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Dorm Room Dreams (of the Entrepreneurial Nature)

Written by S. Beaumont and filed under Business 

Shoeboxed LogoWhen a new store or restaurant opens, they are usually welcomed with quite a bit of hype. They’re exciting because they bring something new to our area. Often lost within the shuffle though are new businesses of a different kind–those that could just as easily exist over a thousand miles away, but they are in fact right next door.

I had the pleasure of meeting Taylor Mingos the other day. Taylor is the 20-something year old founder and CEO of a web-based company called Shoeboxed. Shoeboxed began as a start-up out of Duke University and has evolved into a 30-plus (counting part-time and student help) employee company with offices in Durham’s Brightleaf Square. They’ve received some initial Angel funding and seem to have a bright future if their current success continues.

Shoeboxed offers a way of organizing all of your paper receipts, those that may have previously been tucked away in a “shoebox” (or George Constanza’s wallet). You can email digital receipts to your custom shoeboxed email address, scan them in and even mail them in Netflix-style in the near future. They’ve done a lot of nice work with their copywriting and the visual layout of the site, so I’ll leave it up to you to find out more if you’re interested.

The Triangle is a hotbed for tech start-ups, in large part due to our outstanding Universities. We’re attracting top talent from all over the globe and many of them are staying put after graduating, starting companies and helping to raise the profile of this area as cutting-edge region for technology.

Check out Shoeboxed, support a local business and get those receipts under control.

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One Response to “Dorm Room Dreams (of the Entrepreneurial Nature)”

  1. Taylor on December 7th, 2007 5:08 pm

    Thank you very much for the write-up! I would also call the Triangle a hotbed for start-ups. Downtown Durham is reaming with us techy startup folk.

    You can also let your avid readers know that if they are interested in beta testing our Netflix-like mail-in service, they can contact me personally at taylor [at] team.shoeboxed.com!

    Cheers from the Shoequarters,

    Taylor Mingos

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