Articles By: Jon Mareane

What is blockchain? Well, that can be a tough one to answer in full. One of the better explanations I’ve heard was from John Fallone—lawyer, startup founder, blockchain enthusiast, and

At first glance, John Fallone looks a brute of a man. Near six-and-a-half feet tall and thick with muscle, the lawyer, Silicon Valley startup co-founder, Duke Law LL.M. grad and

This piece was originally published August 8, 2016. If you’ve ever had to ask for money, you know how painful the experience can be. Even at a small scale, asking

Say you’re having drinks with some smart friends on the weekend and you come up with a half-baked app idea. You take some time after work to try and refine

While last week’s Duke Law Tech Lab Demo Day was the first in the nascent Duke-based accelerator’s history, it signaled the start of an effort grand in both ambition and

With the first of the year come and gone, the time for celebration is over and the time for working on those New Year’s resolutions has begun. Some might be

NC IDEA announces five North Carolina startups as fall grant winners and recipients of a collective $250,000. This story is part of a series of profiles on the winners. Jonathan Woahn likes

“If the distillery sales bill hadn’t passed, I wouldn’t be around,” says Scott Maitland, founder of Top of the Hill Restaurant, TOPO Distillery and president of the Distiller’s Association of North Carolina (DANC). “I would

While day one of the Internet Summit in Raleigh may have started off slow, a strong group of speakers and their openness in engaging with attendees more than made up

“If you’re getting into it for just the money, don’t do it,” says Tyler Huntington, veteran brewer, restaurateur, owner of Tyler’s Taproom, and now founder of Two Doors Distilling. He doesn’t