Showing posts with label Denver. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Denver. Show all posts

Monday, December 5, 2016

Holiday Gifts. Meet, and Substantial Referral Opportunities

​​Good Afternoon Fellow Collaborators!

GIFTS

​​Please share our Startup Steps with aspiring startups and expansions - will save them years and fortunes:  StartupSteps.ProsperSystems.biz

The Steps page includes an offer for a FREE 2-page Overview analysis - suggested format and important CONTENT at MissionMarketMGTMoney.pskhj.com

There's a more-detailed outline at our Startups 2.0™ Course Proposal, which we are happy to do the 4-hour version for a 5-person group or a college-level class at no charge, IF arranged before Jan 15th.

The first of these Steps are detailed in our Articles on Linkedin and our Blog - again complimentary.

We'll also discount our main, Subscription Consulting Service 20% through January 15th 

There's a highly-useful discovery in the NOTE above the routes below.


MEET, VISIT or REFER (for substantial compensation):  Prosper Systems' Trip Dec 15-24, Littleton (Denver) CO to/around Sedona AZ

SEDONA PINES RESORT WITH Route MapsWHO:  Kenton Johnson, Founding Member Prosper Systems, and Companion.
  Connected to us$Bln Buyersus$50mm Funders and us$100mm Lenders

WHEN:
  • "On the road" – Thursday Dec 15th through Friday afternoon Dec 16th – see routes below
  • In and around Sedona – Friday afternoon Dec 16th through Friday morning Dec 23rd.
  • "On the road again" – Friday morning Dec 23rd through Saturday afternoon Dec 24th
WHERE:  Sedona AZ, with side trips to areas in Northern Arizona, as well as the travel between there and Littleton (Denver) CO – see routes below

WHY:  Meet and Visit you or your Collaborators, Projects and Referrals.   Who do YOU Know?":
  • Projects and their Owners
  • Buyers and Investors
  • Intermediaries, Consultants, and other Collaborators
  • Real Estate, Business, Commodities and Private-Placement Securities Brokers
  • Attorneys, Referrers and Representatives
  • Other Collaborative Venturers
  • Projects – in Development or for Sale – Refer with introductory Information and NDAs:
    • Rare Assets – Art, Cars, Boats – us$10mm++
    • Businesses – High-Tech – growing to us$30mm++ Annual Net Profits
    • Turnkey Income Properties – Hotels, Apartment Complexes, Malls, Office Buildings, Industrial Parks, growing to us$10mm++ Net Operating Income
    • Energy Fields – Oil, Gas, Shale, Wind, Solar, Geothermal, with us$1bln++ in-ground assets
    • Oil or Gas – up to 50% of volume at set price for 1-5 years – us$50mm+
    • Mines – Gold, Silver, PGM, Other Metals, Coal, Uranium, Gravel, Other Minerals, with us$1bln++ in-ground assets
    • See Full list of Buying And Selling Interests

SCHEDULE ASAP:  Email us for a meeting or showing. We'll have a web-enabled laptop, tablet and phone for last-minute scheduling or changes, and signing NDAs and viewing maps.

VISIT US:  We'll be at Sedona Pines Resort, 6701 Arizona Hwy 89A, Sedona, AZ 86336, with Swimming Pool, Spa, BBQ Grills, Full Kitchen and a pull out queen bed for overnight guests.

MORE INFORMATION on Prosper Systems LLC:
MAPS:  Meet/Visit Opportunities while traveling to/from, Dec 15-16 or Dec 23-24, and in Sedona, Dec 16-23. Final routes determined by appointments

NOTE:  You can see your Google Contacts (with addresses) on Google Maps ON YOUR MOBILE DEVICES, WHEN NOT ROUTING,
then call/email them to arrange a connection.
In the Google Maps App, click Settings > Personal Content > Google Contacts (turn on)
Via Grand Junction CO
Via Durango CO
Via Albuquerque NM
While in Sedona

SEE YOU or your REFERRALS ... SOON ... Happy Holidays!

Latest version stored at NextTrip.ProsperSystems.biz

PROSPER SYSTEMS, LLC (.biz)  •  Kenton H Johnson (.com), Founding Member
LinkedIn  •  LinkedIn Company Page  •  Google+  •  Twitter  •  Facebook  •  Meetup
USA 302-Kenton-J - GoogleVoice 302-536-8665; transcribed voice messages and text; forwards to mobile and GoogleTalk

Sunday, October 30, 2016

Plz Refer or Participate: StartUp Info, Commercial / Residential Properties, Financing, Books, LinkedIn


ADD US TO YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT LIST

Fellow Collaborators:  This is our 1-2x Monthly Announcement Post. SCAN HEADINGS for just what YOU want ...

STRONG REFERRAL/CO-BROKERING INCOME

Refer this post to earn 2% to 20% of my income depending on info provided and your efforts.  Brokering can yield the same income as me.  Some deals can be $200M+ and yield up to 5% income (do the arithmatic):  Referralincome.ProsperSystems.biz for details and BROKER OPTION

STARTUPS  

  • Submit your 2-pg Overview for COMPLIMENTARY review and feedback.  The CONTENT at mmMM.pskhj.com is what's important.

  • Denver Metro Startups 2.0 Meetup is on First Mondays, 4-5:30+, conveniently at TheCommons.co next to the Denver Convention Center Station:  Startups2.0-Meetup.pskhj.com - it IS possible to connect REMOTELY

  • See latest articles on StartupSteps.pskhj.com at Blog.ProsperSystems.biz, and Startups2.0-Course.pskhj.com for schools and companies.

COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES  

  • Looking for a Gold Buyer for the many gold opportunities we are offered

  • Want us$10mm+ rare assets, us$50mm+ O&G, and us$100mm+ income-producing real estate and businesses:  BuyingAndSellingInterests.ProsperSystems.biz

RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES  

  • Want Residential Rentals and Rehabs, and Financing:  see SalesInterests-Small.ProsperSystems.biz

FINANCING

  • Lenders are very important for Property purchases and Smart Startups.  Always looking for additional Resources.  Please use UPDATED LenderCriteria.ProsperSystems.biz format see available Lenders.ProsperSystems.biz

  • Always looking for superior funding for startups in the high-tech, real estate and natural resources spaces.  What types of businesses, stage and funding amounts do you like?  Please use our UPDATED FunderCriteria.ProsperSystems.biz format and see available Funders.ProsperSystems.biz

BOOKS

  • Highly recommend Michael Gerber's classic "E-Myth" BOOKS: "Revisited," or any of the industry-specific versions.  His focus on BUSINESS FIRST is a business life-saver:  Google.com/webhp?#q=Gerber+The+E-Myth 


LINKEDIN

  • If we haven't connected on LinkedIn already, please click the LinkedIn link below, then send an Invite.


Have a great November!

Thank you very much, Kenton 303-770-4022
Startups 2.0™ Meetup (Pro Bono Work, 4pm Mondays:  main, 1st; work session, 3rd)

Sunday, May 22, 2016

Make Your “Startup Ready to Launch!” Parts One & Two

Posted first here, then LinkedInGoogle+Twitteretc.

Preparing Rocket for Launch
Courtesy of US NASA
“When telescopes work [bringing an entrepreneur’s future closer to change the world], the world is full of stars.  When they don’t, everyone whips out their microscopes  [and focuses on the details and flaws],” says Guy Kawasaki in his first The Art of the Start.  “The reality is that you need both microscopes and telescopes to achieve success, [and the key] is to survive the microscope tasks while bringing the future closer.”
As part of the microscope tasks, Entrepreneurs need to set up their business with the following, via attorneys, accountants, government resources, academic and community education, online courses and the many books.
Then you can “Rocket Your Ready-to-Launch Startup” using something like our Startup 2.0™ Steps.

Start with a draft Overview using the content in our Mission, Market, Management and Money™ 2-pager.

 Mission – one paragraph – there are many definitions – pick one or use the following that makes up your 1-minute power pitch.

  • Problem – that needs solving.
  • Solution – yours that is unique and powerful (such as reduce marketing cost and time by 30% each).
  • Purpose – motivating to you, associates and partners.

 Market – in which your solution can make a difference – another paragraph (examples)

  • Target Demographics– type of business (commercial real estate brokerage); revenue range (10mm+); number of workers, if revenue doesn't define well enough (40+); typical expenses as a percentage of revenue (80%, according to Forbes); length of time in business (3+ years); growth rate (5%+).
  • Size – number or monetary magnitude (15,000).
  • Penetration – expected – percent or monetary magnitude (10%).
  • See Library and Paid Market Databases.

 Management – make a “deep bench” that is strong enough to adjust to a changing market and attract people and financial resources – show off the resumes, pictures and links to online profiles such as on LinkedIn.

  • Founders and CxO's – ask for full dedication in hours available; Founders generally earn a bill-paying salary and a percentage of profits via their equity; offer CxOs a percentage equivalent to $200K-$500K in 5th year – more if bring money or IP to the table.
  • Board of Directors – ask only 2-4 hours per month; offer a percentage equivalent to $60-100K in 5th year.
  • Advisors – few or no meetings; ask for only an hour or two a month; offer a percentage equivalent to $30K in 5th year.

 Money – Current or Projected – 3-5 years.

  • Expenses – be as certain as possible; indicates how much you really know about your business; show contingency planning – even a restart.
  • Income – reasonable estimates – 20%+/-; make sure exceeds expenses and soon; work backwards from Income to determine lead population.
  • Net Income – straight math – don't advertise publicly in conjunction with an investment amount and percentage received (to avoid SEC complications); don't make ROI claims publicly – provide the data and let financiers figure their own ROI.

Show Use of Funds

 Investors of all kinds – time, connections, equity, debt and delayed payment – want to know
 Show how each tranche will be distributed
 Be as certain as possible

Establish your Incorporation type – Sole, Partnership, LLC, S-Corp, C-Corp

 LLCs are a good place to start
 An LLC can become a full C-Corp

Determine your starting Location – virtual, home, office, facility

 Home is a great choice

 Many work spaces are springing up at reasonable rates
 Check unused office or warehouse space
 Establish a legal address besides your home or a PO Box
  • Forward ALL your mail – to home or wherever you are in the world
  • The Post Office is not forwarding financial- type mail – or what looks like it 

Part Two

According to consultant John Mullins, in his book, The Customer-Funded Business, only 1% of US startups receive equity funding, and it is worse in other countries.

Why?  Most likely, the other 99% of entrepreneurs did not set up their business well then learn to “Rocket [their] Ready-to-Launch Startup” using something like our Startup 2.0™ Steps.


Make sure your Patents are submitted



Licenses and Licensing

 Obtain your Business Licenses

  • Be registered properly
  • In-Home zoning restrictions could be an issue if too much traffic, employees, noxious chemicals or noise
 Obtain all other Licenses that you will need
 Think seriously about Licensing your IP if it is the majority of your startup, since:
  • Inventions will generally net about 20% of the profit – when up to speed
  • Allows you to invent, license then move on to the next invention

Decide on and begin to use your Bookkeeping method and Software

 Start out with something that’s transferable to other systems
 Software allows quick Profit/Loss Statements and other Financials
 Need to be very current – not more than 30 days – for banks and many other financiers


Select and start using your Professionals

 Attorney
 Accountant
 Bookkeeper – find through Accountant
 Consultants
 Coach


Initial Funding will show other sources how you’re managing the money

 Credit Cards
 LOC
 2nd Mortgage(s)
 Friends & Family
 Suppliers
 Customers
 Associates
 Convertible Notes
 Seed Capital


Join Professional Groups

 LinkedIn
 Meetup
 Clubs
 Chamber(s)


Here are some more Resources for set up

 Gale Courses – online and free at many libraries
 Guy Kawasaki’s The Art of the Start books
 City, State, SBA, SCORE, some Chambers – though schedule may not be frequent enough, sometimes retreaded information from last Century; no consistent plan; and worth about what’s paid
 More of this information is available by contacting us

More to come on the Startup 2.0™ Steps

Feedback and suggestions are always appreciated here, by message or email.

Thank you very much, Kenton, USA 302KentonJ

LinkedIn • BRIEF • TEAM & Aggregate Resume • Startups 2.0™ Meetup (Denver, 4pm Mondays:  main, 1st; work session, 3rd)

Friday, March 11, 2016

New Downtown Denver Meetup - Apr 4th, 4-5pm + networking up to 6pm - Rocket your Ready-to-Launch Startup

Updates in Italics

Metro-Denver Founders (and remote Associates):

Please join us at our 1st downtown-Denver Startups 2.0™ MeetUp (in person or online):


• Apr 4th, 4-5 pm + networking up to 6 pm
• StartUps-2.0-MeetUp.pskhj.com
Courtesy of WikiPedia
• "Rocket your Ready-to-Launch Startup"

• Very Hi-Tech Oblong Mezzanine Conference Room
• The (11-month-old) COMMONS on Champa
• 1245 Champa St, Denver CO 80202
• Between DCPA and the Convention Center

• JOIN, participate / stay informed, PROSPER!  (Waitlisting now - 2 spots may open soon.)

​​• Monthly on 1st Mondays
• More on The Commons:  YouTu.be/zERWBoRvdrg
​​
Recent presentation (in the same Conference Room set):  Startups2.0-Video.pskhj.com


Thank you very much, Kenton, USA 302KentonJ LinkedIn • BRIEF • TEAM & Aggregate Resume • Startups 2.0™ Meetup (Denver, 4pm Mondays:  main, 1st; work session, 3rd)

Friday, February 12, 2016

Denver-Area Invitation: Startup (Education) Fest, ​1245 Champa, Weds Feb 17, several sessions 9:45 to ​5:00 for Auraria, Regis and DU staff and students


​Added My Presentation- 

YouTube Video of opening 5 minutes


Just received confirmation with announcement updates, that I can invite you to: 

UNIVERSITY STARTUP FEST

​For Staff and Students at ​Auraria, Regis and DU
& INVITED GUESTS

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Official presentation hours: 9:45 to ​5:00

AGENDA
​ for THE COMMONS on CHAMPA
1245 Champa St
​, Denver - next to Light Rail Convention Center / DCPA Station​

See other venues at ​bit.ly/1o7FOfB​​


Come network, mentor, educate and participate:

09:45 am-10:45 am
1245 Champa St. Conference Room 2
RMMFI: Exploring Business Ownership
by Aaron Witzke

11:30 am – 1:00 pm
1245 Champa St. Conference Room 2
Colorado Crowdfunding: Product PreSale Crowdfunding –The Work BEFORE the Launch by Rita Crompton
​<May have to call in your registration until COMMONS site is set up:  (720) 484-5400 > ​​​
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
1245 Champa St. Conference Room 2
Prosper Systems: Startups 2.0™ Rocket your Ready-to-Launch Startup
Kenton Johnson, a 37-year, seven-business consulting veteran who's guided more than 10,000 business clients, students and international readers, will point out the critical elements to successfully launch a business that are often missed by advisors, incubators, books and mainstream media.  Based on CCCCsteps.prospersystems.biz

3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
1245 Champa St.
Event Room
Keynote Entrepreneur Panel

4:15 pm - 5:00 pm
1245 Champa St.
Commons on Champa Networking Event
​    Just show up ​ - I'll probably hang out until 5:30 or 6:00​


Thank you very much, Kenton, USA 302KentonJ LinkedIn • BRIEF • TEAM & Aggregate Resume • Startups 2.0™ Meetup (Denver, 4pm Mondays:  main, 1st; work session, 3rd)

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Sunday, January 31, 2016

Opportunities - Colorado Water Devel, Ecuador Oil Contract JV, Oil to Turkey, O&G Production Buyer, Large Project/Asset Buyer - Financial​​ Partners / Referrals Appreciated


Also at our 
Group.prospersystems.biz 

Hello Fellow Collaborators:  Opportunities growing already this year.  Join in as referrer, direct or participant.


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FINANCING PROJECTS 

We are consulting with clients to find them equity, debt, cash flow and other kinds of funding, per FundingSteps.ProsperSystems.biz  


​​
Colorado Municipal Water-Treatment Plant Development

Denver-Area, veteran business owner, geologist and developer, leads a stellar team to source, secure and treat water in high-demand regions, contracted with Colorado municipalities then beyond.  
SEEKS:  us$6.9mm, equity and debt, for two projects - $2.9mm and $4mm


​​
Ecuadorian Oil Contract

Two seasoned, global players facilitating a JV with a 120,000 BOPD operator in Ecuador for a us$1Bn deal.
SEEKS:  us$500mm JV-Equity Partner


​​
BROKERING PROJECTS


​​
Oil to Turkish Port

NYSE-listed company refines in excess if 2.5 billion per year.  
SEEKS:  Strong Seller to deliver 1mm BBL per month to Turshish Port


LARGE PROJECTS / ASSETS WANTED

SEEK:  Qualifying Sellers, us$10M to $200mm++

Which includes O&G Production Purchaser

Long-Time US-based organization buying 20-49% of oil production, per BuyerOGproduction.prospersystems.biz 
       SEEK:  US/Canadian Oil and Gas Operations with at least 1,000 BOEPD



UPCOMING PROJECTS (in final negotiations)


​​
Texas Oil Operations 

Well-seasoned organization acquiring us$93mm in Producing Oil Operations.
SEEKS:  80% LTV loan on intial, us$18mm property.​​
Will discuss structure for additional properties. 



SOURCES
If you are, or have a financial source, please contact me immediately.  WE'LL WORK ON:

  • FunderCriteria.prospersystems.biz on equity providers which will be added to Funders.prospersystems.biz


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REFERRALS - see Referralincome.prospersystems.biz


Thank you very much, Kenton, USA 302KentonJ LinkedIn • BRIEF • TEAM & Aggregate Resume • Startups 2.0™ Meetup (Denver, 4pm Mondays:  main, 1st; work session, 3rd)


"We have major funding and purchasing resources available for quick turnaround on ready-to-go projects ... for clients."

Monday, January 13, 2014

PREDICTIONS - PRESENT and PAST

Happy New Year!  I've been told that I see 2-5 years into the future when it comes to business, technology and social movement ... on the bleeding edge ... what do you think ... have any additions?     (Latest version at Predictions.KentonHJohnson.com.)

2013 Predictions:

·   Google forcing users to join Google+ to obtain certain Google services will create a backlash. (May 2013) - confirmed (2014)
·   Bookstores become search, sale, delivery and review centers for new, used, specialized and rare print and electronic books and periodicals, guiding boomers and other technically-challenged customers, as well as offering other media-related services and products (mid 2013)
·   Professionally-shot CD/DVDs for museums, zoos, tourist attractions with profitable traffic – to raise money and create high-quality memories/documentation (Sep 2013)
·   Surround, four-wall video centers for like-you-are-there travel, events, meetings, sales showings (Oct 2013)
 Past Predictions:

·   Future urban traffic signals will be like the computerized San Jose Traffic Control Project (SJTCP, 1967), with detector reliability a major problem - detector reliability still a problem (1988) but many coming to fruition (2000's)
·   Use Operations Research techniques to optimize vehicle routing (1971) - confirmed (1975)
·   Computer use for lab assignment computations (San Jose State University, 1968) – witnessed general use at University of Colorado (1976)
·   Personal Rapid Transit (PRT- paper on Santa Clara County CA transportation, 1971) – Denver Metro's RTD created a plan for PRT system (1972) and residents voted for a sales tax of 1/2% over the six counties … 80% were earmarked for PRT construction (1973) … unfortunately scrapped (probably as internally planned) - Growth (1975)
·   Multi-type-criteria decision analysis (thesis, 1970-1973)
·   First Colorado chapter of Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group for Scientific Computing(SIGSCI, 1977)
·   Adapting modified cricket bowling for baseball pitching (Littleton youth league, 1977) - not adopted, but research on thedangers of baseball-type pitching, especially for youth, has come out this Century strongly in favor of alternatives.
·   PCs for engineering firms (3 years before IBM's PCCCC 1978; international newsletter, ECAN 1979)
·   True cost of PCs – 8-10% of hardware cost per month (ECAN, 1980) – well-documented by Intel (2010)
·   Understanding (via familiar calculators) and buying PCs (seminars, books, articles, 1981)
·   Using spreadsheets (VisiCalcLotus then Excel) for contact databases and heavy computing applications, as well as sell personal computers - engineeering clients loved the control and power (ECAN, 1979-) - confirmed for databases(1983), heavy computing applications (1983), and selling PCs (1983)
·   Tablet-sized laptops will be popular for speeches, remote reporting via telephone modem as well as general applications (started using TRS-100, $1200, 1983) - confirmed (1986)
·   Geeks (vs jocks) rule the free world (lectures, 1985) - confirmed (1998)
·   Software marketing via limited trial version (QuickSurf, disks, 1986)
·   CrowdFunding for start-up capital (raised $1200 in 2 weeks, in $50, 6-month loans, for business colloquium/networking event, 1992) - pre-cursor to Fund Busting (1995) and KickStarter (2009)
·   Mini-resume index card for large networking events (Income Builders Int'l, 1992) - appeared in volume (2000)
·   Need for self-esteem reinforcement AV for children - (teamed with experts Lee Poulos and Jack Canfield to help develop and promote, 1993) - appeared later in the decade and beyond (1996)
·   Licensed-registered-certified-referral-only wellness network to reduce healthcare costs and improve/save lives (CompWellness:  books, 1996; helping bi-partisan Colorado Alternative Medicine bill pass, 1997; holistic first aid for Y2K, 1998; 24/7 800 hotline to ensure holistic care availability, 1998; first national, professional website, 1999) - confirmed and emulated (2000-)
·   Google beating Yahoo (1998) - confirmed (2005)
·   Content-based search engine optimization (Google Rank 0 to 4 in 12 months, CompWellness.net, 2000)
·   Scalable webpages (work on several-sized screens and devices; CompWellness.net and personal/client webpages, 2000) - strongly confirmed (2002)
·   Personal domain names for resume, permanent email address and web presence (KentonJohnson.com, 2000) - confirmed(2002)
·   Online brochures that are faxable and printable on letter paper or 2-sided cards (SitesCW.KentonHJohnson.com andExperience.KentonHJohnson.com, 2000) - confirmed (2006)
·   Computer / mobile skills necessary to survive in business or as skilled worker (2000) - confirmed (2003)
·   Holistic homecare for the elderly to extend enjoyable life and greatly reduce costs (mother and CompWellness team, 2004) -confirmed (2008)
·   Executive collaborative networking versus selling each other's connections (Collaborator.PSKHJ.com, 2004) - confirmed(2006)
·   Web 2.0 marketing (Great Offer, Get Information Today, Market-Market-Market gently - 9:1 info:promo ratio) for the everyman (GOgitMMM™ Report, 2005) - confirmed (2007)
·   Abundant use of free sub-domains to organize and enter websites for 100s of pages of authored or referenced webpages (PersonalLinks.KentonHJohnson.com, 2005) - confirmed (2007)
·   Residential real estate bubble crash (divested all holdings, 2006) - confirmed (2008)
·   Continuously-running pictures - personal, business, stock - as screen savers on all computers in normal surroundings to stimulate memory and brain integration (for mother and family, 2004) - confirmed (2007)
·   Currency trading government interference (FxBetter.biz, 2007) - confirmed (2009)
·   ObamaCare will be shoved through Congress with little attention to healthcare, wellness, prevention or the people it was supposedly protecting (late 2008) - confirmed (2013)
·   Computer-web-mobile-cloud integration (ConsultComm.PSKHJ.com, 2008; in full play on ITCapabilities-2D21C.ProsperSystems.biz, 2012)
·   Consulting for equity - Consultant, Advisor, Director or Management Team for startups or operating companies (Collaboration.ProsperSystems.biz, 2009) - confirmed (2011)
·   Eco-friendly mineral processing will dominate future mining (nanotechnologies, 2010) - confirmed (2013)
·   7" tablet preference to 8-10" (fits inside jacket pockets better - usually only 5" wide - 2010) - 7" popularity exceeds 10" (late 2013) - jury out on 7" vs 8"
·   Collaboration is the key to success for this decade (Blog.ProsperSystems.biz - Collaboration Network, 2011) – appearing more and more in business media, including Huffington Post (2013)
·   Nouveau, highly-graphic resumes (evolving KentonHJohnson.com. 2005; corporate online Resume.ProsperSystems.biz, 2013) - confirmed (2011)
USA 302KentonJ - GoogleVoice: 302-536-8665; transcribed voice messages and text; forwards to mobile and GoogleTalk
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