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Typography for the Digital Interface

March 17, 2016

Designing for digital products, specifically the web and mobile devices, boils down to doing three things: making rectangles, selecting colors, and picking out fonts.

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A React App Done Right

March 8, 2016

React is all the rage right now. And since Smashing Boxes is always all the rage, we decided that we should start using React. It all began in Smashing Labs, our weekly innovation time, when a few developers started making small apps using React.

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Be a Tech All-Star with Smashing Boxes and the New Orleans Pelicans

March 4, 2016

We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve teamed up with the New Orleans Pelicans for a community event we’re calling “Smashing Boxes Tech All-Stars”. Kids from New Orleans area schools are invited to to tell us what their dream app would be!

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Essential Research Skills for Engineers

March 3, 2016

Modern software development requires a ton of research.

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Meet Maestro - Turn Spotify into a Workspace Jukebox Through Slack Integration

February 29, 2016

An actionable solution to the age-old question, that 980 million Google results have not quite answered: how to play music at work.

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Clojure: A Reflection On My Latest Obsession

February 23, 2016

Every Friday, we at Smashing Boxes take four hours out of the day to play and explore our own personal interests and, for the past few months, I’ve been interested in Clojure.

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Crowdfunding and your capital stack with Will McGuire

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March 26, 2024

Raise Capital From The Crowd

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Measuring venture capital deployment with Nick Jordan, Eric Porper & Tom Simon

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March 20, 2024

Why the decline in venture capital deployed to our area?

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The entertainment business buzz in Durham, NC

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March 14, 2024

A spotlight on the entertainment business buzz and tech in Durham, NC

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Translate Business Into a Successful Non Profit With Derek Rhodes

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August 24, 2023

Head of Durham, NC-based non-profit Durham Success Summit

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Hybrid VC Funding? Increasing Diversification with One Check With Gregg Bordes

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August 24, 2023

Front Porch is a VC firm based out of the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina that is working on..

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Creating a WIN-WIN Program For Universities, Investors, and Entrepreneurs

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August 29, 2022

Brett Danforth is the co-managing director of NC State University's Wolfpack Investor Network, an angel network currently comprised of 150 NC State-affiliated angel investors that have deployed over $10 million into NC State-affiliated early stage companies over the last two and a half years. Prior to joining WIN, Brett was a Venture Banker at Squa

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How College Helped This Entrepreneur Start Her Business with Anna Shuford

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August 29, 2022

In episodes 15 and 16 of the Next Matters Most podcast series, Nick and Emily talk with Anna about starting a business while in school, how she manages her days, and what her next steps are after school. They also deep-dive into how Anna’s BoomRoom platform works and why it’s so important for fitness professionals and teachers. These episodes are g

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Empowering & Inspiring Women Around The World To Follow Their Passion

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August 29, 2022

From India, to Dubai, to Durham NC. A truly world class citizen, business owner, and architect, Vandana Dake and Nick Jordan sit down to discuss her career journey, her passion for helping empower and inspire women in developing nations, and finding your why. Vandana provides a broad range of experience in design and construction — both locally and

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