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Winston Salem natives and brothers, Dane and Scott Barnes and their friend Alex Slater aimed to eliminate when they created the Shibumi Shade prototype in 2015. They began selling the shade in 2016. Because it works with the wind and not against it, it avoids the same kind of danger of umbrellas on the beach experience getting picked up by high winds.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 40 Issue 10, October 2020,
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This article focusses on the career narrative of Chip Mahan, who in the 1990s launched the nation's first online only bank in Atlanta.. Mahan is Chairman and CEO of Live Oak Banking Company in Wilmington north Carolina. Liv Oak opened in 2008 as an SBA-only bank, state chartered with a national online-lending platform.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 41 Issue 1, January 2021,
p32-37
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One of North Carolina's 200 licensed wineries is Locklear Vineyard and Winery in Maxton. Started by Charlie Locklear and his two sons about 15 years ago, the business is family run.
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William Munn, N.C. Justice Center scholar stresses the importance of thinking on the "three North Carolinas"; namely, the urban, the white rural and the Black Belt. Munn, a graduate of Goldsboro High School, completed a doctoral dissertation at N.C. A&T State University in 2016 entitled, "Running Away from Home: Social and Economic Explanators of Net Migration in North Carolina Black Belt Counties".
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The issue of who would pay for cleaning up Duke Energy's accidental spill of 39,000 of coal ash into the Dan River some seven years ago had been a matter of much dispute until an agreement this year that awaits ratification by the N.C. Utilities Commission.
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While COVID-19 has had disastrous consequences for the restaurant industry, it has created some intriguing opportunities. Carrie Hegnauer opened City Kitch in 2013 as a shared kitchen near UNC Charlotte. In 2020, City Kitch partnered with Charlotte investor Todd Collins and his business Red Hill Ventures.
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in 1992, Eva M. Clayton made history when she became the first Black woman in North Carolina to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. She first ran for the U.S. House in 1968. After leaving Congress in 2003, she accepted a post in Rome with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
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"Three iconic N.C. families back an investment venture that starts with $1.35 billion under management." Launched in February 2021, Charlotte based New Republic Partners became the sixth-largest registered investment advisory firm in the Carolinas. Three influential North Carolina families; Belk, Close and Bowles have joined forces under New Republic to offer, investment, advisory and credit solutions for individuals, families, endowment, foundations and advisors. Investors with $10 million or more are the target audience for the firm's complete array or services.
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The United States Gold Association is planning to shift its research and testing center for golf equipment. This second headquarters for the association is planned on a location within view of the Pinehurst Country Club.
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The North Carolina Civil War& Reconstruction History Center will expand and replace Museum of the Cape Fear. Both city and county have provided funding for the $80 million endeavor. The center will explain the Civil War through written history, stories and legends passed down through generations.
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"The COVID-19 pandemic slowed North Carolina industrial and business development efforts, but the virus couldn't stop them. Businesses finished 2020 at a record clip, setting them up for a strong run this year." In 2019, there was great optimism with economic development in the state. Despite initial setbacks, at the start of the pandemic, economic promoters signaled a recovery by early summer 2020 as developers and companies alike were finding new ways of cementing relationships and expanding opportunities. The article covers a variety of examples throughout the state.
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"A big insurer questions the benefits of hospital mergers." The company's CFO, Mitch Perry says the cost of health care is still too high.
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Steve Troxler, who has been N.C. Agriculture Secretary since 2005 says North Carolina went from almost nothing in the poultry world being exported from the state to almost $100 million in exports in 2020.
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Napoleon Wallace, managing partner at Durham based Partners-in-Equity and co-founder of the BestNC.org initiative has a goal to help Black businesses in N.C. gain a 22% share of economic activity.
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"Warner Bros. new TV series Delilah, filmed and set in Charlotte puts the Queen City in the Spotlight." The series was approved for North Carolina's film and and entertainment grant fund, which replaced the former incentive program.
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