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Slide show: WRALTechWire Insider Joe Procopio took a camera to Thursday night’s “Tech Jobs Under the Big Top” to offer our readers an inside view of the event where companies make pitches to hire new workers. It’s a circus … with food and fun … and companies looking to hire. These events also bring out the kind of job seekers you wouldn’t normally find at a typically-dreadful job fair: Super bright, A-level talent, incredibly ambitious free-thinkers with new ideas, and people who already had jobs but were looking for something more. Watch the slide show. Having fun and finding...

NCTA will host six start-ups in the consumer technology industry as part of our Thought Leaders event with technology thought leader Walt Mossberg of The Wall Street Journal and All Things Digital today at the Umstead Hotel. NCTA asked Ann Revell-Pechar to interview these companies’ senior executives to whet your appetite about some very cool companies located here in N.C. The latest interview is with ReverbNation. The companies to be featured include Sqord, Vallencell, INRFOOD, Spoonflower, and Gema Touch. Visit with these companies at the Thought Leaders event. Interview: Getting on the Bandwagon with ReverbNation When history books are written...

NCTA will host six start-ups in the consumer technology industry as part of our Thought Leaders event with Walt Mossberg on January 17, 2013 at the Umstead Hotel. NCTA asked Ann Revell-Pechar to interview these companies’ CEOs to whet your appetite about some very cool companies located here in N.C. The latest interview is with Valencell. The companies to be featured include Sqord, Vallencell, INRFOOD, Spoonflower, Reverb Nation and Gema Touch. Visit with these companies at the Thought Leaders event. Interview: Valencell – Your Mobile Fitness Ingredient There’s a movement afoot in movement. With any luck, 2013 will see Valencell’s...

NCTA will host six start-ups in the consumer technology industry as part of our Thought Leaders event with Walt Mossberg on January 17, 2013 at the Umstead Hotel. NCTA asked Ann Revell-Pechar to interview these companies’ CEOs to whet your appetite about some very cool companies located here in N.C. The latest interview is with Spoonflower. Other companies to be featured include Sqord, Vallencell, INRFOOD, Spoonflower, Reverb Nation and Gema Touch. Visit with these companies at the North Carolina Technology Association’s January 17 Thought Leaders event featuring Walt Mossberg, Wall Street Journal Columnist at The Umstead Hotel. Interview: Spoonflower...

NCTA will host six start-ups in the consumer technology industry as part of our Thought Leaders event with Walt Mossberg on January 17, 2013 at the Umstead Hotel. We asked Ann Revell-Pechar to interview these companies’ CEOs to whet your appetite about some very cool companies located here in N.C. The first is with Sqord’s Coleman Greene. Other companies to be featured include Vallencell, INRFOOD, Spoonflower, Reverb Nation and Gema Touch. Visit with SQORD at the North Carolina Technology Association’s January 17 Thought Leaders event featuring Walt Mossberg, Wall Street Journal Columnist at The Umstead Hotel. Interview: Coleman Greene,...

Don’t miss the deadline for the Digital Summit Demo Showcase submissions. The Summit is May 9-10 in Atlanta. April 13 is unlucky for those who miss it. Each year Digital Summit showcases some of the most promising Internet Entrepreneurs in the region to promote local talent and ingenuity. For Internet and Tech companies three years old or younger, this is your opportunity to strut your stuff and let the world know about your company. Young companies and entrepreneurs will share their ideas with attendees and provide demonstrations of their wares. If you think this is you, fill out the...

Editor’s note: The “Start Something” blog at the Council for Entrepreneurial Development lakes a look at the pros and cons of the JOBS Act. DURHAM, N.C. - The U.S. Senate passed the JOBS Act on Thursday afternoon with a vote of 73-26. The bill, if signed by President Obama, would become law. Supporters hope the bill would create jobs, boost entrepreneurship, increase investment activity, and create more initial public offerings. Will this bill be good for the entrepreneurial community? There are supporters and detractors of the bill. Let’s see how the bill will affect startups. The bill’s champions argue that...

Editor’s note: MCNC is nearing the completion of the first stage of a $144 million expansion of the North Carolina Research and Education Network. Funded through $104 million in federal BTOP grants and another $40 million in matching funding from the Golden LEAF Foundation, private partners and MCNC’s Endowment, the project will be completed in 2013. To commemorate the launch and progress of the project, MCNC is celebrating “12 Days of Broadband” in a series of blog posts between Dec. 8 and Dec. 23. These will be published in WRAL Tech Wire. Day One: ECU network boost to benefit...

“US health plans’ fierce and immediate need to respond to reform, transition their business model from wholesale to retail, and bend the medical expense cost curve is creating an unprecedented sense of urgency and a tremendous amount of activity around using data and advanced analytics to help drive business decisions and new business models.” – The authors, Stonegate Advisors Editor’s note: “Tackling US health plan with advanced analytics: Transforming the way health plans do business” is a new whitepaper researched by Stonegate Advisors LLC that is being released Friday at the America’s Health Insurance Plans conference on Friday. The...