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The Optimal Path is a podcast about user research and product decision-making, brought to you by Maze. Explore how today's leading organizations leverage user research to inform better product decisions. Each episode uncovers the ideas and approaches used to unlock continuous insights—and the optimal path for product success. We're taking a short summer break and will return this fall with new episodes. Subscribe to The Optimal Path newsletter to be the first to know when new episodes launch ...
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Welcome to "Product Team Success: Real-World Career Advice for Product". I'm your host, Ross Webb, and I'm here to supercharge your journey, whether you're climbing the ladder to the C-suite or already leading from the top. Our content is your secret weapon - offering insights into business metrics, data-driven strategies, and stakeholder navigation, all tailored to propel you forward and keep you excelling in your role. We believe in 'productizing' yourself and your team, leading the charge ...
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Money Maze Podcast

Money Maze Podcast

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The world of finance has a huge impact on all of us. This show aims to explore and unravel some of the mysteries surrounding the investing business, via interviews with masters of the real life money maze. Expect tips for mastering capital allocation, making better business decisions, strategies for taking your career to the next level, and revelatory profiles of leading industry figures. Whether you're a current or aspiring investment professional, a regular investor, or a student exploring ...
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Film Foundations

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"Film Foundations" is a captivating podcast that delves deep into the art and craft of filmmaking, exploring the foundational elements that make movies unforgettable. Through insightful discussions, expert interviews, and behind-the-scenes stories, this podcast provides a comprehensive look at the essential aspects of filmmaking, from scriptwriting and cinematography to directing and editing. Whether you're a seasoned filmmaker, a film enthusiast, or simply curious about the magic of movies, ...
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Looking to stay ahead of the game in video marketing? Tune in to our podcast for the latest trends and techniques. Our show features industry-leading business leaders sharing firsthand experiences of using video marketing to drive business growth and share unique stories. Whether you're a pro or just starting, our podcast offers invaluable insights from BVS Film Productions experts. info@bvsiflmproductions.com or call us at 440-653-9911 for more! #VideoMarketing #BusinessGrowth #BVSFilmProdu ...
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Dave Made a Minute

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The podcast where a bunch of us are exploring Dave Made a Maze one minute at a time. The twist: many of the participants have never seen the film, some don't even know what film they're sampling. They get their minutes (assigned mostly at random) and they tackle them as they see fit.
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Awkward Silences

User Interviews

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Welcome to Awkward Silences by User Interviews, where we interview the people who interview people. Listen as we geek out on all things UX research, qualitative data, and the craft of understanding people to build better products and businesses. Hosted by Erin May and Carol Guest, VPs of growth/marketing and product at User Interviews. Take this survey and let us know what topics you want to hear next! userinterviews.com/awkwardsurvey
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🎙️ boombox music talk creates high production nostalgia wrapped audio shows celebrating the relative perspective of music and the power of sound. 👍🏻 Available on YouTube, Spotify, and all major podcast platforms. 🕉 Enjoy the journey and stay zen!
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Crossing the Desert is the UAE's first reality show, where the central narrative follows an entrepreneur arriving in Dubai with the goal of launching a business. Each episode presents unique challenges and tests, creating a dynamic and unpredictable storyline. We ourselves do not know how our first season will end, because this is the real story of our host, and we experience it alongside him and our listeners! As our host navigates the journey of making decisions for his own business, he al ...
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The podcast is based on Amanda Cassar's book: Financial Secrets Revealed and asks people from all walks of life about their money journey. Whether surviving on Government pensions; or thriving with multi-million dollar enterprises or running global charities; Amanda wanted to go behind the scenes and unveil the financial secrets behind the people. These interviews do a deep dive into people's money stories, the lessons they've learned, how they've overcome setbacks and asks about the legacie ...
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From early-stage VC NextView Ventures, Traction is a show about all the creative, clever, unusual, and downright brilliant ways entrepreneurs scrap their way to early results. These are stories you don't often hear despite being crucial to every startup. Founders, startup execs, media members, and investors are interviewed, with a unique spin and sound. Subscribe for these shows and more content like it at ViewFromSeed.com
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Technological revolutions are by their nature rare events: the printing press, mobile telephony and the internet. The associated excitement can capture the imagination, spur a raft of associated breakthroughs, encourage investors to dream of extraordinary returns, yet their byproduct is often to create excessive short-term exuberance, and expectati…
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Our guest’s business idea became so popular that she patented its name. Now, no one else in the Emirates can call a quick repair service “Quick Fix.” In this episode, Isaac talks with Hamda, founder of the interior design studio Dress My Room. She started by turning her sister’s talent for interior design into a profitable business. Hamda shares ho…
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It's the first week after the US election, and Down Round is officially making the leap into being an American politics podcast. OK, not really. But there's actually plenty of Down Round relevant themes here. In this ep, we talk briefly about the new state of tech politics now that the conservative side of the industry is on the march. Then, we go …
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Episode Summary: Just like elite athletes never stop practicing their fundamentals, successful product leaders continuously develop core competencies that drive performance. In this power-packed episode, four exceptional product leaders share their strategies for mastering the four essential skills that separate good product managers from great one…
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On this week's episode of Film Foundations, Chris and Ryan discuss a director that is SUPER divisive: the one and only Rob Zombie! How do you feel about his films? Is Halloween 2 slept on? Is House of 1,000 Corpses his masterpiece? Do you agree with our picks? Disagree? Tell us in the comments! Film Foundations links: https://linktr.ee/filmfoundati…
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In this episode of Product Team Success, we're joined by Katya Denike, Chief Product Officer at Holland and Barrett, to explore the power of authenticity in the workplace and the keys to successful digital transformation. Key Insights: Bringing Your Full Self to Work Katya advocates for authenticity and informality in professional settings Breaking…
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We are joined once again, for our sins, by the Australian Financial Review's Rear Window columnist Mark Di Stefano. A freewheeling episode on everything from smartphones to AI girlfriends, where we all perform some ruthless self-critique and ultimately come out happier, more self assured and about 10 IQ points dumber. See omnystudio.com/listener fo…
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This is a free preview of a premium episode. To subscribe to Down Round Premium and get access, head here. We're putting on our hazmat suits and going back into the world of crypto. Or, at least, one promising part of it. Stripe recently bought Bridge, a startup which built a stablecoin issuance and settlements API. That sounds boring, and perhaps …
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If you’ve ever been served a drink adorned with a beautiful flower, there’s a good chance it came from Greeneration’s vertical farm. This farm specializes in growing microgreens and edible flowers for high-end restaurants. In this episode, we’re joined by its founder, Roman, and Daria, the Vice President of Growth & Product. They share insights on …
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A mix of sci-fi and terror can be found in every time-bending slasher, and we brought in my man Zach Bryant to help us keep our bearings as we travel back in time to check out this microgenre! Subscribe to They Live By Film here: https://podfollow.com/1544438366 Follow Zach on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/dharmabombs/ Film Foundations links: …
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Four years ago we had the chance to record a US election special ahead of the vote to determine whether Joe Biden or Donald Trump became President. We welcomed Anthony Scaramucci; Harvard Law, Goldman Sachs, political fundraiser and, for 11 dramatic days, Donald Trump‘s Director of Communications. Since then he has developed his finance business, r…
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It's Halloween this week, and we've got an appropriately spooky episode for you. We're looking back at a random selection of some of our favourite dead and/or zombified companies, platforms and products of the past couple of decades. From instant delivery and Google Reader to Adobe Flash and the Microsoft Zune, prepare to be utterly terrified by th…
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This recording took place at the London Value Investor Conference over summer, where Simon hosted a discussion with Joel Greenblatt. Joel not only founded and runs Gotham Asset Management, but was also an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School for 20+ years. Joel previously ran Gotham Capital, where he achieved 50% annualised returns between…
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Today's ep is the first and last edition of the Down Round Book club. We're talking about Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future Of Blizzard Entertainment, by Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier. It documents the story of Blizzard Entertainment, the developer behind WarCraft, Diablo and StarCraft which is as of last year a subsidiary of Microsoft. Jam…
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On this week's episode of Film Foundations, Chris and Ryan discuss a microgenre finally and they dive into HAUNTED ATTRACTIONS! Everything from Hell House LLC to Haunt. Do you agree? Disagree? Tell us in the comments! Film Foundations links: https://linktr.ee/filmfoundations Film Foundations is a show co-produced by Weirding Way Media and Someone's…
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We're lauching a bonus episode this week to officially welcome in the silly season (commences mid October). We're joined by James Chin Moody, CEO of Sendle, a virtual courier service who is quite likely responsible for some proportion of the treats you receive via mail. We discuss the Australia Post monopoly, the funding environment and the future …
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Dalia El-Shimy, Director of UX Research at Wise, presents a framework for navigating product decision-making with confidence—from daily product decisions to the most complex and high-risk scenarios. Dalia shares how to classify decisions based on their level of risk and reversibility, along with questions and tactics to help determine the type of r…
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On this week's episode of Film Foundations, Erica Shultz from Unsung Horrors is here to break down one of the highest selling authors of all time- Stephen King! Stephen King killed a LOT of kids in his books and you need to hear why Erica finds that simply DIVINE. Do you agree with our picks? Let us know in the comments! Follow Erica on Instagram: …
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In this episode, entrepreneurs launch their business based on precise calculations. They go all-in: putting in all their savings, taking out loans, selling their car — all to open a great spot and spend everything in 3 months. Will they manage to turn a profit within those three months? The hero of this episode is Rakesh Jain, the founder of Hive B…
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It's another Tesla event, folks. At the tail end of last week, Elon Musk got up on stage and showed off the CyberCab, the company's attempt at a robotaxi. He also gave us some updates on Tesla's humanoid robot, Optimus, and even had some of these evil computer men walking around the event and serving beers. But there was some digital trickery afoot…
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Today we travel back to Melbourne, Australia, having had previous conversations with Ben Samild (now CIO of the AFF) & David Neal (CEO of IFM Investors). AustralianSuper, Australia’s largest super fund, manages approximately USD $230bn for 3.4m members. Mark Delaney has been at its helm as CIO for almost 20 years. Mark describes the goals, the orga…
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Ryan and Chris are back to discuss the groovy world of Necornomicons and deadeyes with Evil Dead. A consistent franchise that we both have fairly strong feelings for. Which one is the biggest impact on pop culture? Have you seen the musical? Share your answers with us! Film Foundations links: https://linktr.ee/filmfoundations Film Foundations is a …
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Michael Margolis, UX Research Partner at Google Ventures, breaks down the Bullseye Customer Sprint methodology and how it helps startups quickly identify what to build and who to target. Learn how to use the “5 and 3 in 1 formula”—five bullseye customers, three prototypes, in one day—to accelerate learning and de-risk product decision-making. Gain …
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On this week's episode of Film Foundations, Chris Haskell from They Live by Film and Punk Vacation Podcast wanted to kick off our spooky season with controversial films surrounding religion. This episode ABSOLUTELY goes there! Do you agree with our picks? Let us know in the comments! Subscribe to They Live By Film here: https://podfollow.com/154443…
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This is a free preview of a premium episode. To subscribe to Down Round Premium and get access, head here. Fun times create happy people, happy people create lovely times, lovely times create fun people. It's another loose, shot from the hip premium ep, folks. ChatGPT’s voice mode is finally here, while OpenAI itself s going through more weird pala…
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Welcome back to another exciting episode of CommTALK, hosted by Dan Portik, Owner and President of BVS Film Productions. Today, we have the honor of sitting down with the legendary Bob Burg, Hall of Fame speaker and co-author of the international bestseller The Go-Giver. With over one million copies sold and translated into 30 languages, The Go-Giv…
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In this episode, a student project evolves into a lifelong endeavor. Stickers are revealed to have a thousand-year history. Despite attacks from critics, mutual understanding prevails. And karak flows through our veins. This time, Isaac interviews Raghad Murad, the founder of the Waggish sticker and merch brand. They discuss cultural references, Ar…
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In last week's premium episode, we sounded off about the state of VR and smart glasses. In true Down Round fashion, Meta had already announced its concept product, a pair of AR-enabled smart glasses named Orion, by the time the ep aired. We will never admit we were wrong. Instead, we press forward. In this ep, we talk about Orion, Meta's plans, and…
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Sovereign wealth funds, private equity, Hollywood actors; the world of sports has been undergoing an investing revolution. The last few years have seen a quantum increase of new investors, investing both in sports and even their governing bodies, raising questions about potential returns, the investment thesis and competition. Arctos is one of worl…
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On this week's episode of Film Foundations, Chris and Ryan change it up and discuss the franchise films of Harrison Ford! Everything from Indiana Jones and Star Wars to Jack Ryan and the MCU. Do you agree? Disagree? Tell us in the comments! Film Foundations links: https://linktr.ee/filmfoundations Film Foundations is a show co-produced by Weirding …
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Intel may have more or less invented modern digital computing, but it hasn't been going so crash hot lately. Following decades of strategic missteps and blunders, it's now experiencing weakening earnings and stock price declines as it attempts to engage in the mother of all turnaround jobs with a little help from the US government. Now, the sharks …
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Devin Harold, former Head of Design Research for Financial Services at Capital One, joins host Ash Oliver to discuss the challenges of connecting user research to business outcomes, how to effectively track and communicate the value of research, and why the future of the industry lies in driving customer-centricity across the entire business. Disco…
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On this week's episode of Film Foundations, Nathan Jones from Specifically Blu-rays joins us to discuss the films of Colin Farrell! Colin is truly having a moment with The Penguin and the success of The Banshees of Inisherin is still on the minds of many. So what is his foundational film? Do you agree with our picks? Let us know in the comments! Su…
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This is a free preview of a premium episode. To subscribe to Down Round Premium and get access, head here. After 2 months of cringe-posting references to strawberries, OpenAI have released their latest model: o1. And AI heads are losing their minds. Ostensibly, it's intended for the kind of thorny math and reasoning problems that LLMs tend to strug…
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You'll hear two stories. Daniel van Dooren and his partner Scott Chambers First had founded their surfing school on an empty market: no competitors, small community of surfers – and nobody else knew you could surf in Dubai. Galina Volgach started a real estate agency — to compete with thousand agencies in Dubai. In their stories businesses from bei…
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In an interview we had especially looked forward to, and with the Credit Suisse acquisition behind us, the MMP went to Zurich to talk to Colm Kelleher. Described as one of the most influential and capable banking executives of the last several decades, he has been dubbed by the FT as 'Europe’s most powerful banker'. As Chairman of the UBS board, he…
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We didn't cover the Apple iPhone keynote last week because it wasn't particularly exciting and there were virtually no surprises. But, having been given a week to ruminate on it, we have thoughts. In this ep, we talk about why analysts have been obsessed with an AI-driven iPhone supercycle, why Apple has backed itself into a corner by overcharging …
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In this packed episode of Product Ops Success, host Ross Webb brings together four seasoned Product Operations experts to share their invaluable insights on scaling product teams and driving business growth. Whether you're a product leader looking to optimize your team's performance or a product manager aiming to advance your career, this episode o…
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In this power-packed episode of Product Team Success, host Ross Webb brings together four seasoned product leaders to share their game-changing career strategies. Whether you're an aspiring product manager or a seasoned pro eyeing that next big promotion, this episode offers actionable insights to help you outmaneuver challenges and seize opportuni…
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This is a free preview of a premium episode. To subscribe to Down Round Premium and get access, head here. Social media. Is it too dank for the malleable and developing mind? The Australian government seems to think so. Labor has joined the ranks of a number parties and bodies in various jurisdictions in attempting to set a lower age limit for soci…
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On this week's episode of Film Foundations, Chris and Ryan DRAW conclusions about Don Bluth's filmography! From Disney roots to Matt Damon's atrocious voice acting. Do you agree? Disagree? Tell us in the comments! Film Foundations links: https://linktr.ee/filmfoundations Film Foundations is a show co-produced by Weirding Way Media and Someone's Fav…
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For decades, technologists have fantasised about the ultimate prize: a humanoid robot, available to consumers and industry, which can perform a range of humanlike tasks. The recent AI moment has reignited those aspirations, with everyone from Tesla to Apple – and a handful of ambitious startups – either openly or secretly working on humanoid robot …
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Thought-provoking, amusing, self-critical, rich with anecdotes, laced with good advice, and large servings of humility, you might not automatically assume I’m describing the book, titled 'On Leadership', just published and written by Sir Tony Blair. The discussion starts with the essential need for a leader to identify the priorities, to determine …
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Get ready for another thrilling journey in Season 2 of Crossing the Desert! This time, our host isn’t just finding his footing—he’s making bold moves, taking bigger risks, and facing tougher challenges as he continues his mission to launch a business in Dubai. With new obstacles around every corner, Season 2 dives deeper into the highs and lows of …
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*For the best experience, use buds 🎧 THE EPISODE: 💥"A Large No Pepperoni Frankentony"💥 We dive into our Shazam Apps and pull 2 random songs from each of our lists. Laughs are had & music is discovered. Enjoy the journey! Topics: 🔘 90s HipHop 🔘 Star Wars (of course!) 🔘 Frankenstein 🔘 Our East Texas roots 🔘 Our love of harmonies THE SHOW: 💥ShazamTube…
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This is a free preview of a premium episode. To subscribe to Down Round Premium and get access, head here. The tech world has been ablaze over the past week or so, both ironically and unironically, about the concept of Founder Mode. Inspired by a short essay by Paul Graham, 'founder mode' vaguely posits that there's a natural point in a startup's e…
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In this exciting episode one of for in the series, special guest host Peter Cimoroni joins forces with Mike Smith, former owner of Alexis Exhibits, to share expert advice that will help you save time, cut costs, and maximize ROI at every trade show and exhibition. Whether you're a seasoned exhibitor or new to the game, Mike's insights are sure to p…
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On this week's episode of Film Foundations, Billy Ray Brewton joins us to discuss the films of Dylan O'Brien... and then sorta changes the game completely. You will see! Dylan O'Brien was new for us (for the most part), but this conversation helped SO MUCH. So what is his foundational film? Do you agree with our picks? Let us know in the comments! …
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Brazil has slapped a ban on X, as the culmination of a dispute between the platform and the country’s judiciary over censorship. It’s weird, because Elon Musk’s platform has complied with government requests from other countries, like Turkey and India. So what’s the deal? In this ep, we talk about Musk's free speech crusade, the Brazilification of …
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This week's episode of Film Foundations is a replay of Chris and Ryan discussing the Batman franchise! This was recorded as part of Ryan's show called Re-Connected and this particular episode happened on May 9th, 2024. Do you agree? Disagree? Tell us in the comments! To watch the entire episode of Re-Connected from May 9th: https://youtube.com/live…
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