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Beaufort County Community College is giving future or current entrepreneurs a chance to learn free skills and compete for start-up funds through its Small Business Center’s “Seed and Sow” program.
Published: Saturday, September 16th, 2023 @ 3:27 pm
By: Attila Nemecz
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Local man Ernest Thompson is starting to think now may have been a bad time to launch his own business, "Crazy Ernie's Deep Sea Expeditions."
Published: Saturday, August 12th, 2023 @ 9:06 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall announced during this month’s small business week that new business filings are still at near-record levels in North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, June 11th, 2023 @ 11:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Speaking in an interview with the business magazine Fast Company about his role as chief impact officer with the tech startup BetterUp, which offers coaching and mental health services to businesses and individuals, Great Britain’s Prince Harry, who with his wife Meghan Markle.
Published: Friday, July 1st, 2022 @ 7:36 am
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina continues to create businesses at a rapid pace. Thanks to conservative policies, more individuals are empowered to identify market opportunities and bear the uncertainty that comes with starting a business.
Published: Saturday, April 16th, 2022 @ 8:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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New polling suggests Jon Ossoff, who is challenging incumbent Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) in a runoff election on January 5, is starting to fall behind, due in part to an ongoing scandal involving Chinese business dealings.
Published: Wednesday, December 23rd, 2020 @ 10:28 am
By: Daily Wire
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For the first time, a company started by East Carolina University faculty members has received a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant from the National Institutes of Health.
Published: Saturday, October 12th, 2019 @ 1:02 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) to expand the refundable research and development (R&D) tax credit for startups and small businesses has gained support among entrepreneurship and innovation leaders.
Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2019 @ 1:33 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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For Taylor Hicks, what started as a hobby, a creative outlet to practice calligraphy, has now morphed into a business with more than $250,000 in sales in 2018.
Published: Wednesday, July 17th, 2019 @ 9:15 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) co-sponsored the bipartisan Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act, legislation that would support small businesses by removing burdensome restrictions from individuals who want to invest in startups and help create jobs.
Published: Friday, April 12th, 2019 @ 9:32 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Even if you've never had any interest in doing it yourself, you should want North Carolina to be a great place to start a new business.
Published: Sunday, December 11th, 2016 @ 3:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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From the start, the Republican primary race between businesswoman Holly Grange and conservative activist and New Hanover County Board of Education member Tammy Covil has been a heated one.
Published: Thursday, March 3rd, 2016 @ 12:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Because of tax reform, less burdensome regulations, and a general spirit of optimism, you have confidence that North Carolina is on the right track and this is the place to invest and start a business. You leap into the world of entrepreneurship. But you fail to file a required form on time and...
Published: Monday, May 11th, 2015 @ 6:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Frustrated by their lack of authority to police upstart businesses in the "sharing economy" - a marketplace relying on direct negotiations between providers and consumers - some North Carolina municipalities are asking the General Assembly for permission to regulate businesses such as Uber...
Published: Friday, December 5th, 2014 @ 1:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Starting a small business is often a challenge, but Beaufort County Community College's Business and Industry Services can make the process easier by helping budding entrepreneurs write a business plan.
Published: Tuesday, December 31st, 2013 @ 12:48 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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If you would like to start a small business in North Carolina, you might be unpleasantly surprised to learn that complying with state and local regulations can be incredibly costly and time-consuming.
Published: Wednesday, May 1st, 2013 @ 12:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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With so many variables to consider when starting and operating a restaurant, statistics show that they are the type of small business that is most likely to fail in the first year.
Published: Monday, January 28th, 2013 @ 12:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Ayn Rand and George Orwell are starting to look like real prophets. We've got record unemployment, bankruptcies, foreclosures, and business closings.
Published: Thursday, November 8th, 2012 @ 9:53 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The specter of occupational licensing is once again growing in North Carolina, threatening to make it harder for people to find work. In this case the culprit is SB 447, a bill that would dramatically increase the licensing and regulation of landscape contractors in North Carolina.
Published: Friday, June 29th, 2012 @ 3:34 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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