Coming back from the brink of death sounds so dramatic, but that’s truly how I feel. In 2012, I was literally dying. I had been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma and, a few months into my treatment, I learned that my cancer was resistant to the drugs. My only treatment option at that point was maximum […]
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Henry Hintermeister Publishing Partner – INNOVATE® Minnesota A century ago, my father and his Minnesota peers were making the switch from using horses to farm their land to new-fangled contraptions called tractors. Many of these Minnesota natives rarely left the state to travel, their lifestyle centered on dutiful labor that required long hours and attention
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Duncan Kabinu is a serial entrepreneur and CEO and co-founder of Gainesville Dev Academy, a coding school started in 2015. GDA continues to make a lasting impact in Gainesville technology circles with its comprehensive curriculum and experiential teaching methods. Its real-world dev skills and techniques prepare graduates for careers in web, mobile, and desktop application
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I can’t think of a better place to start a business than Gainesville. When my business partner and I started here more than 25 years ago, it was the location that drew us. Geographically we’re at the hub of a wheel–just two hours from Tallahassee, Jacksonville, Orlando and Tampa–so we had easy access to a
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HealthJoy is a first-of-its-kind platform on a mission to simplify the benefits experience for employees everywhere. With a mobile platform built around personalized guidance and AI technology, HealthJoy empowers employees to better use and understand their benefits. It’s no secret that our healthcare and benefits systems are broken. At HealthJoy, we’re striving to solve a
Patients, companies and regulatory agencies are in a race against the clock. Many serious diseases and medical conditions progressively worsen over time. This creates an unavoidable tension between the need for new therapies that can halt or potentially improve patients’ lives and the critical requirement to ensure the safety of every person who volunteers to
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The leading source for training, staffing, and career transitions, General Assembly fosters a flourishing community of professionals pursuing careers they love. What began as a co-working space in Manhattan in 2011 has since evolved into a global education and career development company, with more than 70,000 graduates and 32 campuses worldwide. General Assembly’s Chicago campus
Dan Rua CEO – Admiral Dan Rua, Runnin’ Down a Dream in Hogtown I remember my first day in Gainesville, move-in day at Hume Hall in the summer of 1986. I was an “Apple kid”, dreaming about Apple’s startup story, moving in with my Apple II+ and I was lucky enough to land the same
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Technology is changing rapidly these days. What was once considered relevant is now long forgotten, and cutting-edge tends to become yesterday’s news. How to afford and best leverage the latest technology to advance and grow is not always a simple question to answer for most small to mid-sized businesses in Canada. Yet the core underpinnings
The New Jersey Hospital Association, founded in 1918, has a long tradition of supporting the state’s hospitals, health systems and healthcare providers across the entire continuum of healthcare. But as the organization enters its second century, its focus extends outside hospital walls and into the community. Research from the National Institutes of Health finds that
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Fueled by ideas, expertise and dedication across borders and beyond service lines, Cushman & Wakefield, a leading global real estate services firm, creates real estate solutions to prepare its clients for what’s next in today’s ever-evolving marketplace. The company is confidently global and expertly local in every facet of commercial real estate. Creating Meaningful Value
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Jason has spent over 25 years providing operational and financial expertise in leadership positions for rapidly growing companies such as Conversant (MOSAID), AVID Technologies, and IBM (Cognos). He started Positive Venture Group with the mission to help growth-stage businesses reach their full potential. “Most entrepreneurs start a venture because they feel passionately about a product
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I live in Paradise Valley, Arizona and began my first business at 14. As a serial entrepreneur I’ve experienced the stress of being an entrepreneur first hand. Together with neuropsychologist Dr. Amy Serin I developed the TouchPoints, the first ever wearable devices that provide stress relief in as few as 30 seconds. I am first
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When pioneering educator and entrepreneurial advocate, Edward Cohen passed away in 2019, the State of New Jersey lost a veritable lion of education and technological entrepreneurship. Over 30 years ago, Cohen understood that to revitalize the State’s flagging economy, a fuse had to be lit forging the sectors of higher education, business, and technology-based entrepreneurship.
Xcel Energy is the first major utility in the nation to announce a vision to provide its customers with 100% carbon-free electricity by 2050. We’ve also set a goal to reduce carbon emissions by 80% by 2030 across the eight states we serve. When it comes to curbing carbon emissions and addressing the risk of
For 25 years, Per Scholas, Inc. has prepared motivated and curious adults who are unemployed or underemployed with the technical and business skills to launch successful careers in technology, creating on-ramps to businesses in need of their talents. In 2020, we will enroll more than 2,000 students across 12 cities and partner with over 500
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Located at the meeting point of three rivers, three cultures, and two languages, Ottawa truly represents the best of Canada. It has distinguished itself historically as an early centre of trade and settlement for the Algonquin-Anishinabe Nation, an active site for a prolific lumber industry which propelled the local economy in the nineteenth century, a
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We are always looking for partners who share our values and complement our skills to tackle real-world problems in new, innovative ways. Carleton University has completed construction of the Advanced Research and Innovation in Smart Environments (ARISE) building (right) that serves as a new home for applied research in clean technology, health technology and information
Positive Venture Group’s services give founders more time to focus on building their business by providing them with the support they need to reach their full potential. Positive’s vision is to help their clients bring their ideas to the world. Most growth-stage companies begin with an idea that has the potential to impact their
Meeting Genesis10 for the first time, most people ask about our name. It’s a nod to 10 people who believed in new beginnings–placing their trust in CEO Harley Lippman to found and nurture a technology staffi ng and services fi rm with a distinctive set of core values. Genesis10 set out to become a company
Epilepsy affects more than 3 million people in the United States and is the fourth most common neurological disorder. It is a spectrum condition which means it affects each person differently but is characterized by unpredictable seizures. A seizure is a sudden rush of electrical activity in the brain. Seizures can be managed with medication
Anita Anatharam, a professor at a top 10 university and Founder/ CEO of LeaderLync, recognized an educational problem that has never been accurately addressed or solved: Higher education institutions and employment recruiters want students to showcase their interpersonal skills, but students were never taught to identify and develop them. This gap reflects the saying, “You
INTRODUCTION The Arizona Israel Technology Alliance was founded out of a need that transpired in which the resource needed of a vehicle to drive strong business relations in Arizona with the “startup nation” of the world – Israel. Innovation Story Two global locations with aligned innovation mission and vision that can execute. Mission: To increase
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