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24250
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Ron Guerette is a private investigator at the company he owns, Guerette Investigations Inc. He is one of the most successful PI's in Charlotte and discusses his experiences in the business.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 21 Issue 4, April 2001,
p38-43, il
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24308
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Jim Goodnight is touted as the richest man in North Carolina. This article examines his background and what helped him become a successful businessman.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 18 Issue 4, April 1998,
p32-40, il
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24319
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Charlotte based computer software and services company Broadway and Seymour struggled as it fell in stocks. Nonetheless, the company has always been able to win new business without always making money.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 16 Issue 6, June 1996,
p26-32, il
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24354
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Maceo K. Sloan and Justin F. Beckett run NCM Capital Management Group Inc., a minority-run group of money managers. The men overcame many difficulties in order to set up their business and achieve the success they are experiencing today.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 11 Issue 12, December 1991,
p20-29, il
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5.Fertilizing Homegrown Ventures by Perkins, David Business North Carolina Vol. 8 Issue 7, July 1988
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24387
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Many high-tech entrepreneurs have gotten their businesses off the ground as a result of venture capital. Once in short supply, venture capital has increased drastically over the past few years. The availability of such seed money has made a difference to many North Carolina businesses.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 8 Issue 7, July 1988,
p16-22, il
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24400
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Dorothy’s Ruffled Originals is a curtain store in Wilmington that pulls in twelve million annually. This article highlights the business and how its founders bring in revenue.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 6 Issue 9, September 1986,
p38-40, il
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24410
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This article discusses the difficulties of opening a small business and presents a number of important steps to consider, such as having a good accountant, lawyer, and bank.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 3 Issue 4, April 1983,
p36-38, il
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24790
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As more millennials enter the work force, their unique talents, life experience, and early exposure to technology will shape the workforce and workplace of the future. This article features the stories of seven young entrepreneurs in North Carolina and their visions for their particular businesses.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 36 Issue 2, February 2016,
p22-29, il, por
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25686
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Anne Grimes’ company Harvest Times Food Inc. is best known for their flat dumpling strips. The dumplings were first sold at Anne’s bakery called the Rolling Pin, and mass produced using a machine Anne designed and built in Japan. Anne now helps other entrepreneurs start businesses in Greenville.
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25833
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UNC business school professors Randy Myer and Ted Zoller created the course, Launching the Venture, to help students, staff, and faculty to start their own companies. The latest ventures include new companies that help impoverished communities, publish children’s book for minority kids, and develops digital echocardiograms.
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27186
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Raleigh Raw is the debut of a long-running local juice company from young entrepreneurs Sherif Fouad and Leslie Woods. For Fouad, it’s a personal quest to understand how diet affects health and causes diseases. The wide menu ranges from matcha tea-based drinks and oil-diffused coffee to a full slate of healthy breakfast and lunch options.
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27187
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Entrepreneur Ben Greene wants to eliminate the gap between farm and table in the Research Triangle. His innovative farm-at-table mobile kitchen, The Farmery, serves meals made from locally grown food. The food is so local that most comes from a Crop Box, a regionally produced shipping container converted into a greenhouse, beside The Farmery's Airstream kitchen.
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27277
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The Hopscotch Design Festival brings together designers such as urban planners, computer engineers, or start-up entrepreneurs. This year’s keynote speaker is Dan Heath, a senior fellow at Duke's Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship. He’ll be speaking about designing moments and how to reverse-engineer memorable experiences of our lives.
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27466
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To promote the next economic “boom” in NC, the state needs to grow its own jobs instead of focusing on attracting out-of-town companies. This growth would be slower, steadier, and better for local entrepreneurs. Startups would be more likely to succeed and entrepreneurs thrive if the state reconsiders its priorities.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 8 Issue 24, July 4-10 1990,
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27479
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Tommy Thekkekandam and Dr. Sindhura "Jenny" Citineni are the Durham couple behind Tom & Jenny's caramels, which they sell in four-ounce packages at area food stores and in local dental offices. The candies are made with the plant-based xylitol, which can reduce cavity-based bacteria and enamel-eroding acidity.
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