Much BBQ and beer later: How these two entrepreneurs launched a map publishing company (PHOTOS)

Amanda Fisher and Paul Bright called all 434 barbecue restaurants in North Carolina. “They didn’t all pick up the phone the first time, so take that and multiply it by four,” Fisher said. “That’s how many phone calls we had to make.” Those phone calls resulted in a map of barbecue restaurants across the state called The Great N.C. BBQ Map. “We were actually the first ones to find all the BBQ restaurants in the state,” Fisher said. Their love of barbecue on top of a shared entrepreneurial…

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