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Progress of Bitcoin in North Carolina

The Startup Magazine

For example, BitPay, one of the largest cryptocurrency payment processors in the world, is headquartered in Raleigh. Cryptocurrency has helped to attract businesses and entrepreneurs to the state and has also helped to boost the state’s economy. And last year, the first Bitcoin ATM was installed in Charlotte.

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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. Did you grow up thinking you’d be an entrepreneur? Right now, we’re running sessions in Raleigh and Asheville, in addition to Charlotte and Atlanta. We already have!

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Small Business – 4 Reasons You’re Too Small to Fail

Mike Michalowicz

?. Mural by Luke Buchanan, Raleigh, North Carolina. The innovators, entrepreneurs, and creative minds tend to seek out small businesses in which to lend their skills and talents. It’s a bit bumpy lately, right? . While we’re all on this roller coaster, I want to remind you just how important your small business is.

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Business Modeling is Process, not an Event

The Entrepreneurial Mind

While a business plan may be important to secure financing, a business model is what will guide the entrepreneur through the inevitable trial and error of finding the best fit in the market. When we expanded our health-care business from Raleigh into Charlotte, N.C., I personally learned this lesson the hard way.

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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. Any advice you would give to entrepreneurs and business owners? ” This is a hard question to answer, partly because I don’t think everyone should be an entrepreneur.

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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. Most importantly, I started Breyer Capital Austin because the women and men in the city make up some of the most creative, talented, and ambitious entrepreneurs, investors, and leaders in the country and world. Why Amy Sun?

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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.