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BRI Names CEO, Secures $1.5 Million

LIPSinc Shuffles Top Management; CEO and COO Are Out

CEO Michael Zapata, COO Larry Creglow leave following board mandate for new leadership. Several other employees are laid off, too. But new CEO says: 'There is enough money to move the company forward.'

Twin Bill: Duke Entrepreneurs Reap Cash - and Hear Storm Warning

'If you believe in it, go and do it; don't wait for someone to give you money,' Vivek Wadhwa tells Startup crowd. 'Build it and then sell it and then start executing like crazy -- Realize the world has changed and adapt to it.'

'Enronized' Reports Stress Cuts, Not Growth, Says Consultant Bill Dunk

Dunk, known internationally for his review of company reports, says firms are being careful post-Enron. He also sees 'dead-end reports' in which the answer to every business problem is 'What can I chop off now? Arms and legs?'

Some Call Atlanta the 'Networking Capital', and There Are Plenty of Places To Strike Deals

<b> Hot Spots: </b> From a mountain lodge to a deli, entrepreneurs and investors have a wide variety of picks for the mixing of business and good food.

What a Fragile Creature Excellence Is -- and Too Many Companies Have Lost It

Consultant William Dunk on many of today's big firms: 'They are yesterday instead of tomorrow, substituting marketing fizz for product substance and integrity.'

Buoyed by New Patents and Good Earnings, Embrex Takes Aim at Higher Performance in 2002

RTP-based company will continue expanding its market and product line, CEO says. 'I think the real key here was to let people know that while our position has been strong, we continue to beef it up.'

Cisco's Deal with Equant One of Many in the Growing VoIP Market

At least four other major companies have recently agreed to work with Cisco in voice-over-Internet Protocol. RTP campus is key to company's VoIP efforts. Nortel, too, focusing on VoIP.

Will Telecom Business Ring Up Deals in 2002? Signal Certainly Went Dead in 2001

The U.S. telecommunications industry crashed last year, and the shockwave rippled through the Triangle. The outlook for this year isn't much brighter, although Cisco has seen an up-tick in demand.

'Tearing Up Your Career': An Argument for the Counter-Intuitive Executive

'We are living in an age where he who lives dangerously but has a keen eye and an agile brain will be the survivor,' says international business consultant William Dunk.

BioResource International Strikes Investment Deal During Visit by Chinese Delegation

The small biotech company based at NCSU's Centennial Campus has developed an enzyme to improve the nutritional value of animal feed and to fight mad-cow disease. SSII of China makes investment.

Remembering Two True Giants of Their Time, Stanley Marcus and Peggy Lee

William Dunk says Marcus, Lee represent 'quality'. 'When all the world is floating down river --lazy and fat-- the quality swim upstream, defying the aimlessness and commonness of their times.'