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6 Stories of Successful New Entrepreneurs to Inspire Your Business

Up and Running

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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Innovation at Argonne National Laboratory Incubator

The Startup Magazine

Participants receive the financial and technical support needed to mature nascent technologies that face long development cycles to the proof-of-concept level, helping them get to the point where they can access conventional sources of financial support to scale and launch into the marketplace. Innovation is tough.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten

Geared toward social impact startups working to create a healthier and more sustainable future, the accelerator provides access to training, products and technical support. You may also want to look at product-based crowdfunding, e.g., Indiegogo *. Beyond the SBIR: Non-Dilutive Funding for Your Startup.

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The Apple Watch – Tipping Point Time for Healthcare

Steve Blank

But the Apple Watch 4 announcement intrigued me in a way no other product has since the original IPhone. This wasn’t just another product announcement from Apple. But as impressive as its technology is, the Apple’s smartwatch has been a product looking for a solution. I don’t own an Apple Watch. I do have a Fitbit. In the U.S.

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