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6 Stories of Successful New Entrepreneurs to Inspire Your Business

Up and Running

TRISTAR — Engineering its own success. An engineering services firm, TRISTAR is the first woman and minority-owned firm based in Indiana to offer the Department of Defense (DoD) technical support services. UEC Electronics — Engineering contracts.

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Pay Your Payroll Tax With R&D Credits

YoungUpstarts

The research activities must be technological in nature; in other words, they must rely on the sciences such as engineering, physics, chemistry, biology, computer science, etc. Typical indicators of qualified research include: Degreed engineers, scientists, or software developers on staff.

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Welcoming Bobby Schnabel Back to CU Boulder

Feld Thoughts

Bobby Schnabel has returned to CU Boulder as the College of Engineering and Applied Science faculty director for entrepreneurial leadership , external chair of computer science, and campus thought-leader on computing.

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Baby Steps To Breakthrough In Regional Economic Development

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Those young entrepreneurs, designers, engineers? Richard Florida states that creative people (the definition is far broader than artists, he calls creative workers “High Bohemians”) are the foundation for economic growth. How do you attract those classically creative types?

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How to Build a Startup Team

techcocktail.com

Developer – Most likely your product requires some engineering. Software Engineer—PHP—Energy Software for the Smart Grid @ Agentis Energy (Elmhurst, IL) Sr. Software Engineer @ General Electric (Barrington, IL) Sr. Leader/Project Manager – Someone in the organization must drive the plan and keep people focused on a daily basis.

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Want $50k in Seed Funding? Apply now.

ReadWriteStart

One of the applicants that didn't make the initial cut and is re-applying is Intellitek Systems in Fort Wayne, Indiana; operating at break even with five employees selling SMB ERP packaged software. Matthew May is the Chief Project Engineer, and would consider moving the company to St.

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Innovation in Michiana, How Whirlpool Creates Magic

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Locals call the area Michiana, a term to describe the cachement of small and medium sized towns along the Indiana-Michigan border (Gary, Michigan City, Niles, Elkhart, South Bend, Three Oaks, New Buffalo…). It’s in tourist area, but it’s hardly a garden spot — not nearly as quaint as nearby victorian-gingerbreadish St.