April 2019 – Page 2

Green Stream Technologies Wins RIoT’s Second Accelerator Pitch Contest

April 11, 2019 Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Instead of its usual crowd of curious children, on Wednesday night Raleigh’s Marbles Kids Museum was filled with investors and entrepreneurs gathering for RIoT’s Pitch Night, the second that followed […]

Johnson’s Latest First: Running A Fintech Startup With An Eye Toward Africa

April 9, 2019 Rebecca Ayers

Dr. Sandra K. Johnson isn’t your typical entrepreneur. She didn’t realize she wanted to be her own boss until the end of her 26-year career at IBM, where she rose […]

Unbound Brings Coworking Back To Its Scrappy, Non-Corporate Roots

April 9, 2019 Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

As an increasing amount of large corporations move in to coworking spaces in cities across the country, some remote workers are looking for a freelancer-only space where they can thrive. […]

InHerSight Brings Women To The Forefront Of The Workplace

April 4, 2019 Jacquelyn Melinek

Have you ever wondered how women-friendly your prospective employer is? What about how the job you’re currently at stacks up to others on that score? Durham’s InHerSight is designed specifically […]

Never Miss A Word: EX-IQ’s NoteCast Lets You Save Podcast Snippets

April 2, 2019 Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Although he faced plenty of challenges during his 21 years in the military, when Chris Donohoe, the CEO of Raleigh’s EX-IQ, left the Army and went back to school for […]

The Download: Karl Rectanus, Co-Founder and CEO, Lea(R)n, Inc.

April 2, 2019 Brooks Malone

Karl Rectanus is an educator, entrepreneur, advisor and the co-founder and CEO of Raleigh-based Lea(R)n, Inc. the B Corp that produces LearnPlatform, the comprehensive edtech management system for educators and […]