“I’m impressed with how much energy there is in the room!”
— Bob Moul, CEO of Artisan

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“I’ve been drawn into Philly over and over again. It interesting, I feel like I’m supposed to be in Philadelphia. And at this point, after 20-some years of traveling all over the world, Im done. Philly is home. Im all-in on Philly.”
— Bob Moul, CEO of Artisan

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“I worked with the city on a really cool project. I worked with the Mayor and his team to put together Startup PHL. It’s a 6 million dollar seed fund that we now have in Philadelphia. Also we have a 500 hundred thousand dollar idea fund.”
— Bob Moul, CEO of Artisan

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“In order to have a strong region, you have to have a strong city. I felt like the best use of my personal time was to get plugged into the city, try to really bolster the startup scene and I thought the region would grow as a result.”
— Bob Moul, CEO of Artisan

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“I didn’t go to college. I never applied to college. I never took the SAT or pSAT. I never had any interest in going. I just knew that I wanted to go work for EDS.”
— Bob Moul, CEO of Artisan

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“I started in the mail room. And over the course of 19 years, worked my way up from the mailroom to one of the top executives in the company.”
— Bob Moul, CEO of Artisan

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“When I grew up, ‘Entrepreneur’ wasn’t even in the dictionary. It was not in the lexicon. It was never in any discussions about future job paths.”
— Bob Moul, CEO of Artisan

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“The more you tell me something can’t be done, the more I want to do it!”
— Bob Moul, CEO of Artisan