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Why It's Time for Distributed Workforces in the Triangle

Last week, I spoke on a tech in sports panel for the NCTA over at the EMC2 facility in Apex. For those not local, Apex is kind of southwest of Raleigh. Also for those not local, stay with me, because you’ve been there.    The kickoff for the event was at 8:30 am, and since I needed a little bit of prep time, I wanted to get there around 8:00. Knowing that trying to navigate Raleigh metro during morning rush hour has now become akin to trying to navigate Class 5 whitewater rapids on a pool float, I decided...

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Duke Student’s Flower Child Remedies Launches Out of Durham Startup Community

In more traditional workplaces like governments and large corporations, it might be frowned upon to work a second job or pursue a pet project outside of work. But Triangle startups are establishing a new norm. Many local founders and CEOs not only permit their employees to pursue outside interests but encourage them to do so. Some even go so far as encouraging their employees to start their own companies.  Tiana Horn, a Duke University undergrad and budding entrepreneur is a perfect example of this phenomenon. As a rising junior public policy major last summer, she interned at SoloPro, Inc.—the Durham-based startup that unbundles...

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Entrepreneurs Have Biological Clocks, Too

Aaron Dinin is a Duke grad and author of two books. He’s also a web developer and co-founder of RocketBolt, a website plugin that automates the process of increasing online engagement. RocketBolt is in the current class of The Startup Factory. Ask even the most disinterested technology observers to summarize the allure of building tech startups, and they’d only need a day of reading TechCrunch and Hacker News to tell you about glamorous concepts like investor pitches, multi-million-dollar raises, and nine-figure exit events [1]. In the shadow of all those things that make tech startups sexy, I’m going to...

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