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Assignment 3 – GradHat

Assignment 3 – GradHat

By kendra achonwa on March 29, 2020

Hello everyone, hope you are all doing well. I’m sure like many of you the COVID-19 pandemic is constantly lingering in all the corners of my mind. I’ve been exploring some more of its recent implications on education and employment and trying to find creative solutions to some of these new world problems. This became the […]

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SaniSenini Company

SaniSenini Company

By Tyler on March 27, 2020

Greetings everyone!  I invite you to check out my elevator pitch for my new company “SaniSenini” . This company is focused on improving the way of life for people around the world.  With flu outbreaks and germs everywhere my company strives to help people stay clean without using alcohol sanitizer.  Many products from my company […]

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Market In The Middle Program

Market In The Middle Program

By gregory regehr on March 26, 2020

Dear Fellow Entrepreneurs, Students, and EVA’s I would like to introduce to you my Venture Pitch: The Market In The Middle. This is based on a program that I ran several years ago in a different school, but I am hoping to adapt it to a new position I am in. This specific program is […]

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An analysis of Microsoft Teams

By Scott Richmond on February 16, 2020

Please click on the following thumbnail to view my analysis of Microsoft Teams. I used Sway to create my presentation which was an experience in and of itself! (I recommend using your down arrow to go through it rather than a mouse or trackpad scroll) A chat-based workspace that allows people to connect and collaborate […]

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Martin & Meti Basiri – ApplyBoard

Martin & Meti Basiri – ApplyBoard

By Matt on January 28, 2020

A recent Canadian success story in the tech world!  Martin and Meti founded ApplyBoard in 2015.  It is a career guidance platform for higher education students. Its main purpose is that it enables users to discover and apply for foreign university programs. ApplyBoard is free for students and charges fees to universities for generating leads. They […]

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Knowledgeworks – Navigating the Future of Learning Forecast 5.0

Knowledgeworks – Navigating the Future of Learning Forecast 5.0

By shuebrook on January 17, 2020

Knowledgeworks.org is a private consultancy group founded in 2000. They are based in Ohio, USA and offer articles and workshops on personalized learning and competency-based learning to schools, districts and educational policymakers. Their market forecast document Navigating the Future of Learning Forecast 5.0 identifies 5 “drivers of change” that provide a thought-provoking counterpoint to both […]

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ICTC – Predicting Canada’s Digital Economy

ICTC – Predicting Canada’s Digital Economy

By carlo trentadue on January 15, 2020

The Information and Communications Technology Council, abbreviated as the ICTC, is a not-for-profit national centre of expertise for the Canadian digital economy.  ICTC Focus:  To bring together Industry, Education, & Policy makers to advance the digital economy in Canada and our digital advantage in a global economy. Mission: Foster globally competitive Canadian industries and a […]

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hipogoo: next-generation educational consulting services

hipogoo: next-generation educational consulting services

By Vincent Dong on July 28, 2019

Hi, guys, I have created my pitches (for a virtual venture – hipogoo) to reflect my thinking about the pain points of studying abroad market of China. Although I have to fictionalize some information about this startup in order to complete this assignment, the industry analysis and proposed solutions are serious. Enjoy your reading and please feel […]

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Learn to Checks

Learn to Checks

By Ying Gu on July 27, 2019

Learn-To-Checks provides high quality printable workbooks for high school math and science. The workbooks have augmented realities built in to display answer keys and video tutorials when students get stuck. Here is my elevator pitch:   For the full video pitch, please visit www.learntochecks.weebly.com. Enjoy!

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A3: The Space

A3: The Space

By Jamie Ashton on July 23, 2019

Welcome to the venture pitch for The Space: a hub for the 21st century student. Below you will find a mock elevator pitch, product video and full venture portfolio. [522 note: If these media packets were to be sent/presented to investors, they would be formatted and contextualized either on a website or in an email […]

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Assignment Three

Assignment Three

By Tyler on July 20, 2019

If technology were way farther along than it actually is, Choose Your Own Ed-venture would be the next big thing in the personalized learning market. I chose to invent my own something for this assignment. Or my own idea of a something anyhow – as there’s no coding or anything anything actually done. The “elevator […]

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The Lean Startup

The Lean Startup

By Jamie Ashton on June 5, 2019

Hey all, I’ve recently been making my way through The Lean Startup, by Eric Ries. Whilst it is definitely tinted with notes of touting this as the “final” solution to making new ventures a success, I have found it a really useful insight into how to shift a perspective and what a startup/innovation is and […]

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Reshma Saujani: Founder and CEO of Girls Who Code

Reshma Saujani: Founder and CEO of Girls Who Code

By mlavoie on June 1, 2019

Reshma Saujani, as shown above, is a champion for girls and women. Reshma began her career as an attorney and activist, and founded Girls Who Code (GWC) after witnessing first-hand the gender gap in the field of Computer Science while running for US Congress (fun fact: Reshma was the first South Asian woman to run […]

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Dave Vasen – Founder/CEO at Brightwheel

Dave Vasen – Founder/CEO at Brightwheel

By Jiri Karas on May 28, 2019

Dave Vasen – Founder & CEO at Brightwheel Venture: Having started in 2014 Brightwheel provides a mobile app for preschools, daycares and families, which connects teachers, administrators and parents. Teachers can use it to upload photos of kids, notes, assessments etc. for the parents to view in real time and stay updated on what their […]

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Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch | S3 Ep8: In The Sports Zone

Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch | S3 Ep8: In The Sports Zone

By Vincent Dong on May 22, 2019

Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch is a TV show produced by Entrepreneur magazine, and it gives each contestant a 60-second elevator ride from lobby to the boardroom to sell their business idea. Watching the quick pitch live, a panel of expert investors makes their judgement. If the investors are impressed, the entrepreneur is invited into the board room […]

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Deloitte Insights: Tech Trends and Human Capital Trends

Deloitte Insights: Tech Trends and Human Capital Trends

By lee on May 15, 2019

Deloitte Insights are free, open, and respected sources of information about trends that impact organizations. Two key annual publications are Tech Trends and Human Capital Trends. The Tech Trends publication is technology oriented and the Human Capital Trends focuses on the people side of innovation. These trends impact how technology is created and delivered which […]

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Holon IQ

Holon IQ

By sarah jones on May 14, 2019

Holon IQ is a highly intelligent education market data-driven source. Analysts and experts from 6 continents publish over 200 open source knowledge reports (research and forecasts) each year. They also have an open source taxonomy for the future of education called the Global Learning Landscape; it provides “a common structure and language for identifying, tracking […]

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A3 : PC Building Simulator VR Edition

By Lori Jones on November 25, 2018

I did this assignment from the perspective of taking over Irregular Corporation as CEO and founder. I wanted to pitch a possible upgrade and new direction for a the game that exists on STEAM. Elevator pitch   Venture Pitch   References : References Venture Pitch PC builder Reflection This endeavour was not as easy or as […]

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A3 – Artificially Augmented Intelligent Reality – AAIR

A3 – Artificially Augmented Intelligent Reality – AAIR

By Reg Surette on November 25, 2018

Did you know that over $362 billion US dollars was spent last year on workplace training globally? It could be a massive efficiency gain if employed effectively within your company; however, the important question to ask is how this can be done without sacrificing training quality? EVA investors – The solution is here. Introducing: For […]

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LURNT – The Reddit of Education

LURNT – The Reddit of Education

By christopher wong on November 24, 2018

The Internet’s true power lies in creating communities and sharing resources.  Lurnt will become the premiere resource for students in Grades 4-12 to find, create and share educational resources to supplement their learning.  It will function as a resource aggregator that is curated by students for students. At this time, I am currently seeking early […]

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Polyphony – Personalized Music Theory Education

Polyphony – Personalized Music Theory Education

By scott on November 23, 2018

Polyphony is a music theory learning app that takes the frustration and confusion out of teaching yourself through YouTube. It learns the interests and skill level of its learners and uses AI to connect them with YouTube videos that teach what they want to learn, how they want to learn it, in the quickest way […]

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Suren Markosian – CEO, Co-founder of Epic!

Suren Markosian – CEO, Co-founder of Epic!

By Victoria Ramsey on September 29, 2018

Venture I decided to start my search with programs that I myself use, which led me to discover Suren Markosian, CEO and co-founder of Epic!, the children’s online digital library and subscription-based e-reading service. The platform provides children 12 and under “unlimited access to 25,000 curated, high-quality books and videos” (crunchbase.com). The website was started […]

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Lane Merrifield – CEO and Co-Founder of FreshGrade

Lane Merrifield – CEO and Co-Founder of FreshGrade

By Reg Surette on September 26, 2018

FreshGrade is a K-12 driven digital learning portfolio for students, founded in 2011. FreshGrade seed funding ventures raised 4.3 million in 2014, and an additional 11.6 million in 2016. Within FreshGrade’s company description, they describe the pain point it attempts to address as a “lack of awareness” between students, parents, and teachers with respect to daily […]

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Bobby McDonald – Parlay Ideas

Bobby McDonald – Parlay Ideas

By @Educonomist on September 26, 2018

Introduction I first met my “ed-tech-preneur,” Bobby McDonald, in the spring of 2017 when he came to our school to pitch his company’s product: Parlay.  We had assembled an audience of about 10 for him, consisting of teachers, administrators and IT staff. In hindsight, I can see how Bobby was facing a dilemma typical of […]

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TeachArch

TeachArch

By ebru bengisu on March 25, 2018

Hello all, I present you: TeachArch, a new computer aided architectural design software that makes possible to work with 3D printers and VR technologies without the burden of file converting and quality loss. I have exceed the 1 min limit on Elevator Pitch, since I had trouble with pronouncing some of the words, so I […]

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Wonderville.org, where teachers teach and earn, while students learn.

Wonderville.org, where teachers teach and earn, while students learn.

By Cassy Weber on March 25, 2018

Hello ETEC 522 — I’m delighted to introduce my venture pitch, entitled:  Wonderville.org, where teachers teach and earn, while students learn.  I debated what format to choose, started with Prezi, then video, then reverted back to the standard pitch deck using a narrated PowerPoint, now on YouTube.  The pitch details an ask of $2.5M in […]

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Arutan

Arutan

By jessholder on March 25, 2018

The Latin word for nature is natura, and when flipped in reverse, arutan. Enjoy exploring this interactive nature study app to enhance both 21st century learning and living. Arutan – Elevator Pitch Arutan – Venture Pitch  

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Analysis of STEMscopes in context of market peers BrainPOP and Discovery Education

Analysis of STEMscopes in context of market peers BrainPOP and Discovery Education

By Cassy Weber on February 10, 2018

Welcome to my analysis of STEMscopes, conducted to inform an investment decision. I conducted my analysis of STEMscopes using peers BrainPOP and Discovery Education, also players within the broad online learning and engagement platform market segments.  Please visit my website, for a full analysis, here. REFLECTIONS: Interestingly, I approached this project, in character as an analyst, […]

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Unlimited Tomorrow

By Dana Bjornson on January 20, 2018

  In my quest to locate a current elevator pitch worthy of analyis, I found countless videos of entrepreneurs’ products, without the actual pitch.  It seems as though the art of making a pitch is evolving into a hybrid format, that combines elements of an elevator pitch and elements of a venture pitch. Sites like […]

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Greetings from Calgary/Canmore(Banff)

By Cassy Weber on January 3, 2018

Hello ETEC 522, Winter 2018 community! I’m delighted to be in Ventures in Learning Technologies. This is my second course in my first year in the MET program. I took 511 last term, and in addition to 522 this term, am also taking 510. I’m an alumni of UBC (B.Comm – 1993) and University of […]

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A3 Reflection for Open Allies – Venture Pitch

By Ryan Stotesbury on August 11, 2017

Thank you everyone for your valuable feedback on my pitch!  I am extremely excited to see how much interest it garnered in the reviews, and I am now seriously considering that this may be a viable educational venture sometime in the near future.  After reading through your comments, and writing up this reflection to submit […]

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A3 Venture Pitch: DESIGN.ED

A3 Venture Pitch: DESIGN.ED

By Jay Wong on July 31, 2017

Hi everyone, Here is my elevator pitch for my venture called DESIGN.ED:   I’ve decided to keep my venture pitch private as this idea was the product of discussion with some colleagues and not solely my own idea. However, I thought it might be helpful to include some discussion on the venture’s imagined risks regarding […]

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Nearpod – A venture analyst report

By Ryan Dorey on June 25, 2017

Three young entrepreneurs saw the impending digital wave about to crash into school classrooms, and rode it all the way into its present incarnation as an edtech darling with a $140 million dollar valuation. These three savvy entrepreneurs created a company called Nearpod that has developed a teacher tool used to present information to students […]

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Female Founders in Educational Technology?

Female Founders in Educational Technology?

By charkirk on June 9, 2017

There haven’t been any women entrepreneurs featured in this discussion so I thought I would try and find one that would fit in this founders forum.  Despite this article saying that more women are involved in educational technology than ever before, it took some digging to find Kate Whiting and Kaitlyn Trabucco.  They are co-founders […]

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Metarri’s 2014-2019 Worldwide Mobile Learning Market

By mackenzie moyer on May 26, 2017

Metarri’s 2014-2019 Worldwide Mobile Learning Market gives forecasts specific to the m-learning (mobile learning) market. This report is sited extensively by Docebo’s E-Learning Market Trends & Forecast 2017-2021. The Worldwide Mobile Learning Market report complements two other Metarri resources featured on the ETEC 522 website: Learning Technology Research Taxonomy and 2016-2021 Global Elearning Market Predictions. […]

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Bonjour de Montreal

By Tracey Stevens on May 21, 2017

Hi all from la belle ville de Montreal (currently celebrating our 375th birthday)!   Unlike the majority here, I am not an educator. I am a computer engineer with a business degree and have worked in telecom/tech sectors for most of my career. I am also very passionate about education and think that education is […]

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Podcast – great resource for Founders Parade post

By Joshua Elsdon on December 2, 2016

Hey folks (and future 522 students), I know David mentioned the Gimlet podcast Startup earlier in the course.  I have been listening to How I Built This from NPR recently, and I keep thinking how useful this would have been when I was doing my Founders Parade posting. If you haven’t heard of it before, each […]

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GloballyRED

By laila on November 28, 2016

Hi Everyone, The name of my venture is called GloballyRED, which is a peer-editing service initially aimed at post-graduate students.  This venture connects students to other enrolled students on a global level to offer peer-editing and feedback.  GloballyRED can be implemented with any existing learning management system. Take a look at my elevator pitch.  It […]

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Mac’s History – Venture Pitch

By Andrew on November 27, 2016

My venture pitch is Mac’s History and is a real venture I have created and have slowly been working on for the last few months.  As a teacher I know what I need in the classroom and it is not a new gimmick technology that my school does not have the infrastructure for or something […]

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Assignment #3 – Virtually Safe

By fonge29 on November 26, 2016

Hi Everyone, I present to you my elevator pitch and venture pitch. If you are a caregiver living in a remote area would you consider this product for your loved ones? I am looking to pursue this idea further so I have decided to keep it more private with a password protection. Password: ETEC522 Looking forward to receiving […]

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23 May Posted on Tech Will Save Us: Dough Universe

Yes, I would invest in this venture. The company’s hook that it “develops toys to help kids learn about the world through technology and play” makes it clear what the venture is about, its vision, and the potential for future products. The pitch focuses on the importance of skills development such as problem solving at an early age, while the product itself is a tool for developing those skills. This means several viable products can be developed with that overall goal in mind, as opposed to be limited by the success of a single product. The pitch also addresses a large potential market for the venture's products by mentioning that kids as creators of technology, and not just consumers, is “the new normal.” The ask in the pitch video is $110.00 or more to “help kids find their innate ability as digital creators,” which gives investors a Complete Dough Universe kit and their name in the app’s credits. Daniel and Bethany, the founders who are pitching in the video, are engaging and appear genuinely passionate about helping children develop their creative and scientific skills.

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Yes, I would invest in this venture. The company’s hook that it “develops toys to help kids learn about the world through technology and play” makes it clear what the venture is about, its vision, and the potential for future products. The pitch focuses on the importance of skills development such as problem solving at an early age, while the product itself is a tool for developing those skills. This means several viable products can be developed with that overall goal in mind, as opposed to be limited by the success of a single product. The pitch also addresses a large potential market for the venture's products by mentioning that kids as creators of technology, and not just consumers, is “the new normal.” The ask in the pitch video is $110.00 or more to “help kids find their innate ability as digital creators,” which gives investors a Complete Dough Universe kit and their name in the app’s credits. Daniel and Bethany, the founders who are pitching in the video, are engaging and appear genuinely passionate about helping children develop their creative and scientific skills.

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YES, I would invest in this venture as CO.LAB is promoting a mission that is long-lasting with far-reaching effects. Rather than a single product, the money invested will go towards maintaining a space that breaks down entry-barriers for marginalized groups. This pitch successfully taps into our empathy (“Making is the great equalizer because we are all intrinsically curious…but not everyone has access to this table”). By backing this project, investors are aligning themselves with these ideas. Examining the overall design of the video, it is very well done, from the narration, to the video clips of children and adults—“innovators of colour”—utilizing this space.

+ Pain Point: Due to systemic inequality, marginalized and underrepresented groups get limited opportunities to explore STEM topics and express their ideas, and as such, less opportunities to pursue entrepreneurial endeavors.
+ Solution: CO.LAB aims to break barriers with their makerspace where “women, people of color, the LGBTQIA+ community, and the economically disadvantaged” can have access to STEM equipment and materials for free.
+ Differentiation: What sets this kickstarter apart is that the focus is not on TOOLS for makerspaces, but rather on the SPACE itself. The space will remain free for its end-users.
+ The Ask: CO.LAB already has the building, the equipment, and the people to run the programs; CO.LAB is asking for $25,000 to help cover one year’s worth of rent.

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YES, I would invest in this venture as CO.LAB is promoting a mission that is long-lasting with far-reaching effects. Rather than a single product, the money invested will go towards maintaining a space that breaks down entry-barriers for marginalized groups. This pitch successfully taps into our empathy (“Making is the great equalizer because we are all intrinsically curious…but not everyone has access to this table”). By backing this project, investors are aligning themselves with these ideas. Examining the overall design of the video, it is very well done, from the narration, to the video clips of children and adults—“innovators of colour”—utilizing this space.

+ Pain Point: Due to systemic inequality, marginalized and underrepresented groups get limited opportunities to explore STEM topics and express their ideas, and as such, less opportunities to pursue entrepreneurial endeavors.
+ Solution: CO.LAB aims to break barriers with their makerspace where “women, people of color, the LGBTQIA+ community, and the economically disadvantaged” can have access to STEM equipment and materials for free.
+ Differentiation: What sets this kickstarter apart is that the focus is not on TOOLS for makerspaces, but rather on the SPACE itself. The space will remain free for its end-users.
+ The Ask: CO.LAB already has the building, the equipment, and the people to run the programs; CO.LAB is asking for $25,000 to help cover one year’s worth of rent.

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26 Nov Posted on Polyphony – Personalized Music Theory Education

REVIEW: Hi Scott, I really enjoyed your both your elevator pitch and venture pitch. I thought your elevator pitch was concise and as a potential investor, I had a clear understanding of the problem you saw in the market and how your product helps to solve the problem in addition to what value your product brings to the table. Looking at your venture pitch, I think we had similar ideas in terms of creating curated repositories of information already available on the web. Your product adds an additional component of artificial intelligence to help refine the recommended videos presented. Your business acumen is apparent as you outline how your product will be marketed and provide case studies to that the investor can really understand how your product fits into the existing market. I also liked how you understand that you are looking for "smart" money and that you acknowledge that you don't have all the answers. Entrepreneurs that acknowledge the help that they may need are ones that I would look more favorably upon.  All in all, a very well done presentation. Congratulations.  I would invest in this enterprise! Christopher Wong

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REVIEW: Hi Scott, I really enjoyed your both your elevator pitch and venture pitch. I thought your elevator pitch was concise and as a potential investor, I had a clear understanding of the problem you saw in the market and how your product helps to solve the problem in addition to what value your product brings to the table. Looking at your venture pitch, I think we had similar ideas in terms of creating curated repositories of information already available on the web. Your product adds an additional component of artificial intelligence to help refine the recommended videos presented. Your business acumen is apparent as you outline how your product will be marketed and provide case studies to that the investor can really understand how your product fits into the existing market. I also liked how you understand that you are looking for "smart" money and that you acknowledge that you don't have all the answers. Entrepreneurs that acknowledge the help that they may need are ones that I would look more favorably upon.  All in all, a very well done presentation. Congratulations.  I would invest in this enterprise! Christopher Wong

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