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Jason Lavender, Electives Co-Founder + CEO in CBNation

Jason Lavender, Electives co-founder and CEO, was recently included in a CBNation article titled, "30 entrepreneurs share their takeaways from 2022."

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Jason Lavender, Electives co-founder and CEO, was recently included in a CBNation article titled, "30 entrepreneurs share their takeaways from 2022."

CBNation is a community of niche sites for CEOs, entrepreneurs and business owners that works to highlight, capture and support entrepreneurship.

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