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Jun 2015
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John Lee Dumas Of Eofire
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Ed is the Founder of Crowdid.co, the first branded marketplace for crowd-funded products after their initial campaign ends. Once an attorney in NJ, he made his way to Los Angeles and then San Francisco in order to fulfill his entrepreneurial journey.

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