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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. I was doing an early-stage startup in Chicago and Betsy was running a physical product development company in Charlotte that she’d recently sold. We already have!

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The Storm-Chasing Geologist Whos Fixing SalesTec

Hearpreneur

After that point, I quit my job in early 2016 to take the venture full-time, and have grown the company since to have 2 offices, in Raleigh and NYC. People always ask me “what is it like to run an early-stage startup?” I was just trying to help my dad out. How did you come up with your business name?

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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. He was the first institutional investor in Facebook and also an early-stage investor in groundbreaking companies like Etsy, Spotify, C3.AI, Why did Austin win out? Why Jim Breyer?

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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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MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TECHSTARS AUSTIN

Austin Startup

Early stage sales and product-market fit are topics that I love talking about,” said Schwartzfarb. I’ve spent my entire career helping to build early stage companies and I feel very fortunate to share my experience with founders everywhere.” 23: Raleigh, NC Sept. New York City, NY Sept. 10: Techstars New York?—?New

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Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more)

Startup Lessons Learned

Three premier early-stage venture investors have joined forces to sponsor the event: Baseline , Floodgate , and First Round Capital. Three premier early-stage venture investors have joined forces to sponsor the event: Baseline , Floodgate , and First Round Capital.

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Burnout « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Recovery takes an awareness of what happened and… A plan to change the situation that got you there Filed under: Customer Development , ESL , Family/Career , Zilog | Tagged: Early Stage Startup , Entrepreneurs , Steve Blank « Rocket Science 5: Who Needs Domain Experts The Road Not Taken » 13 Responses Tim Raleigh , on July 20, (..)