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“I’ll see in 2022 if I can turn The SF Minute into an actual business that’s somewhat sustainable”

Hunter Walker

There’s another company called 6 AM City that started publishing newsletters for second and third-tier cities in the southeast (think Raleigh, Asheville, and Nashville), and after raising $5 million recently, they’ve been expanding fast across the country. Again, I think it comes down to simplicity. like a newsletter.

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We Caught Up With A Raleigh-Based Mobile Startup @SXSWECO

Austin Startup

I wanted to share a recent SXSWECO briefing I had with JouleBug, a Raleigh-based mobile app maker focused on energy management and conservation. Now I could have said the “sustainability” sector, but your eyes would have glazed over.

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MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TECHSTARS AUSTIN

Austin Startup

MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TECHSTARS AUSTIN AMOS SCHWARTZFARB REVEALS DETAILS ON SEPT. Austin-based author, tech investor and Managing Director of Techstars Austin Amos Schwartzfarb reveals details for the launch event for his new book “Sell More Faster: The Ultimate Sales Playbook for Start-Ups,” published by Wiley. 23: Raleigh, NC Sept.

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The Storm-Chasing Geologist Whos Fixing SalesTec

Hearpreneur

But his interests turned when he returned home from Silicon Valley in 2015, and saw his field sales manager father wasting hours making sense of the data between a hundred Excel sheets. 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.

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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. by Kenneth H.

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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. She was a product manager at Microsoft, Uber and Facebook before joining as a partner at Sequoia, one of the most prestigious venture capital firms on Sand Hill Road. Why did Austin win out?

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Making a Difference Through Your Career

Women Entrepreneurs Can

You may be able to manage your volunteer work while you do your job remotely. Other up-and-coming (and more affordable) cities for tech careers include Raleigh, North Carolina, and Austin, Texas. For example, if your employer approves you to work remotely for one month biannually, you could travel overseas to volunteer.