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How do you take the cliche out of "thinking outside the box?" By actually doing that. At a time when it seems like there's a Web design and marketing firm on nearly every street corner, Fastspot, guided by Tracy Halvorsen,  has left a trail of innovation and happy clients in its wake. We wondered how the company has managed to forge its distinctly unique identity. Here's what we found out... 

Have you heard the one about the architecture firm that spun-off a tech company? That's because ASGVIS is no joke, but a growing global 3-D software and imaging business. Bmore's Nicole Jovel went a-visiting to get the full picture.

The R2integrated CEO talks about building his business from just 5 employees to 60, what makes Baltimore a great community for the tech biz sector, and why the company plans to stay in Baltimore..

A self-described "serial entrepreneur," Dave Troy has created several successful ventures in Baltimore. He's perhaps best known now as the guy trying to connect the disparate parts of Baltimore to each other. Just before collecting the GBTC's 2009 Connector Award, Troy sat down with us to talk about startups, Baltimore and what he's planning for the future.

As mobile phone makers saturate the market with their ever-more sophisticated devices, it is creating an insatiable need for applications that run on the palm-sized computers. Mindgrub plans to feed the beast with its own brand of educational apps.