Raleigh-Durham’s overall office rent growth jumped 10.9 percent between Q2 2017 and Q2 2019, according to new data from real estate firm CBRE. Compare that to an 8.9 percent growth rate over the previous period between Q2 2015 and Q2 2017.
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In a report on “The State of Cordcutting,” Raleigh’s widely available broadband internet put the City of Oaks on top of cities nationwide where it makes sense to cut the cord.
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The Triangle area submitted multiple bids to host the new Amazon headquarters, and we don’t know which of those bids made the online retailer’s cut. But the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce found out it was, in fact, the entire region that was selected.
Read MoreAmazon has narrowed the list of cities under consideration for its second headquarters to 20, including Raleigh, Atlanta, Nashville, northern Virginia and Montgomery County in Maryland.
Read MoreWRAL TechWire’s continuing expansion of startup, tech and life science coverage as well as related workforce and economic development includes several features focusing on events and an interactive calendar. We believe this is the most comprehensive collection of information about what’s happening as the state’s entrepreneurial ecosystem continues to grow. Enjoy!
Read MoreNC IDEA, the not-for-profit organization connected to Durham-based venture capital firm Idea Fund Partners, opens the application for its spring startup grant cycle today. Entrepreneurs at any stage, in any industry, can apply for a program that not only awards up to $50K in grant money, but also comes with help, in the form of advice, connections, and mentoring. NC IDEA has been in the American Underground startup hub in downtown Durham for about a year now, and has also adopted the services of its incubator also housed therein, Groundwork Labs, providing what amounts to a true accelerator program...
Read MoreAs for the show itself, it starts in 1975 and goes to the recent present, with Gates as the underdog and Jobs as the revolutionary. It’s got a Monty Python and Robot Chicken feel to it, with satire weaving laughs into the history of Silicon Valley. Were just now starting to celebrate nerd culture, but attempts like the awful-looking TBS pseudo-reality vehicle King of the Nerds and the just plain awful closer-to-reality Bravo disaster Start-Ups: Silicon Valley have been off the mark and, thankfully for one, short-lived. As Levin put it: “There’s so much out there that celebrates the...
Read MoreLet’s play the Obvious Game. I point out obvious facts and you agree. For instance, as an entrepreneur you: … don’t have the time or money to go to another conference. … would rather poke yourself in the eye than sit through a hour presentation given by an “expert.” … could use investment capital, another great employee or maybe even a co-founder. Sounds about right, huh? If so, you should give a look-see to Triangle Entrepreneurship Week. Kicking off today and running through November 16th, TEW includes more than 20 events hosted throughout downtown Raleigh and Durham. And these...
Read MoreGood CEOs don’t want to be told how to run their companies. More often than not, that’s a trait that separates successful startups from fledgling startups. This is what Ranch Kimball and Cambridge Innovation Partners found to be the case when they sorted through the applicants looking to be housed at the Cambridge Innovation Center, a sprawling, ultra-flexible co-working and acceleration hub overlooking MIT. The teams that needed the space and the resources the most, they discovered, were the ones that were already on their way to being viable companies. Those companies, it turns out, didn’t need the mentoring...
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