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Failure Sucks, But Yours Might Help Us All
6.13.14 -- Remember the expression, “It's better to try and fail than never try at all,”? As it turns out, the expression is probably true if you're an entrepreneur; the economy benefits more from your ventures' failure than if you never start your venture.

How Deals Got Done at the March ExitEvent Startup Social
3.26.14 -- Monday night was the 29th(!) ExitEvent Startup Social, and by 5:45 p.m. on what turned out to be an fantastic evening, weather-wise, entrepreneurs and investors started trickling in to FullSteam brewery in downtown Durham.

NC IDEA Opens $50K Spring Startup Grant Cycle Today
2.11.13 -- NC IDEA, the not-for-profit organization connected to Durham-based venture capital firm Idea Fund Partners, opens the application for its spring startup grant cycle today.

Entrepreneurs Will Gather for First Startup Movie Night in Durham
10.15.12 -- Somewhere between Hackathon and Happy Hour sits the first ever Durham Startup Movie Night, an inspiration from Argyle Social's founder and CEO Eric Boggs.

20 North Carolina Entrepreneurs Have Breakfast with Steve Case
9.17.12 -- It's not every day you have a chance to sit down with the man who made the Internet mainstream.

When 16-Hour Days Just Aren't Enough
8.8.12 -- A week or so ago I wrote an article called Startup Isn't a Lifestyle, which basically broke down into a gentle but firm suggestion that calling yourself an entrepreneur doesn't make you an entrepreneur. Note that there's no link to that article.

Southern Capitol Ventures Entrepreneurs Series Recap
8.1.12 -- How do I know that Entrepreneurs Series was worth it? A) I was there at 7:30 in the morning. B) I took five pages of notes. C) I learned something.

NC IDEA $50K Grant Cycle Opens August 14th
7.27.12 -- For years now, I've been calling the NC IDEA Grant the best kept startup secret in North Carolina. A non-profit sister program to local VC firm Idea Fund Partners, they grant up to $50,000 to six or so early-stage startups.

What Do You Want to Start When You Grow Up?
6.19.12 -- How old were you when you first realized you wanted to be an entrepreneur? 7 years old when you had a lemonade stand? 12 years old when you sold Girl Scout cookies? A little bit older -- or much older -- when you were ready to strike out on your own?

It's an Honor Just to be Nominated
5.21.12 -- Look, I'm not kidding around here. I'm officially lobbying hard for your vote for me as Yardmaster in the first ever WRAL Tech Wire Full Steam Ahead awards.

Automated Insights, Argyle, EvoApp, Zift, Netsertive and 20 More Are Companies to Watch
5.14.12 -- You hear a lot about two types of startups in this town -- the young and scrappy early stagers, those who are just making their mark with a seed round and a dream, and successful exiters, the Red Hats and the iContacts and what have you.

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