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# Great entrepreneurs **make waves**
Read about some of our companies and the impact they are making
## Recent Posts
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## [Kalogon: The Future of Smart Seating](https://blog.swellstartups.com/kalogon-the-future-of-smart-seating)
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Reinventing Comfort Through Tech
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## [Inside Steppingblocks](https://blog.swellstartups.com/inside-steppingblocks)
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*What if data could show you exactly where your career could go? Carlo Martinez built Steppingblocks to do just that, helping students uncover new paths to success.*
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## [Codecraft: Building the Future of Tech Talent on the Space Coast](https://blog.swellstartups.com/codecraft-building-the-future-of-tech-talent-on-the-space-coast)
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*A 90% hire rate, accessible pathways, and a team rewriting the future of tech talent*
Launching from after-school clubs, the Codecraft Collective has been a powerful force in changing the tech talent pipeline in Brevard County. In just the last 18 months, 29 people graduated from **Codecraft Institute’s** Software Development and Engineering Pathway, a 16-week program that is truly launching careers.
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## [Peggy the Comeback Chicken](https://blog.swellstartups.com/peggy-the-comeback-chicken)
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## [SwiftPaws: From Backyard Fun to Cheetah Speed](https://blog.swellstartups.com/swiftpaws-from-backyard-fun-to-cheetah-speed)
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The same lure system that gets dogs zooming in backyards is now helping one of the world’s fastest animals stay active and engaged. Serious fun, taken to the next level.
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## [BREAKING: No. 2 cause of death in young people sees major breakthrough](https://blog.swellstartups.com/breaking-no.-2-cause-of-death-in-young-people-sees-major-breakthrough)
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Few things are more traumatic than the sudden, unexpected death of an apparently healthy young person. The National Institute of Health indicates more than 350,000 individuals in the United States experience Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) each year. Evan Ernst said losing his 15-year-old childhood friend and teammate, Rafe Maccarone, to SCA during a high school soccer practice in Cocoa Beach transformed him personally and inspired him to do anything he could to prevent it from happening to another young person.
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## [Local founder says ‘trust and coachability’ drive growth](https://blog.swellstartups.com/local-founder-says-trust-and-coachability-drive-growth)
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## [KationX to revolutionize water treatment remediation](https://blog.swellstartups.com/kationx-to-revolutionize-water-treatment-remediation)
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[William Cox](https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-cox-367b43b2/)lives on the Indian River Lagoon, the largest estuary in the United States where water quality concerns often top the list of political priorities. Before moving to Brevard County, he helped multi-billion dollar petroleum companies engineer processes to dissolve toxic, hazardous buildup in the safest and most cost-effective way. Cox recently worked with seasoned technologists to develop [KationX,](https://kationx.com/) a nontoxic powder used by wastewater treatment facilities to instantly dissolve muck and improve water reuse best practices.
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## [The key to more ‘Made in USA’ products isn’t what you think](https://blog.swellstartups.com/the-key-to-more-made-in-usa-products-isnt-what-you-think)
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Groundswell Startups, the largest tech incubator in the southeast, is sending a strong signal to city leaders everywhere that increasing access to world-class resources and seasoned mentors builds better communities. Groundswell hosted a ribbon cutting for a [first-of-its-kind prototype laboratory](https://swellstartups.com/prototyping-lab/) on May 18. The lab is made possible by a $500,000 grant from Brevard County Commissioners supporting the not-for-profit incubator. All prototyping equipment will be accessible to area residents and companies in Brevard County.
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## [Groundswell Startup Expands: New Prototype Lab in Melbourne, FL](https://blog.swellstartups.com/groundswell-startups-expands-operations-in-melbourne-fl-with-grand-opening-of-prototype-lab)
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**Melbourne, Fla. (June 1, 2023) -** Groundswell Startups, the premier high-tech incubator on Florida’s Space Coast, announced its expansion on May 18, 2023 at the Grand Opening of its Prototype Lab. Groundswell will partner with Catania Product Development, a product-design and engineering firm out of Melbourne, Florida, to operate the lab which sits adjacent to Groundswell’s current location on Irwin Street in Melbourne.
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