{
  "id": 12570091,
  "title": "Meet Nick Grewal, Entrepreneur of the Year who built two global tech companies",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/meet-nick-grewal-entrepreneur-of-the-year-who-built-two-global-tech",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-07T06:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/meet-nick-grewal-who-received-the-entrepreneur-of-the-year-award-he-founded-nashoba-networks-acquired-by-cisco-in-1996-before-building-epropelled-a-global-propulsion-company/articleshow/134756567.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nick Grewal, an entrepreneur with more than three decades of experience in the technology industry, has been named the Entrepreneur of the Year for 2026 by the New Hampshire Tech Alliance. The award is given to technology entrepreneurs based on factors such as risk, innovation, growth, competition, profitability, and employment.\n\nGrewal founded ePropelled in 2018, a company focused on electric propulsion and energy-management systems for uncrewed vehicles. His career has spanned various sectors, including networking technology and investments in high-tech companies. Before ePropelled, Grewal founded Nashoba Networks, which was acquired by Cisco in 1996. He later served as a Cisco vice president.\n\nePropelled, which has operations in the US, UK, and India, develops intelligent propulsion and energy-management systems for uncrewed vehicles operating in air, land, and sea environments. The company has expanded beyond its original US base and now has more than 40 global customers, developing propulsion products for uncrewed aerial, ground, and marine platforms, as well as industrial and other electric-motor applications.\n\nThe New Hampshire Tech Alliance highlighted Grewal's decision to establish ePropelled's headquarters and manufacturing operations in New Hampshire and his continued investment in local jobs and facilities as key factors in his selection for the award. His career demonstrates how technology sectors have evolved since the 1980s and 1990s, with Grewal shifting from networking hardware and a Cisco acquisition to electric propulsion and autonomous vehicles.",
  "summary": "Nick Grewal, founder of ePropelled, has been recognized with the 2026 Entrepreneur of the Year Award. He received the accolade at the Innovation Summit in Nashua, honoring his technology advancements. Grewal previously founded Nashoba Networks, leading to Cisco's acquisition in 1996, expanding his career in technology. His recent venture, ePropelled, focuses on electric propulsion systems for…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}