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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

I realized that I enjoy interviewing startup friends about their business, but sending them a bunch of questions and having them reply didn’t allow for me to react to their answers, and honestly, if I actually interviewed them over Skype or something I think about eight people would actually watch the video. We already have!

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Business Modeling is Process, not an Event

The Entrepreneurial Mind

Developing a sound business model in a startup venture helps improve the chances that the business will survive the launch, begin to gain acceptance in the market and grow. When we expanded our health-care business from Raleigh into Charlotte, N.C., What are the resources I need to make this happen (money included)?

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Weekend Reading on Startup Communities

Feld Thoughts

So this weekend was about startup communities with a bonus book on the startup visa tossed in for good measure. The next book I read was Screw the Valley: A Coast-to-Coast Tour of America’s New Tech Startup Culture. The last book I read was The Startup Visa: Key to Job Growth & Economic Prosperity in America.

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The Storm-Chasing Geologist Whos Fixing SalesTec

Hearpreneur

To tell the truth, I really wasn’t trying to get into another startup as I had been doing startups for nearly 5 years at that point. 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. I was just trying to help my dad out.

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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.