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The 5 Best States In America For New Business

YoungUpstarts

Additionally, the tech startup community has grown so quickly that Utah has a new nickname: The Silicon Slopes. For technologically inclined businesses, Texas has increased its STEM (Science, technology, engineering and mathematics) workforce by 34,000 since 2009. Austin in particular is a technological and cultural hub.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: VCs Are Not Always Right

ReadWriteStart

From what I have seen, this is one of the few companies that can cross the elusive billion dollar mark in due course. Then Prashant Singh from Bangalore, India, discussed Statisco Economic Analytics , a risk management technology for managing company balance sheets, interfacing with their ERP systems. You can register here. Discuss.

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Executive Transition Toolkit: Documenting a Successful Executive Search

Board Effect

Research from North Carolina State University found some nonprofit executives leave for “voluntary retirement,” but almost three-quarters depart for other reasons. Post the opportunity on your website and leverage social media. You’re not off the hook, however, if your CEO or executive director was born after the boom.

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What I Noticed On Social Media During the 2017 Hurricane Season

Austin Startup

As a North Carolina native, I remember sitting through numerous storms with my great-grandma at her home in Duplin County. But instead of being glued to my television or listening to the radio in my vehicle (because who has a radio in their home in 2017), I learned about these storms via social media. Here we go!

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

17, on “How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology”. Panel 1 – How Social Investing is Disrupting Traditional Investing in Public Securities. He got his MBA at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1982, and BSc at Auburn University in 1980.

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Rise and fall: Three Lessons for Entrepreneurs

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

My father's mother, Goldie Buch, was a High School beauty and then lost her mind somewhat due to medication administered to her during my father's birth. Upon graduation, he married my mother and was stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina for two years, where I was born. by joining the army).

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Transcript of How National Companies Can Infiltrate Local Markets

Duct Tape Marketing

Megan: Sure, we are an agency although we have some tech components as well. The team is all based out of Raleigh Durham, North Carolina where I am. We worked with organizations who were giving out social media shout outs, email newsletter mentions, giving out coupons at events, that kind of thing. Megan: Awesome.