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The eye of Hurricane GenAI – the calm surrounded by destruction

deal architect

Margaret and I drove through Hurricane Debby on Monday because of flight cancellations from Charlotte, and it reminded me of conversations with folks at the National Hurricane Center. While storms are extremely disruptive, the 20-30 mile wide eye of most.

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Road to Hire to Bring Paid Tech Training and Job Access to Under-Resourced Young Adults (18–25) in…

Austin Startup

Vanessa Baker, an August 2020 Road to Hire graduate, who is now a successful software engineer at Bank of America in Charlotte, said, “The power of Road to Hire to invest in and build the next generation of tech professionals cannot be quantified. with full benefits and an average starting salary of $55,000 or more. Learn more and apply now

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20 years ago Raj and I started a little company together in our dorm room…

Jeff Hilimire

Fast-forward a few years later and I followed her to Charlotte, her attending Davidson College and me at UNC-Charlotte. In our final year of school we decided to start a website development company, which we named NBN Designs (Nothing But Net), for no other reason than UNC-Charlotte had a great basketball team at the time.

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The 10 Best U.S. Cities to Start a Business in for 2016

Up and Running

Charlotte, NC. Coming in at number seven overall, Charlotte also ranks as the second best city after Grand Rapids when it comes to growth in number of small businesses. If you are interested in starting a business in Charlotte, check out these resources: Charlotte Business Resources: Starting a Business. Springfield, MO.

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Progress of Bitcoin in North Carolina

The Startup Magazine

And last year, the first Bitcoin ATM was installed in Charlotte. For example, BitPay, one of the largest cryptocurrency payment processors in the world, is headquartered in Raleigh. As more and more people become aware of Bitcoin and its potential, it is likely that North Carolina will continue to be a leader in the cryptocurrency space.

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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. So Betsy is in Charlotte and you’re in Atlanta, correct?

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10 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Leverage Networking in Business

Hearpreneur

Photo Credit: Charlotte Ang. Thanks to Charlotte Ang, Fixwerks ! #3- Our view is that high seas raise all boats, and so by helping our referral partners to meet the other referral partners they are looking for we can all do more business and build more referrals for each other. Thanks to Jordan Ostroff, Jordan Law Fl ! #2-