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CureMint Raises $1.25 Million To Help Dentists Find The Vendors They Need

May 14, 2020 Elizabeth Thompson

The dental industry requires complex and specific products and technologies, but it is not always easy for dental practices to purchase the things they need. CureMint is changing the dental-procurement world with its specially tailored […]

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Blumer Draws Up Plans To Bring Art-Making Platform iScribble Back To Life

May 7, 2020 Elizabeth Thompson

Téa Blumer joined iScribble, a collaborative drawing platform that gives digital artists the ability to draw together in real time, almost 10 years ago. The platform was integral to her growth as an artist and […]

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To PPP or not to PPP? Triangle Entrepreneurs Weigh In

April 21, 2020 Elizabeth Thompson

The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) designed to loan money to small businesses affected by the pandemic-induced economic downtown kicked off less than three weeks ago—on Friday, April 3—and the $349 billion stimulus effort has already […]

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Two Triangle Startups Scale A New Product: Medical Face Shields

April 14, 2020 Elizabeth Thompson

Klarrio CEO Jim Smith never thought his passion for 3-D printing would somehow intersect with his position at an international SaaS company. But when he saw news of people 3-D printing face shields in Europe […]

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Remote Litigation Platform vTestify Ensures Justice Isn’t Delayed—Or Denied

April 7, 2020 Elizabeth Thompson

Cary-based vTestify was originally built to solve a specific need—to give the legal system digital access to a dwindling number of court reporters. It did that by creating a virtual platform so that legal professionals […]

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How Has Covid-19 Affected E-Commerce? Triangle Entrepreneurs Weigh In

April 2, 2020 Elizabeth Thompson

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected businesses in unprecedented ways. Demand for online shopping has skyrocketed, but with many states under stay-at-home orders and warehouses shutting down, e-commerce entrepreneurs face unprecedented challenges — and opportunities. We […]

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E-commerce Platform Corevist Enters New Phase After 12 Years Of Bootstrapping

April 2, 2020 Elizabeth Thompson

While B2C e-commerce platforms, like Amazon, make purchasing products online an easy, one-click purchases, many of the vendors behind the scenes are still using phone calls, emails and even faxes (!) to get orders out. […]

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RelyMD Brings Telemedicine To Forefront Of Battling Covid-19 Safely

March 26, 2020 Elizabeth Thompson

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to plague Americans, in-person access to primary health care providers like doctors and nurse practitioners is increasingly difficult. Physically going to the doctor’s office means potentially exposing yourself, fellow patients […]

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Blue Recruit Offers Better Way For Blue-Collar Workers To Find Jobs

March 17, 2020 Elizabeth Thompson

When Rich Camacho’s father-in-law was looking to hire an auto-body painter for his body shop, he placed an advertisement online and received 80 resumes—for house painters. Online job platforms typically search for keywords, a system […]

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Arpio is Your Data’s Knight in Shining Armor—No, Really

March 12, 2020 Elizabeth Thompson

Cloud outages are a serious threat to any business that uses the cloud to store data, and they happen more often than you think. In 2017, a massive outage occurred in the Amazon Web Services […]

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