North Carolina is one of the best states in the country to start a business, and Haley Huie is helping inspire and instruct our state’s up-and-coming entrepreneurs. After graduating from North Carolina State University with...more
In the startup world, you're moving 100 miles an hour at all times, and data privacy rules aren't exactly high on the daily to-do list. But what happens if you're not compliant? And more importantly, what happens if that...more
At NC State's Entrepreneurship Clinic through the Poole College of Management, Haley Huie helps train the next generation of founders by both teaching entrepreneurship and having students gain real-life experience.
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Melissa Katrincic loves gin, and she sought out new brands of the spirit everywhere she went. “Whenever my husband, Lee, and I would travel, we would try new gins and gin cocktails, or we would go and buy gin at the retailer...more
Melissa Katrincic is the President and CEO of Durham Distillery, home of Conniption Gin and Corpse Reviver Cocktail Bar and Lounge. She’s the first female distiller inducted into the Gin Guild (founded in 1638), and today she...more
Networking and community are essential for many new businesses, especially small entrepreneurs, and Hannah Weisberg, founder of the Women’s Social Club, has created a community model for women entrepreneurs to make personal...more
Hannah Weisberg is the founder and CEO of The Women’s Social Club, a woman supporting women platform and community that has expanded from 1 location in Raleigh to 10 locations in 2 years. It’s a movement that’s spreading...more
When Nehemiah Mabry was a PhD student at NC State University, he made a video for the national Engineering: Stay with It campaign launched by Intel, MTV and Facebook, which encouraged students to pursue a future in...more
As a structural engineer and PhD student at NC State University, Nehemiah Mabry was asked to put together a video for the Stay With It Campaign, which would encourage students to stick with their engineering passion. The...more
Keith Daniel, co-founder and managing director of Resilient Ventures, says a “no” is just a “yes” not discovered yet. “You have to have that mindset, and gumption, and audacity,” Keith said, “even if you're starting with...more
Keith Daniel and Tom Droege saw a problem in the startup and investment community - Black founders are not on equal ground when trying to build a business. They saw it in their interactions with founders and investors, but...more
Joe Colopy started his career at a little startup named RedHat. In 1999, the company had about 100 employees, but grew to 700 and went public within the next year....more
Entrepreneurship might lead to financial success, but that should never be a founder’s sole objective, and Josh Owen knows that. Josh co-founded Cycle Labs, a continuous software test automation platform, to solve a problem...more
As a child, Charlie Banks dreamt of becoming a sports agent. His father was a lawyer, he studied hard and took the Law School Admissions Test and he was ready to apply for school. Then, he got a taste of entrepreneurship and...more
Joe Colopy is the co-founder at Jurassic Capital and the Godfather of GrepBeat which covers all things tech in North Carolina. But before all of that, he bootstrapped Durham-based email marketing software firm Bronto and led...more
Josh Owen never looked at himself as an entrepreneur. He formed his first company Tryon Solutions to do some consulting work, and before he knew it, the company had grown to the point where it had about 100 employees. For...more
As the managing director of VentureSouth, Charlie Banks has invested over $60 million in over 90 companies. Some of them have been amazing success stories - but he’s seen his share of failures as well. Today, he talks about...more
Today we’re diving deep into what most startups dream about and are striving for - the exit. Hutchison PLLC partner and mergers and acquisitions expert attorney Dan Fuchs shares what both founders and buyers should be looking...more
Jessica Mitsch Homes has always been focused on teaching and helping others, but she had no clue that that passion would lead her into a career in tech. Today, Jessica talks about her company's start in American Underground,...more
How can leaders foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture - even when their business is first starting out? When every dollar and every minute matters, culture can be secondary to everything else that needs to be done...more
After decades of writing business ideas down, Philip Freeman decided to start Murphy's Naturals so he could solve a simple problem - his wife kept getting stung by mosquitos. And then when that business grew too big for his...more
Trevor Schmidt is guesting today to talk all about intellectual property - the different kinds of IP, mistakes he sees startups making and the IP steps you should take when founding a company. If you have questions on...more
Back in 1991, Tom Finegan was working for a consulting firm that was doing very well - except he felt like the firm cared more about the bottom line than the success of their clients. So Tom made the scary leap to...more
Moise Khayrallah grew up in Lebanon, and saw firsthand what real danger looks like as bombs exploded nearby during the Lebanese Civil War. Upon coming to America, Moise had already seen the worst that could happen, so...more
Elevation Oncology has raised nearly $200M since its launch just two years ago. $200 million! That sounds like an enormous amount of investment capital, but when the company is potentially changing cancer treatment as we know...more