Triangle Startup Factory Picks Six Startups for Fall SessionChris 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.
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Triangle Startup Factory Picks Six Startups for Fall SessionChris 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.
Southern Capitol Ventures Entrepreneurs Series RecapHow do I know that Entrepreneurs Series was worth it? A) I was there at 7:30 in the morning. B) I took five pages of notes. C) I learned something.
NC IDEA $50K Grant Cycle Opens August 14thFor 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.
The Top Two Things Early Stage Startups Need the MostBack in April, I was driving home from an all-too-rare vacation, obviously thinking about work and ignoring the faint dialogue of the 20th in-car showing of Despicable Me when I got hit with inspiration.
American Underground Taps Adam Klein From Durham Chamber to be Chief Strategy OfficerIn the two years that Adam Klein worked for the Durham Chamber of Commerce, he rewrote the book on how the public sector should support the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Going to School With Groundwork LabsGroundwork 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
Calling The Higher Education BubbleOn Friday, Congress passed a measure keeping alive a program that temporary halves interest rates on federal student loans to 3.4% for another twelve months. Awesome news for rising college seniors everywhere, a big fat shrug for rising juniors.
Entasso's Reverse Job Search Platform: It's MatchmakingFor my second post looking at a company's technological inner workings, I chatted with Paul Hiatt, co-founder of Entasso, a Durham startup that does the reverse of what most job sites do.
Silicon Valley Bank Brings the West Coast EastI 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 WinnersIt 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.
Triangle Startup Factory Pitch Day is the End of the BeginningAmazingly, before last night I had never had a conversation longer than five minutes with Dave Neal, a serial CEO and the other half of Chirs and Dave from Triangle Startup Factory.
Startup Stampede IIIFor as long as I've known Adam Klein at the Durham Chamber, I've heard important people say nice things about him. I've documented my jealousy quite clearly in previous articles.
Practice?!? When VCHub's Jeff Boardman was working on refining his startup back in October 2010, he happened on the RTP New Tech Meetup at a time when, if you can believe this, there weren't too many places to talk about your startup in the RTP.
Nearly 200 at the April ExitEvent RTP Startup Socialjproco: That. Was. Ridiculous. Nearly 200 at @ExitEvent tonight. Killed 2 kegs in 1:15. Thanks to all who showed.