Hadron Founders Club
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A collaborative community of visionaries, developers and creators; building the future of the internet of value
Joined February 2024
2024 wrapped: . > Brought 100+ Founders across contingents and ecosystems together. > Started construction on one of the biggest IRL campuses for Founders in the UAE (@0xPolygon). > Held cohorts, meet-ups and pop-ups in 6 different countries. > Looked good while doing it.
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meet @dabit3 . > Didn’t start programming until he was 30. > Placement in an L.A.-based company, moved across the country, got fired in 2 months. > Introduced the concept of developer meet-ups in Mississippi. > Joined @SchoolStatusApp in 2015 and started with React Native
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Meet Rushi Manche, . a 14 year old kid interested in distributed systems, who dropped out of college and went on to raise a total of $40M with @movementlabsxyz. 📝 • Here’s his story:
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🌐 15 founders, 4 weeks and maybe a few agents. apply now.
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Introducing Hadron Founders Club ~ . The community layer for passionate founders, developers and creators; building the future of the internet of value. 🌐 Here's what we are launching this year: . • Two physical campuses in N.Y and Dubai.• Exclusive founder bootcamps and
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⚡️Introducing HFC Bootcamp (applications are live) ~ . A seven-day intensive crash course covering every track around fundraising for early-stage founders (pre-series A) . From 26th June to the 4th of July, you’ll hold access to: . • 🏛️ Virtual Masterclasses by top tier VCs and
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🌐 "An Innovation powerhouse: The Do's and Don'ts of scaling a start-up" . Catch @sandeepnailwal (@0xPolygon) IRL as he lights up the inaugral flame at Hadron: Dubai with an exclusive founders-only room for our accepted applicants ~. 🔗 Registrations live below:
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Meet Doris Hernz, . An 8x hackathon winner, who made the largest ride sharing app of her country (Honduras) and is now building @securitylabsxyz @FunctorNetwork. 📝 • Here’s her story:
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Meet Marouen Zelleg. A nerdy kid from Tunisia, who went on to close a deal with the Sultan of Brunei, and how it all led to @crestalnetwork raising a $2M pre-seed in 2024. 📝 • Here’s his story:
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Meet Tarun Mangukiya & Dalpat Tapaniya,. A developer-designer duo that made one of the biggest digital marketplaces in 2016 (@IconScout) and is now leading the decentralized financial ecosystem with @CopperxHQ. 📝 • Here's their story
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⚡️ Bringing together some of best out there ~ 4 more founders joining us for this month’s cohort • Dubai, U.A.E . • @CyberShakti with @Lenspostxyz .• @marouen19 with @crestalnetwork .• @4ormund with @blocklive_ .• @_prakhars with @Metasky_HQ . 25+ founders, 7 days and 1
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✅ 7 days of sitting through panels, indulging in DApp Dosas and experiencing one of the harshest weather conditions the city has seen. We're bringing it all back (local OGs, open-house sessions, not the rain). 🔗 The application for the NYC Cohort is live:
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📊 Community, market makers, token price plays; the list goes on ~ . Bootcamp day 4 with @jacobkxyz (@Superscrypt) around cults, mascots and everything unconventional + Founders’ Q&A . Are we ready to raise anon?
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Enabling an open-house discussion with @harshrajat (@pushprotocol) on day three ~ “whiteboards, codes and scams” 💻
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🌶️ Roast away ~ kicking off day 4 with a pitch and feedback session W/ @0xKimberly (@BanklessVC) • @ashwinho4
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👀 Another set of founders coming down for a week of co-building with us • Cohort, U.A.E. • @shlokm289 with @0xRivendell .• @k_vaibhav_ with @flow_block .• @abhitejxyz with @FilamentFinance.• @0xpweeh with @Moongate . The final set of 30+ founders and warehouse sneak-ins are
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🌐 36+ Founders, 7 days and 1 forge ~ . We met over 200 projects in the last three weeks, ranging from public goods, RWAs, crypto-finance and the list goes on; we are incredibly appreciative of the support the ecosystem has shown. 📆 The next few days will unravel what we have
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📢 Breaking: P2 Ventures commits $50 Million via @Hadronfc to founders building in the Polygon Ecosystem . Wrapping up our first IRL pop-up cohort with a massive announcement W/ @0xPolygon . From founders, for founders 👨🏼💻.
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💸 We're thrilled to launch the Founder’s Fund (100K MATIC per project) to invest in Hadron FC members, following the success of our two pop-ups in Dubai and NYC ~ . Applications out soon • (01.07.2024)
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🌐 It’s time ~ announcing the first set of founders; joining us for the first edition of our pop-up cohort in Dubai (April ‘24). • @TarunMangukiya with @CopperxHQ .• @abhixh with @JoinClamp .• @kushagra_agr with @samudaixyz .• @karol_proksa with @synergyai_io . With 4 days
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We’ve come a long way. Gmove.
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🏴☠️ Calling out all Founders in Thailand • Harbour: . A week long residency with no strict-hour programming; white boarding sessions, content + IRL sprints and sundowners. 20 seats, 10 rooms and 7 days of a collaborative dreamland, and more. 🔗 Registration are open:
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We curated a list of the Top 10 Founder-centric podcasts of all time. 🧵 A thread:
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⚡️ Calling out all early-stage Founders and BD Enthusiasts • HFC Blind Dating . An online shuffle dating program with other cracked founders from the ecosystem; 5 rounds of 5 minutes each. 📆: 29th August, Thursday .🕐: 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EST).
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“Most successful founders are technical”. A live fireside around tech vs non-tech founders this Thursday, 8:00 PM GST • Twitter Spaces. 🔗 Tune-in below:
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🇦🇪 Due to prevailing weather conditions, we are calling-off the closing party for Hadron's Dubai Cohort (April 2024) . Absolutely honoured to witness several (un-revealed) partnerships grow out in less than a week ~ 35+ founders, 1 roof and 0 filters. A couple of.
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🌐 More than 100 applications already in from all over the world; and they keep coming ~ . 🇦🇪 April 10th - April 17th, Dubai (U.A.E). 🇺🇸 May 1st - May 8th, New York (U.S.A) . • Apply here: We’re looking at ecosystem workshops, access to venture funds.
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🪙 HFC Bootcamp: Tokenomics (applications live) . A week-long virtual crash course around everything token, markets and listings for early stage founders . From 5th-8th August, you will be invited to 4 different sessions and panels with speakers from Blum, Avail, Wintermute and
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Our first two IRL pop-up cohorts are in NYC and Dubai ~ . 🕌 April 10th - April 17th, Dubai (U.A.E).🗽 April 24th - May 1st, New York (U.S.A) . An exceptional opportunity to work with other amazing founders and create new, enduring and global connections. Here's what you should
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🔊On today’s episode of: Bootcamp, Day 5 ~ . @HadickM (@dragonfly_xyz) took us through variabilities of capital raise, negotiations and the importance of standing out in a round • Q&A . 1 more session to D-day!
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👀 After aggregation summit Brussels, we are in the Square Mile for our Dosa DAO meetup with Founders (co-sponsored by @alt_layer) today;. with the very “London Aligned” evening mixer every Friday. 🍸. 🔗 Register below:
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Meet Atikh, Momo and Issa, . In 2021, three former employees of Stripe and Google came together to create the first Web3 invoicing system. In less than two years, they raised $3.85 million with @AcctualTeam. 📝 • Here’s their story:
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🎬 A small glimpse over our upcoming Founders’ doc. (@0xPolygon) . 36 different storylines ~ “We all thrive for legacy, the form we acquire it in though, varies”
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😈 Should have arranged more chairs: . A packed Q&A session with @sandeepnailwal around product differentiation, aggregation and more • Founder House 2024
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If you’re attending the Mainnet conference/Cube Summit, our NYC space is open for Founders, Developers and Builders for a week from 30th September • @Station3NYC . 📆 7 days of co-working, office hours, networking and more: .
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⛴️ Kudos to the @crestalnetwork team for closing in their pre-seed ~ with @marouen19 at the helm (one of the most wholesome founders we have met <3)
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🇺🇸 @Hadronfc X @labs_electron in NYC • with Station3
On the 3rd floor, @Hadronfc and @labs_electron hosted a Happy Hour. We've had the pleasure of working with and getting to know their incredible teams. Congratulations to them on a successful event. You guys killed it! #Polygon 🔥
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Calling out all Founders in Dubai • Pitch, Roast, Refine W/ @DXBxZo . 🎙️ Founders get 10 minutes to pitch their project.📝 VCs/Jurors get 5 minutes to roast it down (and maybe provide feedback) .⚽️ We become friends again over a Shisha sundowner + Euro Football . Register:
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“Designing 🤝🏻 Engineering Excellence” ~ . A self taught programmer, having led eng teams (@cosmos), is working towards crypto-finance at @iqlusioninc. 🏦 The man himself, @zmanian in the flesh • Cohort 2024, Dubai
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🚪Here’s why curated events hold more value than conferences for founders: a case study. Two weeks ago, we held an exclusive founders’ eve with @HashedEM and @BLRxZo and invited 35 founders for a roast and feedback session in BLR. On the panel, we had @Saxenasaheb, @denverjude,
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🥷🏼 Farcasters and Founders (W/ @0xPolygon @DablClub @chainlink). 15 founders on stage • 5 minutes of fame ~ The Foundry, San Francisco
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⚡️Among the most insane Founders' eves you'll ever encounter; on the roster are:. • @0xMert_ .• @rushirushing.• @StaniKulechov .• @hotpot_dao .• @nickwh8te . Open bar, 50 limited spots and 0 filters. Welcome to FAFO. See you on September 19th, in Singapore. 🔗 Registration
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⛺️ Kicking off HFC Bootcamp ~ Day 1 (26.06.2024] . 55+ founders joined in for an hour long session with @ElectricCapital (@MariaShen) around narratives and fundraising . A few Q’s we had answered:
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🔂 Revisiting 3rd April, 2024 . Kudos to everyone who came out to the SF Soft Launch meet-up W/ @DablClub (powered by @Polygon) . It was heartwarming to see the support of the bay area community (you all are the real 🐐s) . Shoutout to @HouseOfWeb3 for hosting us, and @colo and
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👀 When life gives you @chainyoda, make DosaDAO • Founder House HQ . A no-filter round table with 15+ founders around fundraising, meme-markets and insider scoops:
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🇺🇸 Kicking off with an absolute blast (Day 1, NYC) ~ . • @sandeepnailwal with an e-fireside session on founder collaborations, tribes and hype + Q&A .• @abhishek095 and @sunnya97 around fundraising, “go hike” and how not to fudge it up .• Mixer and beers with NFT artists from
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@chainyoda “Polygon is now truly born” ~ the OG @sandeepnailwal holding an exclusive founders-only fireside; one journey at a time 💜
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🌶️ We’re turning the heat up on 26th July ~ . Founders’ Connect: Bengaluru Edition (W/ @hashed_official @BLRxZo) . 30 spots, 6 pitches and a roast-review session. Who’s on the panel? 👀. • @denverjude (Janitor, Devfolio) .• @Saxenasaheb (Core team, FBI) .• @0x_rsc (Startup
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👀 After all is said and done, what if you could learn how to fundraise from the people you ultimately want to fundraise from? . Introducing our lineup of speakers for the next bootcamp • 5 of the top funds in the ecosystem right now:
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A few boxes were delivered,. and with less than 24 hours in-hand, can we reveal our NYC X @Station3NYC forge for this week?
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📲 AI X Crypto ~ The opportunities that builders need to really go after . An interactive session and cast with @mo_baioumy this Thursday, 6th June (9:00 AM EST) . Is this merely a trendy narrative, or are we approaching something significant here?. ⚡️ Register:.
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so much for a founder dinner when all of them are anons :(
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🗽 NYC Happy Hour (Meet-up) ~ . Join us for our @Hadronfc + @0xPolygon inaugural NYC Meet-up in partnership with the amazing @vakaytion🍸✨. 📆 Wednesday, April 11 (7:00 PM - 9:00 PM).📍 A cool hip location in the Bowery 🍸. Register: . Another shot at.
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📈 “Chapter 1: making DeFi big and strong” ~ . Join @MacroMate8 (@ethena_labs) as he breaks down exactly how to scale a DeFi protocol from 0 to 1 . He smart, come learn. 📖
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🇸🇬 FAFO Night (W/ @0xPolygon). An exclusive, invite-only eve in Singapore • Conversations around errors and blunders that yielded Ls (Lessons):. 📆: Thursday, September 19 .🕖: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM GMT+8 . 3 hours of Founders’ therapy, open mixer and networking? Register below 👀
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📝 Wrapping up the Blockchain Research Week ~ . A shill and chill session with HFC’s core in New York (@0xPolygon) • Friday, May 17th . ⏱️: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM (EST) .🔗: Registration link below.
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🇧🇪 2 weeks of unprecedented shipping • @EthCC 2024. Here’s to a plethora of side-events, founder mixers and smiles; Hadron has been busy (w/ @chainyoda @ashwinho4)
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🚀 A massive ecosystem lift-off with @bonvoyagebrooke around company setups and regulations in Dubai, U.A.E
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Day 2 begins with a founders' roundtable led by @abhixh (@JoinClamp) ~ tackling one product wall at a time 🧱
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🎙️ A glimpse • FAFO W/ @nickwh8te . Imagine an IRL twitter space with call-outs, revelations and learnings; episode out soon!
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🇦🇪 We’re entering the last lap . In the next few weeks, we’ll unravel some behind-the-scene content around building one of the biggest Web3 hubs in Dubai, UAE (w/ @kylegordonart):
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It's been wild these past four weeks! . E-camp (Tokenomics), four founder-full narratives, online events, activations in New York City, and much more. 🧵 Here's what happened, along with a little sneak-peek at what's to come:.
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🌐 San Francisco Happy Hour. Join us for our @Hadronfc + @0xPolygon inaugural SF Meet-up. 📆 Wednesday, April 3 (5:00 PM - 7:00 PM).📍 House of Web3. Here’s your chance to know more about our program and connect with our core team (@blackmarkt). ⁕ Apply:
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20+ teams, 5 days and 1 property. Details out soon, register below:
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Join us today to catch in the very first edition of HFC Blind Dating • 2:30 pm EST . We’re opening up 3 last minute spots: 👀.
⚡️ Calling out all early-stage Founders and BD Enthusiasts • HFC Blind Dating . An online shuffle dating program with other cracked founders from the ecosystem; 5 rounds of 5 minutes each. 📆: 29th August, Thursday .🕐: 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM (EST).
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🇺🇸 The Hadron FC core is expanding, and we’re looking for: . • Director of Operations, US . Someone that can succesfully execute and improve founder centric programs, is web3 native and on-site in NYC ~ . 🔗 Complete application form and JD linked below (Register/DM):.
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The only community meet-up you need to wrap the month off • Monthly Meets in NYC. 📅 Wednesday, July 31 (5:30 PM - 7:30 PM EDT).📍26 Broadway, 3rd floor. If you’re an early-stage Founder or a VC, sign up: .
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“Multiple conversations, a couple of pizzas and an alpha later”
Grab a bite with Hadron; we’re in Bangalore this weekend and would love to meet you . 📆 Sunday, 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM .📍TBD (HSR) . If you want to know more about the program and how you can be a part of it, RSVP below. Limited spots, catch you soon :).
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🏃🏽What happens when 10+ Founders wake up for an early morning run and Dosa? . @Hadronfc X @callusfbi (1/2)
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🏙️ Concluding our NYC pop-up with a string of no-filter sessions, guild outings, and so much more ~ . Here’s everything we were up to for the last week:
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🇦🇪 2 weeks before we kick-off our first cohort in the U.A.E ~ . Apply now:
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📝 We caught 4 product founders and tried to break-down their journeys into a common handbook; interviews out soon:
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Our NYC space looking 🌶️ . If you’re a founder building in and around New York, drop a DM and we’ll get you access to our co-working podium (and more) w/ @ArpitGuptaji19.
@0xPolygon, @AleoHQ & @aztecnetwork came together for an exploration into the client side proving ecosystem with panels on Polygon Miden, Polygon Plonky3 and more. It was called "the science of proof", and was great to see gigabrains together. Some great pics from the event 💜
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We’re live 👀. How many pitches? how many fifa matches? how many founders cried? . We’ll know soon :)
T-2 Days • Founders’ Connect: Bengaluru. 30 spots, 6 pitches and some “feedback” 😈 . Join us in an evening of impromptu roundtables, drinks and Fifa W/ @HashedEM @BLRxZo . Register, if you have the guts (You’ll also get stickers <3):
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🇺🇸 Last night (@DeSciNYC) • NYC campus. Custom pizzas, panels and presentations with @4LOVofScience and more:
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Grab a bite with Hadron; we’re in Bangalore this weekend and would love to meet you . 📆 Sunday, 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM .📍TBD (HSR) . If you want to know more about the program and how you can be a part of it, RSVP below. Limited spots, catch you soon :).
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👀 Bootcamp ~ Day 2 . Pitch, roast and review with @tomhschmidt (@dragonfly_xyz) around: . • How VCs look at decks and perceive numbers. • Including and omitting classic pillars to raise fast and raise large. • @synergyai_io and @securitylabsxyz on the hot-seat,. and some >|<
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♦️Meet Marcin Kazmierczak,. An Ex-Google Cloud PM and SGH Warsaw graduate who went on to co-found @redstone_defi and safeguard $4 Billion and more in on-chain value across 60 chains. (1/6) • Here's his story:
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