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While Kevin Low was hesitant to give up a high-paying job, he knew that self-employment was his destiny. He found the transition from employee to CEO to be rather natural, mostly because he had faith in himself and was determined to succeed. “As the son of an entrepreneur, my father raised me to be a Read more

Jeremy Hitchcock’s story is a bit unusual because he co-founded Dyn while he was a student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). As a result, he is passionate about exposing other young people to STEAM education and to opportunities for entrepreneurship.   Starting Point “Growing up I was exposed to tech, computers, and a bunch of Read more

When Margaret Donnelly moved to New Hampshire in 2009, she joined the mobile marketing company JitterGram as Vice President of Marketing & Business Development. A few months later, the corporation and its product shifted to become JitterJam, a Social CRM platform, which meant that the business had to start again from scratch. Margaret switched from Read more

For Kevin Isett, the most challenging aspect of switching from a large company to a startup is how failures are not as easily absorbed in smaller organizations.   Starting Point His business, Avitide, pursues an incredibly cash-lean approach to building a biotechnology company. “I believe that streamlined approach has worked to focus us on solving Read more

The transition from working for a company to self-employment was not a daunting task for Paula Beauregard. “I knew at a very young age that I was going to own a business, have a business partner, and do something very big, but I did not know what that ‘big’ thing was going entail,” she explained. Read more