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almma.AI
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Product or Service Description
At almma, we are revolutionizing the world of AI by making it accessible and user-friendly for everyone. We are the first AI marketplace™, dedicated to cataloging and explaining AI agents, AI applications, and AI tools. Our mission is to disseminate access to AI, allowing billions to live more productive lives.

Our Vision: If we don’t build AI to make our lives better, the only AI created may only make our lives worse.

Our Mission: Disseminate access to AI, allowing billions to live more productive lives.
Make AI accessible and user-friendly, ensuring innovation is within reach for everyone, regardless of background or expertise.
Through innovative technology solutions, empowering corporate culture, and a dedication to ethical AI development, we will create a world where AI is a force for good, enhancing the human experience and driving positive change.

What We Offer:
📚 Curated AI Catalog: Explore over 6,000 AI agents for all your needs.
🛠️ Build Once, Sell Thousands: For AI creators, almma is your platform for global reach.
🌐 Stay Informed: Discover the latest AI trends and insights to stay ahead.
Join us on this exciting journey toward a future where AI serves as a powerful force for good. Together, we'll redefine what's possible. #AIforGood

Benefits for WBCs
Capable Almma is a comprehensive platform tailored to enable entrepreneurs to initiate their business ventures swiftly, explore and secure their position in the market, and expand their operations efficiently.

In alignment with our mission to disseminate access to AI, we collaborate with the Women’s Business Centers to bolster them nationwide, fostering growth and innovation within the entrepreneurial community.
Organization Name
almma.AI
Point of Contact
https://almma.ai/almma-benefits-for-awbc-members/?ref=awbc&utm_source=awbc
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Did you know over $4 billion in federal research and development (R&D) funding each year supports innovative entrepreneurs building out high-risk, next generation technologies? America’s Seed Fund has become an important resource for a wide range of startups, researchers, and innovators working on big ideas but lacking access to capital.

Background- America’s Seed Fund, better known to some as the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, has been around for almost 40 years. The programs span 11 federal agencies with significant external R&D budgets, a percentage of which provides early stage funding to roughly 5,000 small businesses a year.

The two programs are coordinated by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), who is charged with helping small businesses start and grow. SBA’s Office of Innovation and Technology sets the guiding policy across the SBIR/STTR agencies, provides training and outreach, and most notably, funds and supports organizations within the innovation ecosystem to build the SBIR/STTR pipeline. Potential applicants benefit from specialized assistance and mentoring, and we work with a variety of entities to ensure access regardless of geography.

How Does it Work - SBIR/STTR funding is designed to explore new, innovative ideas, not products currently ready to go to market. The programs provide rather broad opportunities for small businesses to access capital when they are not a fit for investment or financing due to the early nature of their technologies. The two programs have the same base structure and goals with a fundamental difference in eligibility, as the STTR program requires a specific level of participation from a nonprofit research institution. Both programs allow small businesses to compete for cash awards in a wide range of technology areas: from space exploration to biomedical products, advanced robotics to ag-tech, energy to artificial intelligence, national security, and more. Some of the big names (that started out small in the program) include Qualcomm, Symantec, 23&Me, iRobot, and Ilumina.

Why are we reaching out to WBCs
- Goal of the programs to increase participation from women and minority entrepreneurs
- Women’s Study: https://www.nwbc.gov/2020/08/12/womens-inclusion-in-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-technology-transfer-programs/

What can SBA provide?
- Training and funding for SBIR support organizations: www.sbir.gov/support-organizations
Organization Name
U.S. Small Business Administration
Point of Contact
technology@sba.gov
BrainTrust/WBC Vault
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Product or Service Description
Vault is non-facilitated peer-to-peer learning for women entrepreneurs who are committed to growing their annual revenue to $1M or more. BrainTrust trains and onboards your clients, teaching our processes and procedures. Though there is no curriculum per se, our semi-rigid protocol and pre-set agendas ensure that each Vault member can dramatically shorten their learning curve, growing bigger and faster than they could ever do on their own. Importantly, there is no "end" to the Vault process - it keeps the women engaged as WBC Vault members for years to come. Vault then becomes a high-value, low expense offering, providing the glue...the stickiness that will keep your Center as the undisputed hub for women entrepreneurs in your community, year after year.

Does it work? Nationally, less than 2% of women-owned businesses ever reach $1M in revenue. But in their first year, almost 6% of Vault members made it to that critical point! And during 2020, even during a pandemic, not a single Vault member lost their business! In fact, most prospered… and if you ask them why, they’ll gleefully tell you it was their Vault.
Phone
615.214.9033
Address
1258 Martin Street
Nashville, TN
37203
Organization Name
BrainTrust, LLC
Point of Contact
Sherry Deutschmann
Business Advisory System
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GrowthWheel® is a Business Advisory System used by small business advisors from around the world to help entrepreneurs grow their businesses.
We offer a business advisory Training Program, a ready-to-use Business Tool Library, and an Online Platform to collaborate with clients.

The tools help advisors and business owners focus on what matters most through a 360° view of the company.

GrowthWheel was founded in 2005 on the idea that there had to be an alternative to the conventional business plan, a better way to support the conversations that all companies have about starting and growing their business.

Today, GrowthWheel is used by more than 4,300+ business advisors, incubator managers, and entrepreneurship educators in 49 US states and 69 countries around the world.
Phone
+1 646 918 1809
Address
577 Reagan Road
Bovina Center, NY
13740
Organization Name
GrowthWheel
Point of Contact
David Madie – david@growthwheel.com
Center Dynamics – Center IC
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Center IC is a client and event management system that brings the power of your data to your directors, management consultants and administrative staff. Center IC allows users to manage clients and counseling sessions, training events and attendees, event participation, customer appointments, mailing lists, and impact & performance metrics in an easy-to-use web interface.

Center IC can ensure that records meet SBA requirements, and can also be set to surpass those requirements. Center IC is fully compatible with the SBA's NEXUS (formerly EDMIS) management system. It features a live 'NEXUS Snapshot' that lets you see what SBA will see (using their formulas), even before you export.

Center IC features a sophisticated reporting engine that allows staff to create dynamic reports. These scheduled reports can automatically run and e-mail themselves to pre-selected recipients. Set it up once and let IC do all the work for you. From client impact to counselor goals to center performance, IC delivers myriad report capabilities.

The Center Dynamics Center IC system was designed by a business counselor and a data impact coordinator. This team created a better way to collect, monitor and report client data. They have experience doing what you do. They know how much you want a system that is easy to use but also provides the information and results you need to have a successful program. We use our software to track our own clients, which in turn helps us create and improve a superior product. We listen to our customers and we use their feedback and suggestions to continually improve.

If you are looking at other options for your CRM system, we would enjoy meeting with you and giving you a tour of our system. We offer assistance with your data conversion, system setup and new staff training.
Phone
844-890-4976
Address
3010 Manning Dr
Marietta GA
30062
Organization Name
Center Dynamics USA, LLC
Point of Contact
Nancy McLain
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Are you looking for an all-in-one solution to take your entrepreneurship program to the next level? Look no further than the Centro Community Partners Entrepreneurship Suite!
Our Entrepreneurship Suite, or E-Suite, is an innovative all-in-one entrepreneurship training methodology that provides a collection of training, technical assistance, curriculum, and resources tailored for organizations that lead, want to launch, or improve their entrepreneurship programs to support their community.
Benefits of Becoming an E-Suite Partner:
- Cost Efficiency of Providing Entrepreneurship Training to Entrepreneurs
- Easy-to-Use Mobile Business Planning App
- Business Plan - Resources
- Funding
- Access to our Workbooks, Resources, Guides, and Curriculum
- 5-days a week Customer Support
- Technical Assistance
- Customizable Training
- Become a Centro Certified Trainer
- * Ask us about having a certified Centro Trainer host and facilitate a workshop for your
community at no additional cost! We look forward to hearing from you soon!
Phone
(510) 556-4249
Organization Name
Centro Community Partners
Point of Contact
Vernisha Williams
Comprehensive Grant Solutions
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Listing Category
Product or Service Description
At Ascend Nonprofit & Business Solutions (NBS) LLC, we offer a range of services designed to help nonprofits, government entities, educational institutions, and businesses enhance their grant strategies and secure essential funding. Our services include:

• Grant Research: Identifying relevant funding opportunities that align with your organization's goals.
• Grant Writing: Crafting compelling and persuasive grant proposals to increase your chances of securing funding.
• Grant Training and Coaching: Empowering both your team and the clients you serve with the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in grant writing and management.
• Grant Management and Compliance: Ensuring adherence to grantor requirements through effective management and compliance strategies.
• Grant Readiness Assessments: Evaluating your organization's preparedness for applying for and managing grants.
Phone
210-610-2440
Address
13322 Sage Heights Dr. San Antonio TX
78230
Organization Name
Ascend Nonprofit & Business Solutions (NBS)
Point of Contact
Arlene Siller
DreamBuilder The Women’s Business Creator
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DreamBuilder is a free online learning program developed for women who want to start or grow their own small business. Available in English and Spanish.
Dreambuilder shows the step-by-step framework for launching or own a small business. Best for entrepreneurs ready to start their own business, or those who already own a business and want to develop their skills in a variety of areas, or are in various stages of exploring growth.
Understanding that investing in women’s full economic participation helps to create healthier, more stable communities, the company committed to developing a groundbreaking training program to form women entrepreneurs.

Freeport-McMoRan partnered with Thunderbird School of Global Management, a world leader in international management education, to create a top-notch curriculum for DreamBuilder that would teach women the fundamentals for owning their own business. They also partnered with Bluedrop Performance Learning to take the curriculum and develop an innovative and engaging online program.

Today, DreamBuilder offers business education and training to thousands of women all over the world.
Phone
4802436472
Address
400 E Van Buren St, Phoenix, AZ 85004
85004
Organization Name
Thunderbird School of Global Management
Point of Contact
Dinora Gonzalez
Grow with Google Partner Program
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Product or Service Description
Grow with Google helps people across the United States gain digital skills to grow their careers and businesses. The Grow with Google Partner Program provides nonprofits with access to free resources, workshop materials, and hands-on help to enable them to teach digital skills trainings in their communities. Visit g.co/grow/awbc to learn more.
Organization Name
Grow with Google
Point of Contact
gwgpartners@google.com
Hello Alice – small business grants, guides, and events
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Product or Service Description
Hello Alice enables business for all, connecting people of color, women, veterans, and everyone with an entrepreneurial spirit with relevant capital, networks, and tools to grow. We deploy grants of $10k+ to small business owners across the country, provide hundreds of online guides on topics ranging from choosing the right business structure to writing a business plan, and host events with experts who can share insights like growing a small business.
Organization Name
Hello Alice
Point of Contact
Sophia Zisook, Director of Organizational Partnerships
IBISWorld Industry Research
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Product or Service Description
IBISWorld publishes Industry Research Reports and Risk Analysis on 1450 industries. Our reports cover the impacts of COVID; industry revenue growth, cost structure (including profit margins), import/export data, business closure rates, and employment and wages data going back 10+ years and forecast out 5 years. We also discuss industry trends, product/service segmentation, market segmentation (who buys from the industry), business locations, supply chain analysis, key macro level drivers that impact each industry, technology changes, and much more.
Phone
(201) 839-4882
Address
40 Wall Street, 15th Floor
New York, NY 10005 USA
65211
Organization Name
IBISWorld Industry Research
Point of Contact
Troy Schulte
IGNITE 360 Business Mentoring Program
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The IGNITE 360® Business Mentoring Program is an activities based, outcome driven program designed to help Women’s Business Centers (WBCs) manage a sustainable, structured business mentoring program that will facilitate measurable growth for clients, offer in-depth support to second stage businesses, improve volunteer engagement and generate program income to support the WBC.

The tiered programming provides support for every stage of a business’s lifecycle. In this way, IGNITE 360® offers a natural growth cycle for clients to stay engaged with your center year after year.

This highly customizable program can be used to accelerate sustainable business growth for emerging and second-stage companies across all industries. However, this is a fee-for-service WBC program with a significant vetting process to ensure clients are ready to commit to do the work and be held accountable.

The vetting process and accountability metrics ensure that clients achieve measurable growth while participating in the program. It also provides a positive volunteer experience for Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), allowing them to offer meaningful support to clients in a structured environment, where their time is valued.

Clients often go on to become WBC advocates, donors, mentors and even board members. Many mentors become long-term advisors to the clients they serve, and become key partners for the WBC, generating client and donor referrals.

The IGNITE 360® Model was designed and trademarked by weVENTURE WBC at Florida Institute of Technology and has graduated 140 clients since 2014. weVENTURE WBC averages 20 clients a year and program graduates see an average of 40% growth in revenue upon completion. 93% of IGNITE 360® graduates created new jobs upon completion. The positive outcomes IGNITE 360® clients experience are utilized in community outreach, helping showcase the dramatic impact the WBC and female entrepreneurs have in our local economy.

Tiered Program To Meet Client Needs

IGNITE 360® PATHWAYS walks aspiring entrepreneurs through the start-up process, laying a solid foundation for their business to grow on. (3 months)
IGNITE 360® TRANSITION is a mentoring program for business owners ready to focus on strategy and business fundamentals to gain a strong foundation for growth or change. (3 months)
IGNITE 360® ADVANTAGE is a unique mentoring program developed for emerging businesses that are committed to growth. (6 months)
IGNITE 360® PREMIER is for experienced second-stage companies that are focused on transformational activities that include but is not limited to management changes, exit strategies, or expansion. (6 months)







Phone
3216747007
Address
150 W. University Blvd.
32901
Organization Name
WeVENTURE women's business center at Florida Tech Bisk College of Business
Point of Contact
Kathryn Rudloff
Kiva Hubs
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Listing Category
Product or Service Description
Kiva US provides direct loans at 0% interest and no fees from $1,000-$15,000 through crowdfunding, providing the first step on the often inaccessible capital ladder to financially excluded entrepreneurs. Hubs are local organizations that partner with Kiva to expand capital access within a specific geography and to promote collaboration among stakeholders using Kiva’s plug-and-play tool.
Phone
415-515-9417
Address
986 Mission St, San Francisco, CA
94103
Organization Name
Kiva
Point of Contact
Anne Lufkin-Riaño, Kiva US Strategic Partnerships Manager
LivePlan
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Listing Category
Product or Service Description
Whether your clients are starting, running, or growing their business, LivePlan is designed with their success in mind. LivePlan simplifies business planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance tracking for small businesses and startups.

- Quickly understand your client's business
- Create a fundable business plan using a proven template
- Reduce your time spent on forecasting by 70 percent
- Know how your client's numbers stack up against the competition
- Advise strategically every month and help your clients grow their business
Address
44 W Broadway, Suite 426
Eugene, OR
97401
Organization Name
Palo Alto Software, maker of LivePlan
Point of Contact
Josh Fegles or Justin Hardersen
Master Your Card Financial Education program
Product or Service Description
Accepting credit, debit and prepaid cards help businesses grow while saving money and resources. The Master Your Card education program helps you understand the benefits of accepting payment cards, how to select the best processor, negotiate a contract and protect your and your customers information.
Phone
+1 (914) 2492537
Organization Name
Mercedes Garcia and/or Jimmy Chow at Mastercard
Point of Contact
Mercedes.garcia@mastercard.com or Jimmy.Chow@mastercard.com
Improving nonprofit and community outcomes for over 25 years.
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Product or Service Description
Marian Doub Consulting (MDC) Team
• 10+ years of organizational capacity building facilitating the design, build, and use of high-integrity data systems for monitoring and improving program results and client outcomes with small business development and community-based economic and asset development practitioner and intermediary agencies.
• Consults extensively with the staff and organizational members of the California WBC Network, National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders (NALCAB), Association of Women’s Business Centers (AWBC), NeighborWorks America’s Success Measures Evaluation Services, California Association for Microenterprise Opportunity (CAMEO), and, previously, the Aspen Institute’s Economic Opportunity Program.
• Ongoing Evaluation, Knowledge and Data System management consulting with NALCAB and California Women’s Business Center (WBC) Network members.
Marian Doub, Principal: 25+ years as a nationally respected practical visionary, manager and results-oriented administrator with over 100 public, nongovernmental, non-profit agencies, and grassroots organizations.
Jim Wood, Data System Analyst, Developer and Communications subcontractor: has been consulting for a wide range of nonprofit organizations to create effective information management systems and solutions since 2010.
Additional team members provide data analysis and visualization, content expertise, and project management as needed.
Phone
1-415-730-1873
Address
Based in San Francisco, California
94110
Organization Name
Marian Doub Consulting (MDC)
Point of Contact
Marian Doub, Principal
Money Smart for Small Business curriculum
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Product or Service Description
Money Smart for Small Business (MSSB) provides an introduction to topics related to starting and managing a business. MSSB was developed jointly by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The materials are available for immediate download. The instructor led curriculum consists of 13 modules in English and Spanish. The modules include Banking Services, Credit Reporting, Financial Management, Insurance, Organizational Types, Record Keeping, Risk Management, Selling a Business & Succession Planning, Tax Planning, Time Management, Is Small Business Ownership a Good Fit for You?, Planning for a Healthy Business and Managing Cash Flow.
Phone
1-877-275-3342
Address
550 17th St. NW, F-6000
Washington, D.C.
20429
Organization Name
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Point of Contact
CommunityAffairs@fdic.gov
Neoserra and eCenter Direct
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Product or Service Description
Neoserra is a CRM system designed specifically for SBA-funded programs. Neoserra lets you track clients and your activities with these clients, such as counseling activity, or training activity or capital funding activity. The really nice thing about Neoserra is that everything is organized in one place, easily accessible and easily reportable, and that includes your client files such as their 641 forms, their business plans, financial statements and other relevant information. Also included in the client file are survey responses, sticky notes and calendar appointments. Everything in one place means that you’ll see where everything is and understand what everyone’s working on. But perhaps the best part of Neoserra is its integration with eCenter Direct. eCenter Direct is a client portal that lets your clients complete an online 641 application and sign up for training events. Together these two products will help improve your communications with your clients and streamline your operations.
Phone
805-967-1280
Address
5385 Hollister Avenue, Santa Barbara, CA
93111
Organization Name
OutreachSystems
Point of Contact
Colette Williams
One-On-One Small Business Consulting and/or Workshops
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Product or Service Description
If you're a WBC director, program manager, or staff member, you juggle many responsibilities. But you're not alone. Over the last four years, we have partnered with Women's Business Centers to provide one-on-one consulting, workshops, training, and outreach. With 15 consultants nationwide, we're ready to support your center, allowing you to focus on higher-priority tasks like fundraising, managing staff, and assisting more women-owned businesses.

SBC Consulting offers centralized expert consulting services for America's WBCs, SBDCs, CDFIs, and ecosystem builders. We've served over 3,500 businesses, primarily minority and women-owned, on behalf of our partners. With one point of contact and one invoice, you gain access to an entire team of specialized consultants. SBC's proven technology and solutions drive significant improvements in job creation, sales growth, capital access, and the success of small business owners nationwide.

What makes us unique:

Exclusive Partner Focus: We exclusively work with partners like WBCs and understand your unique needs.
Dedicated Project Management: Your dedicated project manager tailors operations to your requirements, investing in technology to provide proactive data reporting and attributing all impacts to your organization.

- Centralized Consulting System: Our system, which has supported over 3,500 businesses from over 100 business support organizations, simplifies contractor management to a single referral point and a single invoice with seamless program-required data reporting.

Specialized Consultants: Our diverse team of consultants, many former entrepreneurs, specialize in high-demand areas, bridging the gap between local business support organizations and cost-prohibitive private sector services. Our consultants work to meet the business owners where they are to ensure personalized service specific to them.

- Excellent Reviews: Our partners survey the businesses we help, and along with our Google reviews, 99% of the reviews we receive are five stars. This demonstrates our commitment to high quality.

We do not have a minimum spend or any setup charges. Give us a try and see why so many business support organizations are using our services to achieve their missions.
Phone
614-542-9030
Address
815 Quarrier St Suite 240, Charleston, WV
25301
Organization Name
SBC Consulting
Point of Contact
Kyle Mason
Outcome Tracker
Product or Service Name
Listing Category
Product or Service Description
VistaShare has served Women’s Business Centers since 2004 with Outcome Tracker, a cloud-based platform that helps you serve clients both remotely and in-person, customize for local needs, and report on your results.

Outcome Tracker customizable portals and forms enable you to engage remotely with clients via their computer, tablet, or phone. Clients can:
- Inquire online
- Complete the 641 online
- Electronic Signature for the 641 and other forms/documents
- Self-enroll in classes and workshops
- Complete surveys
- Securely upload documents, such as business plans and financial statements
- View video resources and download documents
- Receive messages from you via email or text message

When counselors are able to visit clients on-site, they can use a tablet to access and enter client information. Outcome Tracker’s client pages adapt to the size of the screen.

Beyond your standard SBA data needs, Outcome Tracker enables you to configure fields, forms, tabs, reports and more for your local needs. It is all integrated with the rest of your client data.

Using Outcome Tracker’s reporting tool, you can slice and dice your data using queries, crosstab tables, and charts. View key dashboard reports on your homepage and download chart images for use in slides or documents.

Serve your clients remotely or in person. Customize for local needs. Report on your results. Contact us to learn more.
Phone
866-828-4782
Address
1400 Technology Dr.
Harrisonburg, VA
22802
Organization Name
VistaShare
Point of Contact
Patrick Ressler
Square – The future of business is yours to shape.
Listing Category
Product or Service Description
Square has the tools to run your business — even when it’s not business as usual. Our solutions help any business make the shifts it needs, whether that’s selling online or safely in person; providing delivery, shipping, or pickup; promoting your business; or maintaining cash flow. Stay connected with your customers through tools that connect together.
Address
Offering support nationwide: online, via phone, email and chat.
Organization Name
Square
Point of Contact
Martin Guerrero
The NDWBC Library
Product or Service Name
Listing Category
Product or Service Description
Let us guide you to the next level of business success with our newest online tool, The Library. The
Library contains a series of training videos on an array of topics that aim to support small business
owners and entrepreneurs by providing education, training, and resources.
Phone
701-223-0707
Address
2720 E Broadway Ave #1,
58501
Organization Name
North Dakota Women's Business Center
Point of Contact
Austin Mack
Vertical IQ
Product or Service Name
Listing Category
Product or Service Description
As a small business advisor, it is important that you have access to the latest insights into your business owners’ industries and understand the industry-specific nuances impacting their businesses. Vertical IQ’s Industry Intelligence is used by small business advisors to quickly prepare for meetings, understand industry-specific business challenges at the local level, and to build business plans with industry-specific financials.
Phone
919-787-4600
Address
601 St Marys St, Raleigh, NC
27605
Organization Name
Vertical IQ
Point of Contact
Jacob Dougherty

Technology

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