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Charlotte’s Botsi Uses AI to Optimize Subscription Prices

October 20, 2025 Taylor Motley
When people download subscription-driven apps, they typically decide whether to purchase a subscription the first time they open the app. Optimizing pricing to ensure that users see the value of […]
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Charlotte’s Dexit Is Revolutionizing Digital Estate Planning With DEXITPLAN™

October 2, 2025 Michael Melton
A few years ago, Natalia Parker and Tatyana Thurston, who knew each other through their kids’ Parent-Teacher Organization, began talking about a problem few people think about until it’s too […]
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Charlotte’s Franzy Is Democratizing The Franchising Market

September 25, 2025 Michael Melton
A few years ago, Alex Smereczniak was trying to franchise a business and realized that the franchising industry had a problem: the middleman. Many prospective franchisees rely on brokers to […]
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Charlotte’s Msg2AI Uses AI To Remove Friction From Event & Venue Texting

September 16, 2025 Temiloluwa Alagbe
Entrepreneur Bart Cant moved to the U.S. from Belgium in 2000, settling in Charlotte to work for IBM and various consulting firms. He started Rethink Labs, his own blockchain consulting […]
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Charlotte’s Sideline Education Offers “Game-First” Education For Kids

September 2, 2025 Michael Melton
Charlotte’s Chris Valada has worked in edtech for 20 years, but always envisioned himself launching a startup. His idea ultimately came to him when he was helping his son with […]
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Charlotte’s Just Her Rideshare Provides Safe Rides and Community for Women

August 28, 2025 Taylor Motley
Kimberly Evans had always been cautious of using rideshare apps. When she continued to read news articles about women being victims of crimes while using popular rideshare platforms, she felt […]
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With Zinnia, A Charlotte Founder Uses AI To Build Human Connection in Sales

August 26, 2025 Taylor Motley
Lauren Goodell spent nearly a decade in enterprise sales, managing accounts for companies like Microsoft and Salesforce. When she left the sales industry, she wanted to create the tool she’d […]
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Charlotte’s Capwave Helps Founders Secure Seed Funding

August 18, 2025 Taylor Motley
After helping startups raise over $400 million in Series A and B funding through her own startup, ZWANET, Charlotte Ketelaar recognized that there was a lack of tools available to […]
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Charlotte’s Summer Sanity Eases Scheduling Pain For Parents

August 15, 2025 Temiloluwa Alagbe
Megan Spivey and Megan Petrik met while their daughters were attending daycare. The business consultant and financial services professional bonded over their shared motherhood experience. And once their kids entered […]
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Charlotte’s Tesslate Provides Intuitive AI For No-Code Software Development

July 24, 2025 Taylor Motley
Manav Majumdar and a few friends were working on building an AI model for their portfolios when they developed their first model that supported UI development. They posted the open […]

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