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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

Steve Blank

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 Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

With a unique vision for starting and successfully managing innovative companies, he is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage, a holding company that invests in early stage web businesses. 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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Strangling Innovation: Tesla versus “Rent Seekers”

Steve Blank

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. AirBnb – Damn the torpedoes full speed ahead.

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Dr. Briggs E Cook: 4 Tips For Balancing A Successful Career And Family

YoungUpstarts

Hi, my name is Dr. Briggs E. I’m a plastic surgeon located in North Carolina, currently serving as the Medical Director of Pure Facial Plastic Surgery and MedSpa. Don’t feel obligated to go to every dinner with vendors or partners. Between work and five kids at home with my wife, Kia, days can be pretty long.

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Strangling Innovation: Tesla versus “Rent Seekers”

Steve Blank

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. AirBnb – Damn the torpedoes full speed ahead.

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Rise and fall: Three Lessons for Entrepreneurs

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Upon graduation, he married my mother and was stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina for two years, where I was born. As David Heinemeier Hansson (the creator of Ruby on Rails and a partner at 37signals ) notes in a recent speech to Stanford students : "Nobody is an overnight success. by joining the army).