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Sam Smith's Collective Hustle Demonstrates the Business Case For Startup Diversity — Beyond Optics

“For me, it felt like I always had all of the puzzle pieces, they just weren't put together. One thing I want to prove is that, if you just look at a snapshot of the top 20 [startup cities], we could be an ecosystem that embraces diversity and

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A New Kind of Real Estate Startup Helps Individuals Compete With 'iBuyers' — By Buying Your New Home

Zillow, Opendoor and other tech-enabled real estate companies, sometimes referred to as 'iBuyers', are no doubt making the process of selling a home far faster and more pleasant. Opendoor essentially facilitates the entire home sale so sellers don't have to spend time coordinating with agents or

GoodRoads Works With Civil Engineers to Bring Safe Streets Back to Cities

GoodRoads Works With Civil Engineers to Bring Safe Streets Back to Cities

The American road system is rated by the the American Society of Civil Engineers' (ASCE) as a "D," largely due, according to civil engineer Chris Sunde, "to the huge funding deficit on our infrastructure." He's right — the ASCE's Failure to Act

This Startup Lets Users Spend Food Stamps at Amazon Fresh and Instacart

This Startup Lets Users Spend Food Stamps at Amazon Fresh and Instacart

Across the United States, 22 percent of food-insecure households fall under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — what we used to call food stamps — totaling $126 billion in food assistance per year. However, the spending power that the program allocates monthly is often held back due to a largely analog,

North Carolina Fintech Accelerator Opens Applications

North Carolina Fintech Accelerator Opens Applications

Queen City Fintech accelerator (QCF) is looking for early-stage financial technology startups, or startups that cater to the financial industry, to join the Charlotte, NC entrepreneurial ecosystem. QCF's 12-week program provides startups access to world class mentors, capital and leading financial services organizations, all in the heart of

Haley Bohon Founded Pop-Up Class Startup SkillPop to Bring Back In-Person Learning

Haley Bohon Founded Pop-Up Class Startup SkillPop to Bring Back In-Person Learning

In today's world, you're a few clicks away from a how-to video or an online course covering anything you might want to learn. But for Haley Bohon, the in-person networking and community building aspect of learning is missing from those tools. "On the community side,

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Dollar Shave Club-For-Feminine Products Aims to Keep Girls In Africa In School

When Eileen Stephens' college-aged daughter brought home Half the Sky, a book about women in the developing world, Stephens expected to read about oppression, malnutrition and inequity. But there was one situation detailed in the book that she had never heard anyone talk about, much less try to solve: