How to Win the NC IDEA Grant. No. 1 Tip: Seek Advice8.8.14 -- NC IDEA grant winners tend to be entrepreneurs that seek advice. This tends to hold true in any startup competition.
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How to Win the NC IDEA Grant. No. 1 Tip: Seek Advice8.8.14 -- NC IDEA grant winners tend to be entrepreneurs that seek advice. This tends to hold true in any startup competition.
TechWire: Offering a Stipend for Startups, Groundwork Labs Demonstrates Its Own Growth7.30.14 -- Among all the efforts focusing on boosting startups in the Triangle these days, Groundwork Labs is unique. It's free.
Raleigh EdTech Startup Heads to NYC for Prestigious Kaplan-Techstars Accelerator7.24.14 -- If you've seen Lea(R)n Founder Karl Rectanus in the last few days, you've probably noticed the big grin on his face and fast pace in his step.
ExitEvent's Top 10 Stories from June 20147.1.14 -- At ExitEvent, we want you up on all the topics trending and news happening in the Triangle, so here's a new feature we'll run after each month ends recapping the most popular 10 stories and posts on our site. They're ranked below based on page views.
On the Go with Jay Bigelow: Perfecting the Pitch & the CED Tech Conference6.30.14 -- One of the biggest challenges any new or emerging venture faces is getting noticed—whether it is by potential customers, investors, partners or employees. Often, the challenge is compounded because the venture lacks funding to pay for a lot of exposure.
Six Triangle Startups Split $270K in Spring 2014 NC IDEA Grants6.5.14 -- One is a Silicon Valley veteran. Another, a former UNC professor. One founding team has MBAs from Duke's Fuqua College of Business. Another founder advised state and federal governments on education policy.
NC IDEA WINNER: AnyCloud, the Mint.com of Personal and Shared Content6.5.14 -- Twenty years at Silicon Valley startups gave Brian Jenkins most of what he needed to know to start a software business. His own frustration with storing and finding content online gave him the inspiration.
The Back Story to Keona Health's $2.5 Million Round5.22.14 -- Keona Health is rolling in two months since it landed $2.5 million from a strategic investor and began testing its triage software platform in hospitals and doctors' offices in the Triangle and beyond.
On the Go with Jay Bigelow4.11.14 -- ExitEvent launches a new series today tracking the weekly activities of Council for Entrepreneurial Development Director of Entrepreneurship Jay Bigelow.
How to Write a Better NC IDEA Grant Application3.25.14 -- The NC IDEA grant is one of the best resources available for local entrepreneurs and startups. Applying is quick and easy, and the worst case scenario is you get feedback to help improve your idea/company.
Groundwork Labs Celebrates Two Years2.7.14 -- February marks Groundwork Labs' second anniversary and it's a great time to acknowledge the major achievements of our companies during the last year.
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.
NC IDEA Announces Fall 2013 Grant Winners12.10.13 -- Five startups are about to have their plans altered this morning. NC IDEA will shortly announce that they've won a grant of up to $50,000.
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.
What Does It Take to Make the NC IDEA Startup Grant Semifinals?10.7.13 -- Do you remember which startups won the NC IDEA grant over the past couple of years? That's what I asked myself when I started writing this article. My initial reaction was -- There's no way I have the space in my brain to keep track of these things.
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.
The Top 12 Startup Articles on ExitEvent 201212.26.12 -- 12. What would a discussion of startup in 2012 be without a nod or two to the wantrepreneurs.
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.
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.
NC IDEA Announces the Elite 2310.5.12 -- I swear I didn't know that NC IDEA announced finalists for its twice-annual $50K grant cycle. However, when I asked Andrea Cook about it she assured me that they did do this, I just wasn't paying attention. That can happen.
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.