{"id":3847,"date":"2022-05-26T18:04:47","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T18:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thinkbigee.com\/?page_id=3847"},"modified":"2022-10-31T15:44:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T15:44:01","slug":"the-idea-stage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thinkbigee.com\/business-stages\/the-idea-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"The Idea Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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