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The Audacious Plan to Make Electricity as Easy as WiFi

Both Sides of the Table

Could we produce this at cost? Meredith Perry came up with the idea for uBeam while still in college at University of Pennsylvania and like many great inventors won her school’s business plan competition.

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Want to Know How First Round Capital was Started?

Both Sides of the Table

He then went on to teach Computer Science at Cornell, Caltech, and University of Pennsylvania. They chose the name First Round Capital because they thought capital would be deployed most efficiently at smaller seed stage rounds considering the cost to build an internet business had come down drastically. Investing Strategy.

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3 Things To Consider To Deal With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome In Your Business

YoungUpstarts

In Pennsylvania, CTS has long been included in the list of work-related injuries to allow its citizens to file for workers’ comp. Choosing the right ergonomic keyboard for your startup to use can go a long way in avoiding carpal tunnel syndrome and the costs that come along with it.

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20 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Industry With The Most Optimist Future

Hearpreneur

Before starting my own company, I spent 5 years working at the University of Pennsylvania working amongst some of the best minds. Rental space, insurance, overhead, all these things play a major part in the cost to run a small business. Thanks to Rob Price, Gatekeeper Press ! #4- 4- Network Marketing. Photo Credit: Noufal Bava.

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Tech Checkup: Cloud Technology Redefining the Dental Industry

The Startup Magazine

What that means: In one “real world” case, a Pennsylvania dental group realized on a Sunday that, due to an epic snowstorm, its offices would have to stay closed on Monday. Enter the complete cloud, aka: how everyone already thinks businesses should work, but most don’t. The Complete Cloud at Work.

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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

During this time, there’s financial leverage used in the transaction to help buffer the firm’s cost of capital (e.g. And, this goes well beyond the current resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The fear of them investing in a competitor is real. the firm may have a right to raise up to $100B but may not call all of it).

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Business Apologies: What You Should (and Shouldn’t) Do

ConversionXL

Pete Fader, Professor of Marketing at the University of Pennsylvania, shares why in his book Customer Centricity : Not all customers deserve your company’s best efforts. Hidden or unexpected costs anger consumers. In business, preserving your ego will cost you thousands, if not millions. What should you apologize for?