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6 Stories of Successful New Entrepreneurs to Inspire Your Business

Up and Running

Thanks to assistance from SBIR-funded research, iRobot was able to conquer the thorny challenge of moving a project from the demonstration stage to a marketable and profitable product. Since its inception, iRobot has sold over 30 million robots globally. Columbus Technologies and Services — To NASA and beyond.

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Startup Accelerator/Funding Opportunity: AEP’s IlluminationLAB

The Startup Magazine

In an effort to support startups looking for capital and mentorship, The Startup Magazine is supporting American Electric Power in the launch of its IlluminationLAB global innovation program for technology entrepreneurs. Corporate accelerators are one of the best ways for startups to access capital, advice, and markets. Source: AEP.

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Why There’s A Startup Boom In The US Midwest

The Startup Magazine

We can trace the Midwest’s renaissance to Sprout Social’s successful initial public offering (IPO) , which saw the company debut on public markets at a price of $17 per share and rise to over $120 per share today. The Global Fight for Talent. Similarly, the fight for global talent has gone global. Today, Sprout is a $6.6

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs (2018)

crowdSPRING Blog

KPMG Chicago’s Mike Gervasio further cited the capital market and “an innovative culture” as partially responsible in Chicago’s impressive climb up the global ladder. Columbus, OH. KPMG’s survey of more than 800 tech leaders found Chicago in the top 10 of tech innovation hubs worldwide. That culture helped garner upwards of $1.7

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Software Eating Industries

Mucker Lab

The global trend for software powered innovations to permanently impacting every part of our lives and every part of our work is unstoppable and just at the beginning. A little more than one year ago, Marc Andreessen wrote a seminal piece which has defined venture investing and entrepreneurship since.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Menlo Park and The Silicon Valley Renaissance

ReadWriteStart

Tom from Omaha, Nebraska, shared an update about what is going on in that part of the world, as did other audience members from New York City, Israel, and Columbus, Ohio. In fact, Spencer Bardsley from Columbus, Ohio, pitched Wha' the.? - You can also use my blog to brainstorm. We discussed this at today's roundtable as well.

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OSU President Calls for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Public Universities

Campus Entrepreneurship

Some snippets from the Chronicle of Higher Education : This nation and our world are not merely in a recession; we are also experiencing a resetting of the global economy. Anyone in Columbus want to weight in? We will earn what support we get by virtue of our excellence—and our hustle, our ingenuity, and our creativity.

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