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Andrew Jones founded his business, now co-owned by business partner Marianne Jones, in 1986, but to newcomers traveling down Carrboro’s Main Street, it might look a little prehistoric. Auto Logic’s signature dinosaur mascot, the “Tyrannosaurus Wrench” is just one of the business’s signatures that make their service feel friendly and […]
Read MoreIf you need a job, Max Alway-Townsend can hook you up. The 17-year-old is a rising senior at East Chapel Hill High and the founder of Jobalo – an app that helps high school and college students find work. The app, released in November 2016, features the four types of […]
Read More“We’ve been bringing dogs to work for the last 15 years. Suri, a Norfolk Terrier, turns 4 this month and she’s our official greeter. We have several folks who just stop here to come by and sit with her. She usually lets our UPS driver know that he is coming […]
Read MoreChocolatay Confections has been the “soundtrack to some of the happiest moments” in Danielle and Matthew White’s lives. They first got the idea for creating their own treats in 2009 when their son, Mateus (Tay), was diagnosed with severe peanut allergies and could not enjoy many popular candies or desserts. At […]
Read MoreAs part of our series The Creatives, we talk to Lane Wurster, partner and creative director at The Splinter Group. Growing up, were you particularly artistic? No, I was more of a jock. I ran track and cross-country, which is what brought me here from Pennsylvania. I ran at Wake […]
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Read MoreAs part of our series The Creatives, we speak with Carol Ann Zinn, founder and president at Zinn Design Build. How did you get started in building? I had been an artist/potter and had a nonprofit pottery school near Calvander. I was a visual person but I was very intrigued […]
Read MoreAs part of our series “The Creatives,” we spoke with Scott Nurkin, owner of The Mural Shop. Growing up, were you particularly artistic? I was lucky enough to have a mom who was very encouraging and put me in private lessons very early on. I knew it was something I […]
Read MoreAs part of our series “The Creatives,” we talk with Susan Gravely, the creative director and founder of Vietri. Growing up, were you creative? My favorite childhood memory was going with Momma to the Singer sewing store and picking out a pattern to make a yarn octopus, an apron or […]
Read MoreEntrepreneur Steve Mangano has traveled the world and eaten at many restaurants – which got him wondering why it’s so hard to find a good one when you arrive in a new city. Although there are many restaurant apps out there, they tend to focus on negative reviews and leave the restaurant itself […]
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