In looking back over the last 3 years, I am completely amazed at how far our region has come in such a short period of time and we are continuing to see substantial momentum and increased velocity in 2013. With help from a recent study completed by our Startup NC partnership, I have listed below several key areas of growth within the Triangle over the last 36 months.
Companies – Anchored by big exits from Sharefile (acquired by Citrix), iContact (acquired by Vocus), Hosted Solutions (acquired by Windstream), and Yap (acquired by Amazon), as well as a recent IPO announcements by Channel Advisor, Quintiles, Chimerex, and LipoScience, the region continues to exhibit the ability to nurture entrepreneurs and grow local startup companies. Over the past 3 years, more than 400 new companies have been started, representing over 2,000 new jobs. In addition, over 100 high-growth companies have expanded, representing over 4,000 jobs. These companies represent a wide variety of different industry sectors including software, hardware, tech/media, consumer products, clean-tech, life sciences, agriculture, gaming, healthcare, and social entrepreneurship.
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