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Book: Build the Fort: The Startup Community Builder’s Field Guide

Feld Thoughts

Chris became an extensive thought partner with Ian, and we eventually decided to write two books. I met Chris a dozen years ago when he wanted to learn from my experience in Boulder as he began to help build the startup community in Raleigh-Durham, NC.

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A Google Docs interview with Richard Simms, co-founder of Tech Talent South

Jeff Hilimire

Right now, we run programs here in Atlanta (where we started the company) as well as in Raleigh, Charlotte, and Asheville, NC. How has that worked so far, having a partner in a different city? Right now, we’re running sessions in Raleigh and Asheville, in addition to Charlotte and Atlanta. We already have!

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Q2 2020 Quarterly Update

Version One Ventures

Lolli closed an oversubscribed $3 million Seed II round and continues to add partners weekly. . They’re working with the state of North Carolina and Raleigh-based Wake Forest Baptist Health to distribute 1,000 of its at-home antibody test kits to a random sampling of citizens to track the virus and immunity over time.

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Financing Acquisitions: Keys to Structuring the Deal And Obtaining The Funding

YoungUpstarts

Marks, founder and managing partner of High Rock Partners and author of “ Middle Market M & A: Handbook for Investment Banking and Business Consulting “ Conventional wisdom says that a company grows by reaching new customers, increasing its workforce, expanding marketing or launching new products or services.

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Austin’s secret sauce… it’s the WHY

Austin Startup

After an exhaustive search, they narrowed it down to three finalist cities: Austin, Boston and Raleigh. Breyer Capital’s Chinese partner IDG Capital, where Jim is Co-Chairman, led some of the first investments in Chinese companies Tencent, Baidu, and Xiaomi. Why did Austin win out?

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Never Mind the Valley: Here's Research Triangle

ReadWriteStart

But the concentration of tech research and development extends beyond the bounds of just the research park itself, and the surrounding Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and Cary, North Carolina metro areas are commonly labeled together as the Research Triangle, or "The Triangle.". There are also numerous regular networking events in the area.

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The origin story of 48in48

Jeff Hilimire

Delta Air Lines was our founding partner , giving us some much needed encouragement and financial support to help us put on the first event. In 2018, we held six events: Atlanta, New York, Boston, Bloomington (IL), Raleigh/Durham, and London. In 2017 we held four events: Atlanta, New York, Boston, and Minneapolis.

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