Opportunity vs. Necessity in Tech Entrepreneurship: A Counterpoint5.20.14 -- As I read the recent ExitEvent article on Kauffman's Entrepreneurial Activity Index, I felt the need to respond with some of my own views on the topic.
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Opportunity vs. Necessity in Tech Entrepreneurship: A Counterpoint5.20.14 -- As I read the recent ExitEvent article on Kauffman's Entrepreneurial Activity Index, I felt the need to respond with some of my own views on the topic.
Why One VC Hates the Triangle's Best Place to Live Status4.16.14 -- When ExitEvent asked me to write about a topic of interest to the entrepreneurial community in this region, I immediately had an idea. It's one of my biggest pet peeves— why I hate it when magazines list the Triangle as one of the best places to live.
Traction Gets Automated Insights and Windsor Circle to Google Demo Day3.7.14 -- Automated Insights grew so quick last year that's it's offering $5K to anyone who refers the startup's next employees.
Luck Favors the Bold, But Opportunity Favors the Present1.24.14 -- Look, I'm not saying that you're going to walk into every ExitEvent Startup Social and find one table with those kinds of folks sitting at it. But I will say this. If you let the snow keep you home Tuesday night, you missed that chance.
My Picks for the Full Steam Ahead Awards10.31.13 -- Last week, I took some time away from the grind to attend the WRAL TechWire Full Steam Ahead Awards, ironically hosted at the FullSteam Brewery in downtown Durham.
Why Your Startup Will Thank You for Going to IDEA Pitch10.17.13 -- Whether your startup is currently raising money or not, you should know about IDEA Pitch.
Exclusive: NC IDEA Awards $220K to Five North Carolina Startups6.13.13 -- NC IDEA, a not-for-profit offshoot of Durham-based VC Idea Fund Partners, has announced the award recipients of their grant program's 15th cycle.
NC IDEA Announces Some Familiar Names Among 30 Grant Semi-Finalists4.3.13 -- It's the 15th cycle for NC IDEA, and this time, you already know at least ten of the 30 they picked from the 159 who applied, because ExitEvent has already written about them. In some cases, extensively.
NC IDEA Opens $50K Spring Startup Grant Cycle Today2.11.13 -- NC 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.
How to Raise Money for Your Startup1.28.13 -- On January 29th and February 5th some of the Triangle's best and brightest are gathering together in Durham for CED's Raising the Dough Fundraising Series
Windsor Circle Closes $1MM Series A Round: Lessons Learned12.19.12 -- Windsor Circle, a Durham-based retention marketing startup, is one of those early-stagers that made it look easy.
NC IDEA Announces Fall 2012 Startup Grant Winners11.29.12 -- The last time I wrote about NC IDEA handing out up to $50K to deserving startups, I put the rest the idea that it's the best kept secret in the North Carolina startup scene. It's just no longer a secret.
Duke Showcases Homegrown Startups with the InCube Demo Day10.30.12 -- With nearly 100 Triangle-area entrepreneurs, investors and students in attendance, 13 InCube companies presented themselves to a panel.
Triangle Startup Factory Picks Six Startups for Fall Session8.28.12 -- Chris Heivly and I hadn't chatted for more than two minutes since the TSF demo day back in June (which happened to be one of the first articles we ever ran). This is pretty much my fault.
NC IDEA $50K Grant Cycle Opens August 14th7.27.12 -- For years now, I've been calling the NC IDEA Grant the best kept startup secret in North Carolina. A non-profit sister program to local VC firm Idea Fund Partners, they grant up to $50,000 to six or so early-stage startups.
A Review of North Carolina Venture Capital Tech Investing7.18.12 -- Recently, I spent some more time looking at the companies that were able to secure funding during 2011 and the first half of 2012.
Going to School With Groundwork Labs7.12.12 -- Groundwork Labs is the first glass panel you see when you descend the stairs that lead from American Tobacco Campus into American Underground, going from the above-ground, more buttoned-up professional world into the creative, chaotic, more mysteriou
Silicon Valley Bank Brings the West Coast East6.13.12 -- I found it a little odd when I got the invitation to Lone Rider for a Silicon Valley Bank sponsored get-together last night.
NC IDEA Announces Spring 2012 Grant Winners6.7.12 -- It looks like the best kept secret for North Carolina startups is no longer best kept. Truth be told, it was never really much of a secret, just an awesome thing that every startup in the state should take advantage of.
Nearly 200 at the April ExitEvent RTP Startup Social4.18.12 -- jproco: That. Was. Ridiculous. Nearly 200 at @ExitEvent tonight. Killed 2 kegs in 1:15. Thanks to all who showed.