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The Accomplishments of Entrepreneur, Justin Halladay

The Startup Magazine

You need to develop a thick skin and not let life knock you down so hard that you can’t get up. He worked for corporations in Pennsylvania, Colorado, New York, and his native state of New Jersey, among other places. After that, he spent five years working for a tiny software development firm in Jacksonville Beach.

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The Audacious Plan to Make Electricity as Easy as WiFi

Both Sides of the Table

Meredith Perry came up with the idea for uBeam while still in college at University of Pennsylvania and like many great inventors won her school’s business plan competition. Were they ambitious? Did they have the right skills? Would they build a world class team. And finally it comes down to the good old instinct test.

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Startup Map & Trends Analysis – September 2012

Gust

Georgia and Pennsylvania bumped Illinois out of the top five, and were tied for fifth place. Not surprisingly, many new startups across the world are in the development stage. The US is the leading country for the Education industry, with every 1 out of 2 startups in Education coming from the US.

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Are You Losing Money by Staying Too Niche?

YoungUpstarts

They recognize an underserved segment of the population — whether that’s expectant mothers, pet owners, or cheese lovers — then develop a product or service to meet the specific needs of that customer base. Joshua Conran is a senior partner at Deksia , a branding agency that has been successfully developing companies for the past decade.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Sapient

Austin Startup

Sapient’s Sam Parks and Martin Koch have developed a smart outlet system for commercial deployment The Forrest Four-Cast: January 28, 2020 If Sam Parks , CEO and co-founder of Sapient Industries , weren’t working for his startup, he’d be working as a scientist, using his background in nanotechnology as an applied physicist.

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Start Up and Stay Up – How Small Businesses Survive & Thrive

The Startup Magazine

Since then it has grown to serve the tri-state New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware areas, but I still consider it a small business and my employees, more like a family. I started my Philadelphia area home appraising business in 2006.

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20 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Industry With The Most Optimist Future

Hearpreneur

5- Software, app, and web development. Software, app, and web development are two industries that have continued to grow in the first half of 2020, and I see both having a very bright future moving forward. Before starting my own company, I spent 5 years working at the University of Pennsylvania working amongst some of the best minds.