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6 Stories of Successful New Entrepreneurs to Inspire Your Business

Up and Running

New tech entrepreneurs can find it difficult to surmount the onslaught of obstacles to getting a new business off the ground. Rather than seeking private funding, the company’s owners obtained funds through DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), committing them to building products for government use.

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Startup Accelerator/Funding Opportunity: AEP’s IlluminationLAB

The Startup Magazine

In an effort to support startups looking for capital and mentorship, The Startup Magazine is supporting American Electric Power in the launch of its IlluminationLAB global innovation program for technology entrepreneurs. Companies, entrepreneurs and startups from around the globe are encouraged to apply. Source: AEP. May 15th 2019.

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Urban Technology: The Business of Smart Cities

The Startup Magazine

They hope to “solve tangled and wicked problems inherited in the rapid urbanization,” according to research from the Center for Technology in Government at the State University of New York at Albany. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Smart City Challenge, a $50 million grant prize that went to Columbus, Ohio, in 2016.

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Unlocking the potential for Big Data in 2014

The Next Web

It’s also the year that data was demonised—everything from government leaks to questions surrounding privacy and personal security has turned our idea of data from a neutral concept of tiny bits of information to a murky shadow that follows us around whether we want it to or not. Let’s not forget that Columbus wasn’t setting out for America!

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Ohio Innovation, Gonzeaux #3 — Avoiding a Beating in Over-the-Rhine

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Kudo’s to the entrepreneurs, builders, the city, and the consumers who are creating this revival. The Brandery is part of how Ohio digs out of it’s jobs hole — you train and help entrepreneurs start new businesses. Good thing, this neighbourhood has been a haven for crime, poverty and hopelessness for 50 years.

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How to Start a Daycare Business

Up and Running

To get a sense of how to start a daycare business, we talked with Lindsey Roemen, owner of Lindsey’s Family Daycare in Larchwood, Iowa, and Shalonda Owens, owner of Fruitful Trees Learning Center in Columbus, Ohio, about their experiences as daycare owners. See Also: Practical Market Resources for Entrepreneurs.

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How Female Entrepreneurs Are Redefining the Business Culture Worldwide

Women Entrepreneurs Can

It is the reason why successful women entrepreneurs are not going anywhere soon. In addition, the report establishes that female entrepreneurs have 5 percent more chances at innovation than men. However, it is one of the many success stories that include talented and capable female entrepreneurs. Women Are Exceptional Leaders.