In**vation by Necessity: 3 **n-Tech Businesses and the Tech**logy They Created

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In**vation by Necessity: 3 **n-Tech Businesses and the Tech**logy They Created
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The story of modern tech in**vators typically follows a well-mapped path: A scrappy group of entrepreneurs gathers in a garage, warehouse or loft. They iterate and reiterate. Investors kick in funds. And then, eventually, our heroes either emerge with the next hot tech**logical tool —*be it an online marketing (http://mashable.com/category/online-marketing/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) platform, a hip social-networking app, wearable tech (http://mashable.com/category/wearable-tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), etc. —*or they fold.

But what about in**vators who end up making new tech**logy because they have to have it for their **n-tech business? Or those who are selling a physical product in the brick-and-mortar world, but don't have the critical software or app-based solution that their company needs to keep going? Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/10/business-in**vation-software/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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