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Thom Ruhe: NC IDEA wraps up a strong year, plans (hush hush) a summit in Nov.

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Jul 10, 2019

June 30 marked the end of our 2019 fiscal year; and by every metric we track, we had a heck of a year. Here’s a look at what all is going on at our organization.

NC IDEA aims to empower 100,000 North Carolinians with ‘entrepreneurial mindset’

Posted by WRAL News | Dec 13, 2018

The group kicked off its statewide roll out of the Ice House Entrepreneurship Program (IHEP) this week — an experimental, problem-based program on the fundamentals of entrepreneurship.

NC IDEA to give startups $5,000 jumpstart on crowdfunding

Posted by WRAL News | Dec 11, 2018

In partnership with Localstake NC, the private foundation has promised to award $5,000 grants to select companies looking to raise capital on its partner’s crowdfunding platform.

Diverse group of five startups lands $250,000 in grants from NC IDEA

Posted by Jason Parker | Nov 15, 2018

To sum up the five winners of the latest $50,000 grants from NC IDEA, they are diverse. Here are the winners.

NC IDEA Foundation to launch ‘entrepreneurial mindset’ education program

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Nov 8, 2018

The NC IDEA Foundation will launch a program for what it calls “entrepreneurial mindset education” across North Carolina early next year.

NC IDEA picks 11 finalists in competition for $50,000 grants

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Oct 31, 2018

The field of competitors for the 26th round of startup grants known as SEED is down to 11 finalists representing firms from Wilmington to Charlotte.

24 startups from across state are semifinalists for $50K NC IDEA grants

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Oct 1, 2018

The NC IDEA foundation has selected 24 emerging startups from across North Carolina as semifinalists for its latest round of grants that are worth $50,000.