Tech Town, NC

Where are the jobs? That’s the refrain heard all around the country these days. So far no one has had the answer, but to hear Vivek Wadhwa tell it, all you need to do to solve the jobs problem is answer another question: Where are the startups?

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I’ve been testing Argyle Social this past week as a social media (read: twitter) dashboard and thought I’d share my impressions. Right off the bat I’ll say this – as a professional results-driven tool, it’s among the most promising I’ve used. Think Google Analytics meets bit.ly. Argyle Social is being developed by Eric Boggs and [...]

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Between the two recent announcements of Downtown Durham Startups & American Underground, Durham is making serious waves in the world of startups, entrepreneurs and small business. Downtown Durham Startups launched on July 2nd and is meant to be an information hub offering startup news, background info, and resources for budding entrepreneurs. The site is looking [...]

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$2.3 Million. As in the amount of money that would have been required of angel investors to be classified as “accredited” had the Senate not passed an amendment on May 17 to the Financial Regulation Bill, which is still being reconciled. That would have represented a sharp 130% increase over the current level of a [...]

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Boxee, the free, open-source software that turns your TV into a socially-networked media hub, recently launched the Windows Alpha version of their software and I am lucky enough to be a part of it. Upon some testing of it my overall impression is very good, but the service raises all kinds of questions that are [...]

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