consumer driven pricing site that is enticing to educated consumers everywhere. Powsumer brings together consumers into purchasing groups (“packs”) with social and web networks who demand the lowest price for things they want. Powsumer provides distributors, retailers, and manufacturers a conduit to sell at profitable margins.







IAN and Michelin launch farm to market incubator

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IAN and Michelin launch farm to market incubator
The challenge of moving food produce efficiently from farms to tables, reducing the current level of waste, creates many opportunities to invent and grow profitable businesses in India. IAN encourages entrepreneurs to come forward with ideas and …
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How Social Entrepreneurs Can Turn Small Ideas Into Big Impact
Everyone talks about cross-sector partnerships, but what does it really take to effectively solve global problems and have a viable business? As an entrepreneur, it can be daunting to figure out which partners can help you scale an idea to truly have …
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Comedian Carl Donnelly loves the silliness in his business
It doesn't really matter what the joke was about; suffice to say it involved shellfish and food poisoning. What he liked about it was … "I never knew what I wanted to do," he says, "but I always had ideas constantly going round my head." He had kept …
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Startup MonthlyExpress Sets Precedent: Selling Out Eleven Weeks After Launch

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New York, NY (PRWEB) January 21, 2014

MonthlyExpress is undoubtedly the newcomer to the saturated subscription startup market. But Co-Founders Travis and Tara Loring have been quick to set their new service apart from other contenders since their launch in November of 2013. With boutique, hard-to-find, and most notably – full sized – products within their curated monthly collections, the service is more of a monthly indulgence than a subscription sample service like its competitors. The luxury experience caters to modern women with hectic lives. For the Founders, this dedication to delivering what MonthlyExpress calls “me time” to their female demographic has paid off. Just eleven weeks after their launch, the startup has completely sold out of their January collection.

But now’s not the time to stop and revel, says Co-Founder and CEO Travis Loring. “Our work is constantly evolving [to] discover and bring new products to our members… this is only the beginning of our journey.”

The Founders – both advertising and marketing executives in a previous life – center much of their company around the concept of “delivering happiness,” an industry term first coined by Zappos CEO, Tony Hsieh. Products from around the world are hand-selected for consideration for one of their monthly collections, and undergo a vigorous screening process before they are approved for inclusion in the exclusive service. Customer service calls and emails are returned the same day, and always by the Founders themselves. All this effort, says Loring, is to “ensure that our members are as delighted as we are about the products we curate and the experience we provide. The level of experience we offer our members is – I’m confident – why women respond to our service.”

Loring and Loring also attribute much of this their early success to “simply following what [they] know” and “addressing a need that [they] experience[d] firsthand”. It appears women around the country would agree. Memberships are continuing to roll in despite several notes on their website that new members will only begin in February.

The startup has not been without its challenges. As with any startup, minimal capital was, and continues to be a concern. The Founders started the company with their own savings. MonthlyExpress is not venture-backed and currently has no plans to pitch for venture capital funding in the near future, but the Founders have stated that they are “evaluating all of [their] growth options.”

“We’re very much aware of the opportunities for expansion,” says Co-Founder and COO Tara Loring, “but what’s most important to us right now is continuing to deliver a luxury experience to our members that no other monthly service does. I’m confident that’s why we’ve had such tremendous response. So we’re going to keep on doing it.”

About MonthlyExpress

MonthlyExpress is a membership-based subscription service offering luxurious parcels of nourishing, boutique products, delivered monthly to your door. Members discover master-crafted, hard-to-find, and even limited-supply high-end products from shops and brands all over the globe with each shipment. MonthlyExpress is a way to savor replenishing moments of ME time, any time. These carefully curated and finely crafted collections also make for the perfect gifts for the haute hostess, an appreciated colleague, or a special lady. For more information or to sign up for a membership, visit MonthlyExpress online at http://www.monthlyexpress.com. They can be found on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/monthlyexpress and on Twitter at @MonthlyExpress.







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Art Center College of Design Partners With Caltech, Teams With Idealab to Launch First Design-Focused Incubator in Southern California

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(PRWEB) June 26, 2013

Pasadena, CA: Art Center College of Design and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) today announced the launch of The Design Accelerator, an incubator aimed at helping startups grow by merging great design, cutting-edge technology and business strategy to create innovation. The Accelerator initially will be housed within Idealab, which is well known for creating and operating pioneering companies in its own right.

“In today’s economy, artists and designers play a vital role as creative leaders and catalysts for innovation and change,” said Art Center President Lorne M. Buchman. “Integrating technology, design and business, The Design Accelerator creates an opportunity for Art Center and Caltech alumni to expand on what they learned as students and provides a stimulating space for their concepts to become viable businesses.”

The Accelerator is an integral part of Art Center’s 2011–2016 Strategic Plan. Understanding students’ concerns about employment prospects following graduation, The Accelerator fills a critical gap by giving students and alumni the opportunity to develop their concepts into sustainable and commercial ventures—a bridge between academic and professional life.

Fred Farina, Caltech’s chief innovation officer, adds, “We know that making connections across different areas fuels innovation, and that’s why we’re excited about this collaboration. The combination of our complementary but very different perspectives in a startup team promises powerful results.”

The Design Accelerator benefits from its prime location in Pasadena, Calif., which has become a hotbed of innovation and entrepreneurship with vibrant creative, technology and business communities, enriched by the presence of Art Center, Caltech, angel investors and venture capitalists.

“By virtue of their respective international leadership positions in design and technology, Art Center and Caltech are ideally positioned to establish a groundbreaking model with tremendous influence in the business and higher education sectors,” said Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard.

After an extensive application process, The Accelerator has selected promising early stage, design-driven technology companies from the Art Center and Caltech communities to participate in the intensive three-month program. During that period, the fledgling companies will be located in the Pasadena offices of Idealab, a technology-focused incubator.

Idealab CEO Bill Gross sits on the boards of both Art Center and Caltech and is thrilled to be part of their partnership. “Having started more than 100 companies,” Gross said, “Idealab is excited to help bring The Design Accelerator to life, further growing the Southern California startup community. We look forward to sharing with young entrepreneurs the lessons we’ve learned from 17 years of starting companies.”

Businesses are selected for The Accelerator based on their ability to demonstrate the value of human-centered design in support of advanced technologies, and the potential to disrupt the marketplace. Startups in the first class include a foldable electric bike company, a healthcare company focused on using 3D scanning and printing to provide custom-fit medical products and a web-based company that allows consumers to custom design their own household products.

Leading The Design Accelerator are co-founders Mark Breitenberg and Erik Hovanec. Breitenberg is the special assistant to the president of Art Center College of Design and was hired by President Buchman to develop the initiative. He was formerly the provost at California College of the Arts and was president of the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design until 2011. Hovanec has extensive startup experience. He has been the CEO of LeisureLink, Inc. and was an early executive at both Green Dot Corp. and GoTo.com/Overture Services, Inc. He also advises and is an investor in early stage companies in Los Angeles.

“Great design creates emotional bonds and a seamless experience between technology and users,” said Breitenberg. “Both startups and the venture community are beginning to recognize the competitive advantage that design brings to business.”

The Design Accelerator is the first among Southern California incubators to focus on design. According to Hovanec, “We are focused on using the power of great design to create market disruption, and we believe that markets reaward disruption. It’s the same phenomenon we see with Apple’s smart phones or Pinterest’s website.”

Teams in The Accelerator’s immersive environment will be provided with seed capital from a related investment fund, as well as professional mentorship in design and technology drawn from the world-class faculties of Art Center and Caltech. Mentors in marketing and business strategy from the local community have also joined the initiative. The companies will employ low-cost startup methods and have access to Art Center’s preeminent rapid prototyping and 3D modeling facilities. The goal by the end of the three-month term is that each startup will be positioned to raise larger rounds of funding from angel, strategic or venture capital investors.

The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) is a world-renowned science and engineering research and education institution, where extraordinary faculty and students seek answers to complex questions, discover new knowledge, lead innovation, and transform our future.

Caltech’s scientific, engineering, and technological contributions have earned national and international recognition, including the 32 Nobel Prizes awarded to its faculty and alumni. Caltech offers a rigorous science and engineering curriculum for approximately 1,000 undergraduates and 1,300 graduate students. Caltech’s 124-acre campus is located in Pasadena, California. The Institute also manages the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for NASA, and owns and operates large-scale research facilities such as its world-renowned seismological laboratory and a global network of astronomical observatories that includes the Palomar Observatory and the W. M. Keck Observatory. Caltech is an independent, privately supported university.

Art Center College of Design is a global leader in art and design education. Art Center offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in a wide variety of art and design disciplines, as well as public programs for all ages and levels of experience. Renowned for its ties to industry and professional rigor, Art Center is also the first design school to receive the United Nations’ Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) status, providing students with opportunities to create design-based solutions for humanitarian and nonprofit agencies around the world. During the College’s 80-year history, Art Center’s alumni have had a profound impact on popular culture, the way we live and important issues in our society.

The Design Accelerator and its seed-stage investment fund are for-profit entities created by Art Center College of Design in partnership with Caltech.

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Elevate Ventures Partners with Southwest Indiana Region Community Stakeholders to Launch Regional Entrepreneurship Action Plan

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Indianapolis, IN (PRWEB) July 12, 2013

Elevate Ventures, a private venture development organization that assists and invests in high-growth, high-potential early and second-stage companies, announced a partnership with key community stakeholders to launch the Elevate Ventures Regional Entrepreneurship Action Plan (REAP) in Southwest Indiana. The first phase, also known as Quick Start, will provide local entrepreneurial resources and access to the firm’s funds under management. Elevate Ventures manages over $ 80 million in funds through its 21st Century Research & Technology Fund, its Indiana Angel Network Fund, its Community Development Fund and its recently launched Diversity Fund.

The introduction of this program will make several vital resources available to the region’s entrepreneurial community, including investment capital for high-potential, high-growth companies, the local placement of Elevate Ventures Entrepreneurs-In-Residence, participation in a statewide investor network, and the offering of Economic Gardening services to local second-stage companies.

First launched in October 2011 in Northern Indiana, the REAP is a four-year program designed to stimulate economic activity and to facilitate the emergence and development of high-potential companies into high-performing businesses. Through the REAP, Elevate Ventures staff, in partnership with local business leaders, economic development organizations, and other local stakeholders, will provide assistance and capital to identified early-stage and second-stage companies that have the intent and capacity to grow their business.

“Through REAP, Elevate Ventures will provide a fast track for entrepreneurs in this region by offering key services such as business analysis, advisory services and resources to succeed long-term and help companies move past many of the initial challenges they might face,” stated Carl Chapman, Vectren Corporation’s President and CEO. “Our region has been steadily building a network of stakeholders and partners to provide the foundation for growth environments just as it has with many other regional initiatives; and, we are ready to launch REAP to provide momentum in helping the businesses located here to arrive at success sooner,” stated Becky Skillman, President of Radius Indiana.    Vectren Corporation and Radius Indiana are REAP funding stakeholders.

Bob Myer, an Evansville area resident, angel investor, and a director at Elevate Ventures, will be an acting Entrepreneur-in-Residence in the region. Elevate Ventures plans on hiring two additional Entrepreneurs-In-Residence.

The program offered by Elevate Ventures has had great success in the northern regions of Indiana, where it was first implemented. Results include an increase in the number of funding applications from the region, a greater number of companies obtaining funding from Elevate Ventures and private investors, and significant increases in employment and revenue growth for participants in the Economic Gardening program.

Among many stakeholders who are eager to see these services come to the region, few are more enthused than Greg Wathen, President & CEO of the Economic Development Coalition of Southwest Indiana.

“We are in a position to catalyze the resources already existing in the region,” said Wathen, when asked about the potential impact of the REAP. “Elevate Ventures and the services its team offers will help us do that. We’ve already had several years of traction, and this is one of those critical steps that could truly ignite unprecedented growth in our community. We’re very excited to see how this program will benefit Southwest Indiana businesses.”

For more information on the programs and services offered by Elevate Ventures, visit http://www.elevateventures.com. To apply for funding or services, visit http://www.elevateventures.com/apply.

About Elevate Ventures

Elevate Ventures is a private venture development organization that nurtures and develops emerging and existing high-potential businesses into high-performing, Indiana-based companies. Elevate Ventures accomplishes this by providing access to capital, rigorous business analysis and robust advisory services that connect companies with the right mix of resources businesses need to succeed long-term. As a not-for-profit organization, Elevate Ventures is able to offer unbiased, in-depth perspective and recommendations. To learn more about Elevate Ventures, its team and its funds under management, visit http://www.elevateventures.com.

About the Southwest Region REAP Stakeholders

Southwest Region stakeholders who provided funding to support the REAP include Bingham Greenbaum Doll LLP, City of Evansville, Economic Development Coalition of Southwest Indiana, Fifth Third Bank, Freedom Bank, German American Bancorp, Indiana Economic Development Corporation, Jasper Engines & Transmissions, Koch Enterprises, Memorial Hospital & Healthcare Center, Menke Charitable Foundation, Old National Bank, Radius Indiana, Regional Impact Fund, Ron Romain, Seufert Construction and Supply and Vectren Corporation.

Counties included in the Southwest Region REAP are Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Orange, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh and Warrick.







BusinessRadioX

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Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) December 06, 2013

On Wednesday, December 11, 2013, BusinessRadioX® welcomes to the studio the latest addition to its radio family, ATL Film Talk, hosted by Krista Berutti from our studio in Sandy Springs.

ATL Film Talk is a show spotlighting local film industry professionals and sponsors about their business and services, event, organization, or production. Berutti will lead an informative discussion with industry experts who share tips, tricks, and the process of different stages in a production. Listeners are encouraged to submit topics or guests they would like to hear on the show. Starting January 3, 2014, you can catch ATL Film Talk at its regular time of 11:30am on Fridays.

Atlanta and the state of Georgia have become a hub for filmmaking in recent years. The city and the state offer highly desirable financial incentives, location diversity, production resources and professional support to make any size production a possibility.

Berutti brings over ten years of sales, marketing, and management experience in various avenues of the film industry including recording studios, sound design/audio post-production companies, and working with individual artists. Berutti moved to Atlanta in 2008 to attend The Art Institute for Audio Production. In addition to her studies she also managed traffic for the school’s five studios, worked as a TA, and held the position of Vice Chair for the Audio Engineering Society Atlanta Student Chapter. Berutti currently works in the local indie film scene as a Supervising Sound Editor and as a music publisher [Capture Publishing] for film.

“Krista brings a unique perspective to the fast-growing world of filmmaking in Atlanta, and this show will be an excellent addition to our studio line-up,” said Stone Payton, co-founder of BusinessRadioX®.

Join us for this inaugural episode at 11:30am Eastern on Wednesday, December 11th, on ATL Film Talk.

About Business RadioX®:

BusinessRadioX® interviews dozens of innovative entrepreneurs and successful leaders each week. Its mission is to help local businesses Get The Word Out about the important work they’re doing for their market, their community, and their profession. With a pro-business slant and a long-form interview format, guests don’t have to worry about being ambushed or talking in “sound bites.” Guests have enough time to tell their whole story and to share their insights and experience without interruptions. BusinessRadioX® hosts are business professionals interviewing their peers, drilling down on the critical issues, and delivering practical information to an engaged business audience. Business topics that are frequently covered include: Law, Finance, Healthcare, Technology, Trade Shows, B2B Marketing, Venture Capital, Training and Development and other issues impacting the business community. For more information, visit: http://www.businessradiox.com.







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Business Consort – The Digital and Social Media Academy Launch New Professional Certificate in Digital and Social Media Marketing

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(PRWEB UK) 12 February 2013

Business Consort – The Digital and Social Media Academy launch new Professional Certificate in Digital and Social Media Marketing.

This newly available award has been developed to help busy professionals fast track knowledge and skills in digital and social media marketing in just one day.

Linkedin surveyed more than 7,100 professionals around the world and found that most professionals don’t want a new job, they want to learn new skills in the new year.

With this in mind it is important to ensure that those involved in promoting, marketing, generating leads and sales in the business have the right skills to harness the power of digital and social media marketing.

Business Consort already provides an array of Chartered Institute of Marketing Accredited Social Media and Digital Marketing Training Courses including the CAM Diploma in Digital Marketing.

They decided to bridge the gap between the shorter online and face to face social media courses they offer to the Diploma in Digital Marketing that requires coursework submission although no exams and takes 6 months to a year to complete.

The dynamic award will provide businesses with knowledge underpinning the principles of digital marketing and skills to undertake digital marketing planning in just one day through a face to face course in either Business Consort’s London or Manchster venues.

Digital marketing has evolved from a peripheral element of organisational marketing to one which is at the hub of customer-centric communications in an increasingly multi-channel environment.

The qualification will ensure businesses are equipped to deal with this shift and make the most of the new business opportunities on offer.

Delegates will have the opportunity to gain skills and knowledge to understand the fundamental planning concepts for an online organisation as well as key factors in implementation, measurement and evaluation of successful campaigns.

On completion of the one day course delegates will receive a certificate

The new qualification is designed for those wanting to work in marketing or marketing professionals who want to specialise knowledge & understanding of what digital marketing is & how it relates to the marketing industry & turn that knowledge into successful marketing strategies.

No matter the role in the company business people will benefit from gaining insight into today’s digital arena.

Business Consort – The Digital and Social Media Academy have trained some of the world’s largest Global brands across most industries.

This innovative digital and social media academy specialise in consumer and business-to-business social media and digital marketing campaigns.

They offer topics such as Social Media Training including Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, other networks such as Pinterest, Google, Youtube and Stumbleupon, Email Marketing, Blogging, QR codes, Mobile Websites and SEO (search engine optimisation).

Businesses can attend social media online training courses all over the world as well as face to face courses in our Manchester and London locations.

For full details of the social media training courses we offer visit http://www.thesocialmediaacademy.org







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