Tech Town, NC

Raleigh-based Real Cities Network announced on Tuesday it will sell online advertising for an additional 51 newspapers owned by the Media News Group, adding to the 31 MNG newspapers already represented by Real Cities. With this agreement Real Cities now sells ads for all 82 newspaper website operated by the Media News Group.
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Lulu.com, the successful self publishing services company based just down the road in Morrisville, NC, is suing the NBC-News Corp. joint venture “Hulu” for trademark infringement. The complaint alleges that the use of the similarly spelled domain qualifies as “unfair and deceptive trade practices and for federal cyberpiracy.” Harsh words.
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TechJournal South reports that Don Rainey is departing from Durham-based InterSouth Partners, leaving them without a DC team member, at least for the time being. Rainey is taking a position with Grotech Capital Group, another Mid-Atlantic VC firm.
There a couple quick takeaways to be had here. It looks like Grotech is […]

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There was a good turnout for the event last night, with 25-30 people coming to the Wine Bar throughout the night. I only survived until around 11:00 but still had time to meet some good people working on anything from poverty, to healthcare, to fair trade, to education, to you name it. Hope […]

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Ryan Allis of iContact is organizing the 5th social entrepreneur meetup in the area. This will be my first one but from what I’ve heard they draw a lively crowd. For future reference, the meetups are every other Thursday, from now until there cease to be entrepreneurs in Chapel Hill.

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BarCamp RDU kicks off this weekend and seems to be ready for another successful run. They’ve done a great job of lining up sponsors , which is a great sign for the future growth of the event. They’re even supplying free espressos, lattes, and a pre-party with free food and drinks.
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According to a few sources the second quarter of 2007 saw a moderate pace to Venture Capital fundraising. While WRAL carries the headline “Rush to Raise Venture Capital Cools…” this could be a bit misleading, as Q2 was actually stronger that Q1 of 2007. It’s true that both quarters pale in comparison to […]

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A survey by the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association (MAVA) shows optimism in the Venture Capital community. The report stresses the outlook for the near to mid-term, rather then the current situation, which is a slightly different tack than most VC reports take. However you spin it, things look pretty healthy in the Mid-Atlantic economy […]

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