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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. It has grown from five employees generating $120,000 in annual revenue to 350 employees generating annual revenues of $16.5 iRobot — From robots to riches.

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The Apple Watch – Tipping Point Time for Healthcare

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However, if the Apple Watch becomes a device eligible for reimbursement , there’s a huge revenue upside for Apple. Much like the NIH SBIR program.) China is plowing into this with government support, private and public funding, and a China FDA (CFDA) approval process that favors local Chinese solutions. The Future.

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