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28701
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As e-sports are gaining in popularity, a Charlotte startup is attempting to turn the city into a hub for the movement. ReKT Global LLC will try to broker broadcast, concession, and merchandising agreements between teams. The group also plans to arrange esports tournaments at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte and will try to focus on the collegiate side of the business as more universities add gaming as a varsity sport. The future of the company and the e-sports market are detailed.
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43767
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"Nine years ago, a Mooresville teenager started making her own butter. Today, her products are on grocery shelves around the country." Abby Kircher is CEO of Abby's Better, a nut butter company she began in her Mooresville kitchen at age 13 in 2014.
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"She keeps teeth shining. He flies Uncle Sam's Fighter Jets, While Building A Thriving Conglomerate From Goldsboro." Besides their day job, Melissa Mertely and Tyler Brennan have three other businesses that employ more than 100 people with a revenue recorded last year of more than $21 million.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 43 Issue 5, May 2023,
p12-14, il
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28475
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One companies desire to help military veterans own more of their own companies is detailed. The talent pool of military veterans is deep, and Bunker Labs is offering a program for veterans interested in being entrepreneurs. The nonprofit supported 48 businesses in North Carolina in 2016 and is looking to impact the unemployment rate among veterans through education and mentorship.
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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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16185
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Entrepreneurs transformed the state's industry in the 19th-century. Charlotte's D.A. Tompkin's entrepreneurial endeavors included founding the CHARLOTTE OBSERVER and developing the cottonseed oil industry. Edward Dilworth Latta, also from Charlotte, founded the Charlotte Trouser Company, opened the E.D. Latta and Brothers clothing store, and was president of the Charlotte Consolidated Construction Company.
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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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24223
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David Hagen claims DirecTV killed Prime TV LLC, the nation's top seller of its satellite systems. Hagen has a checkered past, serving time in prison for bankruptcy fraud, and his business may have actually failed as a result of thousands of customer complaints concerning rebates and money owed to buyers.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 24 Issue 9, September 2004,
p32-36
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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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36444
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Two former police officers with a taste for tongue in cheek humor have become co-owners of a doughnut shop they named Mugshots. Included in this discussion were circumstances leading to their career change and the establishment of their business.
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23318
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Angela Benton works to bring in and train minorities in the entrepreneurial technology sector.
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27797
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The Cookery will open as Durham’s first culinary incubator and certified kitchen space for rent. Entrepreneurs Nick Hawthorne-Johnson and Rochelle Johnson have opened the kitchen available 24/7 for rent to local businesses and individuals like food truck owners, artisanal bakers, or anyone without a permanent restaurant location. As a small business incubator, The Cookery will also offer business, marketing, and communications classes through Johnson’s Row Design Studios.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 14, April 2011,
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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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30624
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The authors present a sample of efforts taken to develop growth and assistance for entrepreneurs throughout North Carolina.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 37 Issue 9, September 2017,
p58-63, il
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29764
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In the westernmost part of North Carolina, entrepreneurship is growing strong. Thanks to the business climate, physical landscape, and congeniality of the people, the rate of entrepreneurial startups is the highest in the state. With the help of groups like AdvantageWest's Certified Entrepreneurial Community Program, local communities are able to attract small businesses to the region.
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