The cofounders of smart motor startup IQ Motion Control, Jon Broome and Matt Piccoli, have known each other “forever.”

It’s not just a term they throw around to say they’ve known each other for a while: The pair literally grew up together — they’re cousins — and in the last three years, have become business partners.

Broome had started a high-protein snacks delivery company while at Middlebury College, but “that company died,” he said. He’d also studied economics, and during a holiday break, got to talking with Piccoli who was working on his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania in mechanical engineering.

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