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New Center for Impact and Innovation in Seattle

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This is pretty exciting news - there are so many non-profits in Seattle, it's pretty sweet that they'll be a central place for social entrepreneurs to work from together.

Seems like Seattle is heating up overall with SURF incubator, another co-working space for Start-ups, opening up just a few blocks away from this location.

Bingcubator is also moving rather quickly from everything I've heard. Going to be interesting to see what comes out of there.

Great to hear. Congrats. Wish we had something like this in Charlotte, or I could just move to Seattle.

you should probably just move :)

Or you could just head down to the Steele Creek area or further south to the hotbed of Fort Mill. On a serious note, you haven't explored the Triangle?

I'm from Seattle visiting Winston for the summer. I was hoping to do some networking here but I haven't been able to find anything industry related. Aside from a few graphic design firms it seems to be a bit of a ghost town. Any ideas?

Charlotte really suffered with the financial mess as BOFA and Wachovia were the heart of the city. Winston Salem and Greensboro don't have a lot to offer. Asheville is one my favorite cities but just doesn't have a lot going on either unless you're on your own.

The Triangle really is a good place. You've got UNC@Chapel Hill, NC State and Duke all within a short(car) distance. Cisco and NetApp have a large presence out on Kit Creek in the Park in Cary. At the time I left that area I believe Cisco's campus was 12 or 13 buildings and NetApp was up to 4. IBM still has a significant footprint there. And Red Hat is headquartered there.

There is a lot of small startup stuff happening in Durham(American Tobacco District).

Here's a good resource: http://www.downtowndurhamstartups.com/content/startup+direct...

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill-Morrisville-Cary-Apex : Take your pick and you'll find a lot going on. On a map basically look at the intersection of Highway 55 and 54 and you're looking at the center from everything.

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