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 Getting to the term sheet: Raising the dough

CED's Start Something blog: Entrepreneurs hear first-hand from the pros about what they must do to draw the interest - and then the money - from investors.

 Triangle-based Netsertive lands one of 15 Google 'Premier' partner spots

CED's Start Something blog: "It's one of the most important achievements we've made as a company, to date," Netsertive CEO Brendan Morrissey says of the Google AdWords Premier SMB Partner selection.

How Netsertive works

 VC advice to entrepreneurs: Stand out, stay connected, know red flags

CED's Start Something blog: Is venture capital right for you? If so, how would you begin the process of attracting venture capital? Here's your primer on venture capital, with lessons from the first of two sessions of the CED Funding Series.

Looking for cash?

 How to raise dough? Angels offer RTP entrepreneurs insight

CED's Start Something blog: When angel investors look to invest, they are seeking entrepreneurs with skin in the game, who have a network of contacts, can set expectations and are starting a business that can generation 'meaningful traction' in a targeted market.

 CED two-part funding series opens tonight

The Council for Entrepreneurial Development discloses names of venture capitalists, investors and other tech veterans who will participate in two programs to help startup and emerging company executives learn how to raise money.

 Eye-opener: First look inside Triangle's 'Digital Doorway'

The Council for Entrepreneurial Development unveils the first draft of its Triangle-wide "Digital Doorway" map to board members at its annual meeting today. WRAL Tech Wire gets an insider's view of what the CED and partners are developing.

The Triangle's Digital Doorway" is taking shape

 Veteran investors, startup execs headline CED funding series

The Council for Entrepreneurial Development discloses names of venture capitalists, investors and other tech veterans who will participate in two programs to help startup and emerging company executives learn how to raise money.

 CED sets agenda for 'Raising the Dough' events

The Council for Entrepreneurial Development plans two programs to help startup and emerging company executives learn how to raise money.

 CED creating 'Digital Doorway' - a huge interactive map for Triangle

The Council for Entrepreneurial Development will soon unveil the initial version of a huge database project - an "Entrepreneurial Network" map - that it hopes will serve as a "digital doorway" for the Triangle.

 Nobel Prize winner headlines CED Life Science Conference program

Dr. Jack Szostak, a 2009 Nobel Prize winner and a professor of genetics at Harvard, headlines the program for the 22nd CED Life Science Conference next month.

CED Life Science Conference

 Content marketing: Just 2 hours a week can deliver results

CED's Start Something blog: Content marketing is the great equalizer; it is the embodiment of the phrase: "work smarter, not harder." You don't have to have 900 employees to be a world recognized expert, you can do that with nine, or with two.

 Systems integrator I-Cubed hires 45 in 2012, continues to grow

CED's Start Something blog: According to I-Cubed, which stands for "integrated industrial information," hiring has taken place in all departments, including positions in management, technical consulting and operations. Its CEO offers an insider view of what's happening at the Raleigh-based firm.

I-Cubed's Donald Thompson

 CED launches funding series 'Raising the Dough' in January

The Council for Entrepreneurial Development plans two programs early next year designed to help startup and emerging company executives learn how to raise money.

 Marketing for entrepreneurs: Don't make these mistakes

CED's Start Something blog: A seismic shift in marketing is happening right now. The Internet gives each and every company access to a stage with microphones on it. This is a tremendous advantage to small companies, because content marketing "levels the playing field" for these organizations. But unless these companies act quickly and begin to create compelling, unique content, by the time they get on stage, all the microphones will be in the hands of their competitors!

 StartupNC strategy meeting attracts scores of Triangle entrepreneurs

The Startup America team, led by CEO Scott Case, challenges NC entrepreneurs to develop a central vision for entrepreneurship in the region.

 New CFO brings extensive ecommerce experience to startup BuyStand

CED's "Start Something" Blog: Charlie Farrell, a long-time financial executive at automotive news website Edmunds.com, is the new CFO at BuyStand.com. He likes what he sees at the Durham-based startup.

 Anatomy of two big RTP biotech deals is focus of panel discussion

Representatives of four companies involved in two of the largest life science deals involving RTP firms - GSK and Liquidia, Chimerix and Merck - will share insiders' views about the transactions at a CED event on Wednesday.

 Triangle companies dominate CED's first '25 N.C. Companies To Watch' List

The winners, picked from 190 nominees, employ at least six people and generate $1 million or more in revenue. Twenty from the RTP area plus three Charlotte firms and companies in Winston-Salem and Greensboro are "worth watching: based on performance, revenues and employee growth.

 President of national venture group to discuss state of VC industry

Mark Heesen, president of the National Venture Capital Association, is coming to the Triangle this week to provide an overview of the VC industry in the wake of November's elections.

 Veteran VC Jeff Clark 'touched and honored' by SEBIO award

CED's "Start Something" Blog: Triangle life-science companies won four of the five major awards at SEBIO. Jason Parker talked with Jeff Clark of Aurora Funds, who won the top individual honor.

Jeff Clark of The Aurora Funds, left, with fellow VC Jason Caplain