Every morning when I step into my co-working spot in Uptown Charlotte, the first thing is the energy. Not loud and crazy like New York or San Francisco – it’s actually quite the opposite – quieter, steadier, but there’s this undercurrent of ambition humming through every laptop click and coffee pour. You can feel people building things—not just companies but lives. When I moved back to Charlotte, I had thought I was getting back to the smaller leagues. After years in Atlanta’