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	"location": "National Entrepreneur Center: Venture Training Room",
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	"starts": "Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:00:00 -0400",
	"ends": "Wed, 09 Sep 2026 16:00:00 -0400",
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	"tags": ["Small Business","Government contracting"],
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