We’ll post more details up here very soon so stay tuned.

Meanwhile here’s a very rough video of Jeff explaining the latest evolution
of Vybee.com at Startup Stampede in Durham, NC…

Vybee.com – Upcoming Evolution from Vybee on Vimeo.

It was so much better to see Jeff in action live.

We should have more details and clearer videos up here soon.

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Vybee.com is becoming quite an awesome place to to find, share, and keep up with what’s going on in the Triangle NC. It’s largely been growing from one friend to another.

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Help us pass the word and invite some good friends through our much improved
’Send Invites’ feature and win awesome giveaways throughout December.

Check out our new deals page
for the latest deals and giveaways from Vybee.com…

Deals.Vybee.com

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Here’s how to invite friends and win the giveaways…

1) Login & Follow the ‘Invite Friends’ prompt that appears in the sidebar…

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Or Login to click ‘My Profile’ and the ‘Send Invites’ Tab in your profile…

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2) Invite local friends to join you on Vybee.com.

You can enter up to 50 emails at a time.
Or simply invite friends from your address book of choice
(Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, and more.)

Follow the prompts in the pop up box to select friends to invite.

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3) Click the ‘Send Invites’ button and you’re done!

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Contact us about your good participation
or for any questions and assistance.

Support@Vybee.com

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Let’s bring together an awesome local network on Vybee.com
and look forward to winning some great gifts this holiday season.

- Jeff -

www.Vybee.com

Support@Vybee.com

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It’s been an awesome year for us at Vybee.com, and on it’s way, this project is becoming quite a fam working towards a greater vision.

Vybee.com moves with a mission to build a more focused place to share and discuss what’s going on locally and connect within our local communities.

The thing to know about this project is, it’s not about the technology or just building some shiny new thing.

It is very much about bringing together the best ways to engage locally and foster local connections.

As we continue to refine and evolve, this purpose and the community that’s been coming together is really what sets this project apart.

During our participation with the Startup Stampede we met so many new people. With us now, it’s all about continuing to build lasting relations.

And we have such great family and friends working with us to build this greater vision.

Some exciting plans are underway for savvy campaigns with local businesses, partnerships with local media and publishers, and the release of our mobile app.

With that, I have to give some big shout outs and thanks to the people that have been great participators and advocates with Vybee.com.

Big thanks to Adam Klein and Matthew Coppedge from the Durham Chamber and Downtown Durham Inc. + the Startup Stampede mentors and participants.

Mad props to Harvey Singh and our dedicated development team at Instancy.com.

Major shout outs to our local collaborators and evangelists that have been helping us with key elements.

And thanks to our super-cool members continuing to participate, invite good friends, and get the word out about this awesome local network coming together in the Triangle, NC.

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The Vybee Crew…

Marc Lee, Kristelle, Galen, Roger Smith, Cal, Vincent Burke, NC Local Music, Diego, Jason Nakrani, Purrfekt, Frances, Jenni, Sai, Will, Juan, Arpan, Jon Champion, Ryan, Rico, Aaron, Amanda, Kristi, Ted Newcomb, Joanna, and so many more.

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- Jeff -

www.Vybee.com

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We’re busily preparing for our presentation at the Stampede graduation ceremony Wednesday November 16th.

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So we’re polishing up Vybee.com, polishing up our pitch… and our shoes.

And who knows maybe even revealing a sneak peak of our mobile app coming out soon.

Headed up by the Durham Chamber of Commerce, and Downtown Durham Inc, the Stampede has been an excellent experience for us to meet local talent and start-up success stories such as Chris Heivly of Mapquest and Triangle Tech Talk, Aaron Houghton of iContact and Eden, Taylor and Joel from Shoeboxed, and so many more.

Adam Klein from the Durham Chamber and Matthew Coppedge from Downtown Durham Inc. have been such great ringleaders in guiding us away from the desk and face to face with others that can help us grow our business.

We grew to love Durham even more in the short time we’ve been here and the possibility of setting up shop in Durham sounds very lucrative mainly because we felt an encouragement that’s hard to find.

We look forward to continuing with the great connections we’ve made as we’re really just getting started to take this project to the next level.

Our final presentation for Startup Stampede will be Wednesday November 16th at 5:00pm in Rigsbee Hall, downtown Durham, NC.

If you’d like to attend this private function and hear some of the latest innovations coming out of the area, let me know and I’ll do my best to work out an invite.

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Collaborate@Vybee.com

www.Vybee.com

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It’s such a good thing that we worked out Free Passes to available events for members of the Vybee.com – Triangle Business Group: http://vybee.com/groups/trianglebusiness/

I’ll be presenting on how we can foster a local community for entrepreneurs based on what we’ve been building at Vybee.com and what I’ve learned through the Durham Startup Stampede program along with Stampede founders Adam Klein from the Durham Chamber of Commerce, Matthew Coppedge from Downtown Durham Inc, Raleigh City Councilor, Mary-Ann Baldwin, and Derrick Minor of Downtown Raleigh Alliance.

Our event will be Wednesday Nov. 16th from 2:oo – 4:00pm
at the Longview Center (118 S. Person St. Raleigh, NC).

There are also various events pertaining to different industries and interests
as well as ample opportunities to pitch ideas to investors.

Find out more about the entire week of events at: http://www.triangleew.org/

It looks like the events are already selling out, so make sure to get signed up and join our Triangle Business Group for free passes to events as they are available. Please help us pass the word to other entrepreneurs and business owners who would like this offer and community. We’re emailing members of our Triangle Business group how to get free passes.

Look forward to seeing you at Triangle Entrepreneur Week, our presentation (Wednesday Nov. 16th), and continuing to bring together our local entrepreneur community in the Vybee.com Triangle Business Group.

Sincerely,

- Jeff -

www.Vybee.com

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The Atlantic tech reporters breezed through our Stampede offices in Durham on their whirlwind tour of ‘Start-Up Nation’, a special report on start-up innovation in the southeast.

(They made Jeff look all smart and stuff) : )

Check out the complete article…

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/11/what-we-learned-driving-2-000-miles-through-the-souths-startup-landscape/247671/#slide2

And the Special Report on ‘Start Up Nation’…

http://www.theatlantic.com/special-report/start-up-nation/

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The Treats Are Out at Vybee.com.

We’ve got some cool things to give away this Halloween as we kick off a campaign to let people know about our growing local network for the Triangle, NC.

Help us invite some good friends through our much improved ’Send Invites’ feature this week and have a chance to win a ticket to the Hurricanes game this Tuesday (01-01-11) or a V.I.P pass to The Crystal Method this Friday (11-04-11).

Check Out How to Invite Friends.

Let us know you invited some friends for a chance to win these tickets.

Email us : Collaborate@Vybee.com

The first people to invite some friends this week
can claim the tickets we have available.

Let’s build up our local fam and invite some good peoples
to this growing local network.

- Jeff -

www.Vybee.com

Support@Vybee.com

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It has been one of the most requested features of our crew and members.

Now you have an even easier way to share media along with your local updates and reports
right from your home page, group pages, and friend’s pages.

Reach your local interest communities on Vybee.com
+ Facebook & Twitter networks all from one place.

Here’s how it works…

Once you’ve logged in, visit your home page
(the ‘Home’ tab in the top header) to access the update box.

And follow the quick steps detailed below…

1) Type in your update or an intro to the media you’d like to share.

2) Select a group you’ve joined where you’d like to send your post.

(You can join groups from the ‘Groups‘ tab in the header by viewing ‘All Groups‘.)

3) Select options to post to your Facebook and Twitter networks.

* If you haven’t done so already, click ‘Post to Facebook’ and ‘Post to Twitter’
to set up your accounts. We will remember your settings from there.

4) Click the media icons to post media.

- Click the camera to upload images
(you’ll be able to select one or even multiple files to upload at one time).

Or share image urls (make sure image urls end with .jpeg, .gif, or .png).

- Click the film strip to share video links from YouTube, Vimeo, and more.

- Click the link to share links from websites, blogs, etc.

5) Click the ‘Preview’ button to see a preview of your media.

6) Click the ‘Post Update’ button and you’re done!

- allow a few seconds for the media to post to your page.

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Details may take time to read, but try it out for yourself,
and we think you’ll find it really is quite fluid.

Give it a whirl now and look forward to some happy
local reporting and media sharing on Vybee.com.

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Check out more How to Guides (like editing your profile, messaging friends, etc.)
and feel free to ask any questions about getting around Vybee.com in our support section…

http://www.Support.Vybee.com

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Bear with us as we move through this upgrade
happening early morning Sept. 8th 2011.

Stay tuned as we get back live and look forward to
participate in the awesome contest going live later today.

Meanwhile, make sure to keep up with us on Facebook & Twitter…

http://www.Facebook.com/VybeeBuzz

http://www.Twitter.com/VybeeBuzz

- Jeff  & The Vybee Team -

www.Vybee.com

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Mad props to our dedicated and very hard working dev team for bringing this exciting upgrade live for our great local community. Much thanks go out to Don, Faraaz, and Sastry at Instancy.com

Shout outs to great local friends and the Vybee Crew for encouraging our growth and evolution as we continue to create the most useful local network and local business solutions.

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We’re one of 13 companies selected to participate with this exciting startup accelerator program hosted by the Durham Chamber of Commerce.

This means we now have a furnished office space in the heart of downtown Durham along with a network of other entrepreneurs and a whole host of expert assistance and opportunities from founders of successful Durham startups.

And it means we’ll be hustling to create and launch our kick-a$s mobile platform for local engagement by the end of the year.

The program kick starts Tuesday September 13th with a presentation event for over 100 community leaders, elected officials, and press.

We’re super excited to be participating and rockin’ some things this year!

http://www.startupstampede.com/

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And the press is out…

http://wraltechwire.com/business/tech_wire/news/blogpost/10032197/

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http://www.durhamchamber.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Stampede2.02.pdf

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