Health Startup Weekend: First Of Its Kind in the Triangle8.11.14 -- Triangle Startup Weekend. Chances are you've heard about it or you've been to one.
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Health Startup Weekend: First Of Its Kind in the Triangle8.11.14 -- Triangle Startup Weekend. Chances are you've heard about it or you've been to one.
Inside Durham's Iron Yard Academy8.6.14 -- They range from a 13-year-old gamer entering high school to a 55-year-old designer of Chips Ahoy and Geico ads trying to learn new skills.
ExitEvent's Top Stories from July 20148.1.14 -- At ExitEvent, we want you up on all the topics trending and news happening in the Triangle, so here's a feature we run after each month ends recapping the most popular 10 stories and posts on our site.
WATCH: Startup and Play July Edition7.25.14 -- Check out our footage of last night's Startup and Play, a quarterly startup event and adult science fair' held for the first time in Durham at American Underground @Main.
One Year Later, American Underground Doubles Footprint on Main Street7.24.14 -- Some predictions are merely predictions. Others are dead on. And American Underground gets credit for the latter.
ArchiveSocial Raises $1M From Strategic California GovTech Investor7.18.14 -- ArchiveSocial CEO Anil Chawla was running into the same problem over and over again—despite connections made at the nationally-recognized Code for America accelerator and early users of his software that archives social media for government officials.
Is Google IO Ready for Rheti?6.25.14 -- Two years might sound like a long time to build an Android app, but Durham-based Juan Porras and his team at Rheti are determined theirs will be the first to allow native Android apps to be built using only a mobile device.
With 4X the Solar and Pedal-Powered ELFs in Production, Growing Pains at Organic Transit5.12.14 -- Nearly two years ago, Rob Cotter was busily building a prototype of a new type of solar, electric and pedal-powered vehicle we in the Triangle know as the ELF.
Less Emotion, More Action Needed in Female-Led Startup Movement5.5.14 -- I get it. Truly, I do. The older I get, the fewer female friends I have that are aspiring in careers. They've decided to stay home with kids, or to scale back their workload, or take a less demanding job.
WATCH: Just Released #FIBEREDUP Movie to Woo Google Fiber5.2.14 -- When Google narrowed its list of American cities to 34 that it would consider for the next installation of its one-gigabit-per-second Google Fiber Internet offering, city officials and residents across the Triangle were excited.
On the Go with Jay Bigelow5.2.14 -- It's been a busy week. We segmented all of the life sciences ventures on Triangulate to look for trends in specific segments and map the growth stages of local companies.
Can Entrepreneurs Help Reinvent Public Schools?4.23.14 -- A Microsoft engineer wanted to do something about the lack of computer science education in Seattle public schools. So he contacted a local high school and began to teach 12 students how to code.
Duke Students Launch World's First Free Mobile Lottery4.16.14 -- Little effort. Free cash. That's the promise of a new mobile app called Lotto 23 launched April 10 by a pair of Duke University juniors.
Smashing Boxes Schools Durham in Code4.1.14 -- Nick Jordan spends as much time recruiting new employees as selling into clients of his fast-growing web development agency Smashing Boxes. The company has grown to 38 employees over the last four years, and its greatest need is capable coders.
American Underground Announces 'Soar' Female Founders Mentoring Network3.19.14 -- More than 20 women with high-growth potential companies are now operating in the Triangle region, and a new organization calledSoar is starting up May 1st to help them succeed.
From Doctor to CEO: How a Duke Hospital Fellowship Inspired CurvyGirlHealth2.27.14 -- A decade of training to become a gastroenterologist taught Lisa Jones the lessons now guiding her newfound career at the helm of just-launched healthy living digital news site, CurvyGirlHealth
Google Hub to Increase Investors, Support Women in Raleigh-Durham Startups2.25.14 -- How do you woo a Google executive? Put her in an ELF and bike her around downtown Raleigh.
American Underground Officially Launches @Raleigh2.19.14 -- The American Underground@Raleigh officially opens its doors tonight with a launch party that means more than just another coworking space in the Triangle. The third American Underground location is perhaps the most unique of the trio and its opening
ExitEvent and TechWire Team Up for Media Event, Coverage2.14.14 -- On Day Two as ExitEvent editor, I made my way to Capitol Broadcasting Co. to meet with a man I'd heard only rumors about for the last 15 months.
Why You Should Have Seen the Google Tech Hub at American Underground Coming9.25.13 -- You've heard a lot about Google events in the Triangle over the last several months. Wait. What? Yeah. You have. You may not just know it.
NEXT Comes to the Triangle to Push Startup Customer Development8.22.13 -- NEXT is coming to the Triangle to put emphasis on customer acquisition and development.
American Underground at Main Debuts 22,000 Square Feet of Startup Space7.19.13 -- Last night was the official debut of the new American Underground @ Main campus in downtown Durham. And I never would have guessed who I saw there, but I'll get to that in a minute.
Why Triangle Startup Weekend Was a Success7.15.13 -- Triangle Startup Weekend, the 54 hour launch-a-company event that happened this past Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, was a success. David, a developer I met while there, is one reason why.
Triangle Startup Weekend Returns To Durham7.8.13 -- On Friday, July 12, the Triangle's newest entrepreneurial coworking space, American Underground @ Main St, will be packed and buzzing with the energy of 150+ of the Triangle's veteran and new entrepreneurs.
Paradoxos Shows that Durham Has More Than Great Startups6.10.13 -- When I arrived, CCB Plaza, much of which had been covered with tents, was milling with a few hundred people. There was a band on stage, several local breweries were pouring, and food trucks dotted the perimeter of the plaza.
When Should a Startup Leave the Nest?3.7.13 -- We've all heard stories about the scrappy initial headquarters of what became hugely successful technology companies: Dorm rooms, garages, and basements.
Can the Federal Government Do Anything to Help Entrepreneurs?2.27.13 -- If you were invited to the White House to present to senior administration officials on the state of entrepreneurship in North Carolina, what would you ask for?
Fostering Innovation at the American Underground Hack-A-Thon2.26.13 -- If you're a creator of any type, you know the feeling. That magic moment when disparate points of view, mistakes and sidetracked efforts coalesce into something wonderful.
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.
American Underground Makes a 15-Year Startup Bet11.15.12 -- American Underground, Durham's startup center located underneath the American Tobacco Campus, will be expanding a block-and-a-half away to 201 West Main Street with 40 private offices and 70 co-working desks.
The Rise of the Startup Flex Space10.29.12 -- Good 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.
Entrepreneurs Will Gather for First Startup Movie Night in Durham10.15.12 -- Somewhere between Hackathon and Happy Hour sits the first ever Durham Startup Movie Night, an inspiration from Argyle Social's founder and CEO Eric Boggs.
Adzerk, Shoeboxed, American Underground, and Durham Chamber Team Up for Epic Durham Hack Day9.4.12 -- A couple months ago, I detailed the how-to and the why-for of Automated Insights' First Annual Hackathon. Pros: A handful of new services and upgrades that rolled straight into production. Cons: The smell of the room on day 2.