Small Business owners, entrepreneurs, and Workforce Development professionals will be headed to the RTI Holden Building Tuesday for a full day of collaboration. NC IDEA and the North Carolina Association of Workforce Development Boards are partnering to host the event, focused on tackling small business challenges and sharing best practices.
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Bankston Lewis and Joe Dyer, Wilson entrepreneurs and natives, started MidSouth Roofing and Construction. Now, they’ve brought their business back to their quickly growing hometown.
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Editor’s note: Contributors to this report as published by the UNC-CH Kenan Institute of Private Enterprinse are: Sophie Calder-Wang, Assistant Professor, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Waverly Ding, Associate Professor, Smith School of Business, University of Maryland Tim Jenkinson, Professor of Finance, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford Victor Lyonnet, Assistant Professor...
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Stephanie Michelsen, 27, is being recognized by Forbes. She made their prestigious 30 under 30 list. Michelsen is the CEO and founder of Jellatech, a biotechnology startup that synthesizes animal proteins in a cruelty-free way. “Our mission is to build a future that does not rely on animals and...
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Since UNC-Chapel Hill senior Ritwik created the community, it has racked up 100 members.
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On Thursday, Nicole Kaufman, CEO of High-Performance Counseling, led a breakout session tackling the topic of mental health and startup success as part of the one-day conference – and at points, it got personal.
Read MoreEntrepreneurship is synonymous with the notion of “disruption,” a sort of badge rightfully earned when someone introduces new solutions to previously unmet needs. Politicians are increasingly trying to do the same—finding disruptive ways to serve major needs within their constituencies. And presently in North Carolina, a group of innovators...
Read MoreIn today’s busy, competitive marketplace, businesses and organizations with highly curated offerings—whether they be clothes, wine, movies or gifts—stand out above the rest. The rapid rise and popularity of companies like Netflix, Blue Apron and Stitch Fix indicate Americans love purchasing from curated lists. Venture capitalists are no different. The Council for Entrepreneurial Development’s (CED) new strategic investment matching program called “Connections to Capital” taps into the organization’s institutional knowledge and nearly three years’ worth of data to provide a unique match-making service for its North Carolina entrepreneur members and institutional investors around the world. So far, it’s helped six NC companies collectively raise over $55 million...
Read MoreAccording to the Council for Entrepreneurial Development’s (CED) just-released Innovators Report, 2015 might be a blockbuster year for investments in North Carolina startups. At least it will be if the second two quarters follow trends set during the first half of 2015, when nearly $427 million was invested in North Carolina companies through 90 deals. However, IPOs are down nationally and globally, so North Carolina’s is not out of sync with the rest of the country. M&As, meanwhile, tend to be the most popular exit strategy in the Triangle. Leading the pack on the tech side is Bronto Software, which sold for $200 million earlier this year. Salix Pharmaceuticals was the largest sale...
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