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Why you should pay attention to these 8 emerging tech hubs

The Next Web

But have you heard of what’s going on in Cyprus, Sweden or North Carolina? Accelerator facilities like Dog Patch Labs , launched by leading US venture capital firm Polaris Venture Partners, host music discovery platform Seevl , Guitar Hero-like software Riffstation and big data management tool Logentries , to name a few.

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Ardent 1: Supercomputers Get Personal

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We were on the University of North Carolina campus to meet with Fred Brooks and Henry Fuchs. Get Out of Building Our trip to North Carolina was part of a year long effort to get out of the building to understand our market, customers and their applications. They would all work in this one company.

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How to Be Ready for What’s Next

Duct Tape Marketing

Have you ever tried looking for a domain name? You can get the exact domain name that you want on new domain extensions such as .site. Have you ever tried looking for a domain name? You can get the exact domain name that you want on new domain extensions such as .site. Which route should you take innovation or invention?

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Upon graduation, he married my mother and was stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina for two years, where I was born. magazine named Walker Telecommunications Corporation one of the nation's fastest-growing companies. by joining the army). In fact, by the time I was a freshman in college, Inc.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

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He got his MBA at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1982, and BSc at Auburn University in 1980. He was named among the World’s Top 100 Young Innovators by MIT Technology Review and received the TR100 award in 2002. He joined Goldman Sachs & Co. Moderator: Robert Savage, CEO, Track.com.

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The myth of the brainstorming session: The best ideas don’t always come from meetings

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Over dinner a couple months ago, one of my friends said he needed some help coming up with a name for a new website. Many people I’ve come across, including the most creative ones, need individual time to let ideas marinate before the best concept reveals itself (even if it’s something that seems as simple as naming a website).

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Strangling Innovation: Tesla versus “Rent Seekers”

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These opponents have their own name – “rent seekers” – the landlords of the status-quo. Recently, the New York and North Carolina legislatures considered a new law written by Auto Dealer lobbyists that would make it illegal for Tesla to sell cars directly to consumers. Publicly shame the incumbents as rent seekers.