Bill Warner

The White House Office of Science and Technology recently honored Harvest Wave Energy, an RTP-based renewable energy technology company, at the first White House Frontiers Conference held recently in Pittsburgh. Harvest Wave was selected for their technology innovation in developing an entirely new approach to capturing energy from ocean waves that has promise to be another viable and more consistently available source of renewable energy. They are currently participating as a finalist in the Department of Energy’s Wave Energy Prize which culminates by the end of they year, and were the only finalist invited to the event. “We were...

Editor’s note: Despite all the bad weather Tuesday night, a big and enthusiastic crowd turned out for a seminar on crowdfunding in North Carolina. Veteran entrepreneur and investor Bill Warner, who is co-founder of EntreDot which put on the event, provides an inside report exclusively for WRAL TechWire. RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – Despite the snow and ice, an enthusiastic crowd of business owners and business professionals, thirsting for understanding about how crowdfunding is evolving in NC, attended EntreDot’s Crowdfunding Seminar held at The Frontier in RTP. A team of crowdfunding professionals, led by Mark Easley, one of RTP’s...

Editor’s note: Bill Warner is the executive director of the recently launched Cary Innovation Center. The mission of the Cary Innovation Center is to help entrepreneurs create, launch and operate their businesses by providing professional mentoring and business education programs that maximize the opportunity for success, resulting in incremental economic growth in revenue and jobs. CARY, N.C. – I don’t know if you have heard about this, but the IdeaSlam is an opportunity to capture the innovative spark of a new idea for a business and put it into a form that can be communicated to and evaluated by...

Editor’s note: Bill Warner is a veteran entrepreneur, consultant and angel investor. RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – Triangle Entrepreneurship Week introduces an exciting new approach to entrepreneurial programs. From November 14-18, dozens of focused events will give entrepreneurs an opportunity to directly engage with successful entrepreneurs, business professionals, investors and community leaders. Starting with NC State’s Entrepreneurship Lecture Series and surrounding the Internet Summit, this innovative approach to advising entrepreneurs is taking place throughout Raleigh, Durham and the greater Triangle area by: • Digging into the details of several grass root industries, • Meeting real investors and getting feedback...

Note: Rick Smith, editor and co-founder of Local Tech Wire and business editor of WRAL.com, is out today. Filling in is Bill Warner of Paladin and Associates and chairman of the Triangle Accredited Capital Forum. He also writes The Angel Connection for LTW. RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – If there is one issue that companies deal with frequently it is poorly constituted executive teams. As a result they are suffering from the lack of business and operational know-how. Here are some examples. Bad Marketing and Channel Choices The primary way this issue reveals itself is lack of sales; resulting...

So you have completed your business plan, determined how much money you need, practiced your presentation, and are now ready to approach angel investors to raise the capital needed to launch your business. But, you don’t know any. You have heard about the angel organizations in the area. You have read about the venture capital firms as well. Where do you start looking? Here are some tips to finding angel investors: First decide what you want from an investor with respect to industry experience, management experience and scope of influence. Your first investors are going to be your business...