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The Audacious Plan to Make Electricity as Easy as WiFi

Both Sides of the Table

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. Were they ambitious? Did they have the right skills? Would they build a world class team.

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Are You Losing Money by Staying Too Niche?

YoungUpstarts

If you were to open an import auto dealership in rural Pennsylvania, for example, the number of potential customers would be rather limited. No matter how underserved or neglected, focusing on a too narrowly defined customer base could hurt your business.

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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. As a courtesy if you enjoyed his write-up please check out his startup company, ChannelStack. Howard Morgan earned a PhD in Operations Research/Computer Science in 1968. Through his research he helped bring ARPANET to Philadelphia in 1973.

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How to Be Ready for What’s Next

Duct Tape Marketing

Questions I ask Chuck Swoboda: What do you mean by innovation should solve a problem? Questions I ask Chuck Swoboda: *. What do you mean by innovation should solve a problem?

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

He graduated from Stanford University and from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Prior to his roles at Geni and Yammer, David was the National Manager, Business Development & Business Affairs at LoopNet, Inc. He has 20 years’ experience as CTO.

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The Accomplishments of Entrepreneur, Justin Halladay

The Startup Magazine

He worked for corporations in Pennsylvania, Colorado, New York, and his native state of New Jersey, among other places. Early on, Halladay worked for small organizations with less than 500 employees and larger multinational enterprises with tens of thousands of employees.

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Integrating Creativity in Business

Duct Tape Marketing

Sarah speaks and gives workshops at conferences and for organizations like CreativeLive and the University of Pennsylvania. Sarah speaks and gives workshops at conferences and for organizations like CreativeLive and the University of Pennsylvania. Is there a lack of wanting to sell in creative people? What is &yet?