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And last week, the Pittsburgh Business Times featured an article about us winning the award.<\/p>\n<p>Though these things have been very nice, our goal is not to win awards or get press coverage. Our goal is to help to purchase professionals who are struggling to have rewarding careers.<\/p>\n<p>So it\u2019s off to work we go: we have some new purchasing articles, podcasts (both video and audio), and classes in the works. If we get press coverage for these, great. 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