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Chemistry, Conniption, and Constellation: The Durham Distillery Founding Story

Melissa Katrincic loves gin, and she sought out new brands of the spirit everywhere she went. “Whenever my husband, Lee, and I would travel, we would try new gins and gin cocktails,…

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Like a Phoenix From the Ashes: The Rise of The Women’s Social Club

Networking and community are essential for many new businesses, especially small entrepreneurs, and Hannah Weisberg, founder of the Women’s Social Club, has created a community model for women entrepreneurs to make personal…

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Technology

From Rocket Scientist to EdTech Startup Founder, with STEMedia’s Dr. Nehemiah Mabry

When Nehemiah Mabry was a PhD student at NC State University, he made a video for the national Engineering: Stay with It campaign launched by Intel, MTV and Facebook, which encouraged students…

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Disrupting Systemic Economic Injustice in the Startup Ecosystem, with Resilient Ventures’ Tom Droege and Keith Daniel

Keith Daniel, co-founder and managing director of Resilient Ventures, says a “no” is just a “yes” not discovered yet. “You have to have that mindset, and gumption, and audacity,” Keith said, “even…

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Employment Law, Benefits & Compensation

Top Employment Law Considerations for Startups, with Ashley K Pittman

When starting a new job, we typically think about two things: our role and our compensation. But there’s so much more to consider, especially for startups. In a recent episode of the…

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Joe Colopy: From No Paycheck for 3 Years to a $200M Exit

Joe Colopy started his career at a little startup named RedHat. In 1999, the company had about 100 employees, but grew to 700 and went public within the next year. He was…

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From Accidental Entrepreneur to a $2.5M raise, with Cycle Labs’ Josh Owen

Entrepreneurship might lead to financial success, but that should never be a founder’s sole objective, and Josh Owen knows that. Josh co-founded Cycle Labs, a continuous software test automation platform, to solve…

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The One Reason Startups Fail, with VentureSouth’s Charlie Banks

As a child, Charlie Banks dreamt of becoming a sports agent. His father was a lawyer, he studied hard and took the Law School Admissions Test and he was ready to apply…

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Technology

Building Equity: The Entrepreneurship of Venture Capitalists, with Leeds Illuminate’s Susan Cates

Susan Cate’s mother was an eighth-grade teacher, and her father was in agricultural sales. Going into her career, she knew that she didn’t want to work in education or sales.  Instead, her…

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Mergers & Acquisitions Mergers & Aquisitions

Everything You Need to Know but Didn’t Know to Ask about Startup Acquisitions

While we love talking with founders on the Founder Shares podcast, it’s always wonderful to talk with another startup attorney, and, on this episode, we had the pleasure of talking with Dan…

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