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6 Stories of Successful New Entrepreneurs to Inspire Your Business

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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. This led to iRobot’s sale of more than 4,000 PacBot robots that perform perilous missions (like bomb disposal) in support of soldiers and first responders in combat.

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The Apple Watch – Tipping Point Time for Healthcare

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Frustrated by the FDA’s 20 th century processes for 21 st century technology, companies hired lobbyists to force a change in the laws that guide the FDA regulations. Much like the NIH SBIR program.) There are well over 100 companies in China alone focusing in this area, many with substantial financial and technical support.

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