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VitalFlo And Wellistic Meeting New Health Challenges Caused By Covid-19

April 9, 2020 Laura Brummett
The spread of the novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19 has shown the world that healthcare is more important now than ever. Two Triangle-based startups, VitalFlo and Wellistic, are doing their […]
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Triangle Startups Help Those Stuck At Home With Food, Fitness and Fun

April 2, 2020 Laura Brummett
With everyone cooped up inside their homes, these Triangle-based companies are doing their part to keep everyone’s lives as close to normal as possible. WAAM Fitness App, Myxx Solutions and […]
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Boostopia Makes Life Easier For Customer-Support Managers

March 26, 2020 Laura Brummett
To launch a successful startup, it helps to identify a pain point that’s not being addressed among potential customers with the proven ability to pay for a solution. Aiming high […]
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Triangle VCs And Angels Dealing With New Normal Of Covid-19 Fallout

March 24, 2020 Laura Brummett
For Triangle-area venture capital firms and angel networks, not much has changed in the past few weeks. Except, portfolio companies are either really up or really down, and a lot […]
Triangle

RelayOne Takes Scalpel To Hospital Operating Rooms’ Scheduling Process

March 5, 2020 Laura Brummett
Hospitals should be places of healing, not unnecessary stressors. Durham native Cam Sexton has set out to make hospitals—and their operating rooms—more efficient with his company RelayOne.  You can judge […]
Triangle

Move Over, Student-Athletes—Duke Launches Program For Student-Founders

March 3, 2020 Laura Brummett
Practice makes perfect. Athletes know the saying well. Student-athletes especially, as they put in extra hours a week to practice the sport they love. At Duke, entrepreneurs can now do […]
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Voxelight Helps Ensure You Never Miss A Spot With Your Sunscreen

February 27, 2020 Laura Brummett
The days of awkward sunburn streaks are over. No longer do you have to worry whether your spray sunscreen fully covered your back, or anywhere else on your body. Voxelight, […]
Triangle

Hit Game Temple Run Helps Imangi Studios Keep Pace With Bigger Rivals

February 18, 2020 Laura Brummett
At Raleigh’s Imangi Studios, a demon-monkey can chase you in real life, just like in their hit games Temple Run and Temple Run 2. In the game, your character is […]
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New AR App Brings Two Downtown Durham Murals To Life

January 23, 2020 Laura Brummett
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be in Durham, Raleigh and Mexico all at the same time? By simply holding your phone up to two murals in downtown […]
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Research Triangle Park Is Getting Its First Full-Fledged Coworking Space

December 19, 2019 Laura Brummett
It’s like WeWork, but without the free kombucha or corporate-office drama. Venture X plans to become the next big coworking space in the Triangle, and the first actually located in […]

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