April 2022 – Page 3

The Rate Of Female Comp Sci Majors Is Still Dispiritingly Low. What Can Be Done?

April 13, 2022 Suzanne Blake

In the 1991 class of Duke’s electrical engineering program, Vickie Gibbs was one of only four women in a group of 120. But it actually wasn’t until after college that […]

Coming Soon: UPWARD RTP, A Mentorship Community For Women Executives

April 12, 2022 Suzanne Blake

So many women tell similar stories. Women with good ideas that never got funded. Women reaching the glass ceiling at their workplace, unsure where to turn. At the vast majority […]

Tech Culture Club: ProcessMaker’s Natalie Kesler On Covid’s Impact On HR Practices

April 12, 2022 Suzanne Blake

On this week’s episode of Tech Culture Club, WorkDove CEO Melissa Phillippi chatted with Natalie Kesler, the Human Resources Director for Durham-based enterprise software company ProcessMaker. ProcessMaker has around 170 […]

UNC And NC State Awarded $7.5 Million From DOD For Semiconductor Research

April 12, 2022 Suzanne Blake

UNC Chapel Hill and NC State are part of a larger university research group that has received $7.5 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Defense to develop organic […]

Duke And NCCU Hold Black Founder Pitch Event For $60,000 In Prizes

April 8, 2022 Suzanne Blake

Nine startups competed for $60,000 in prizes today at Duke and North Carolina Central University’s pitch: A competition for Black founders virtual event. All teams were led by Black founders, […]

Friday Nooner: Serial Entrepreneur And Tweener Titan Scot Wingo Stops By

April 8, 2022 Jackie Sizing

Both Joe and Chantal are back for this week’s episode of The Friday Nooner. The trio talked about CED’s 2022 Venture Connect, the big-money exit by Raleigh’s Global Data Consortium, […]

CED Hosts 80+ Presenting Startups At First In-Person Conference In Three Years

April 8, 2022 Suzanne Blake

CED’s 2022 Venture Connect summit saw 80-plus startups take the stage Thursday to present their companies to investors and the wider North Carolina tech ecosystem. The event, held at Cisco’s […]

Next Century Spirits Unveils Canned Cocktails With Golf Great Greg Norman

April 7, 2022 Suzanne Blake

Raleigh-based Next Century Spirits has a new face to go with its latest drink creation—and just in time to unveil during this week’s famed Masters Tournament, the first of golf’s […]

Before Venture Connect, Read The Stories Behind The Presenting Startups

April 6, 2022 Suzanne Blake

This is the first time in three years that the presenting startups at CED’s Venture Connect will take the stage in person. But while that aspect of this year’s event […]

Raleigh-Based NextGen Interactions Brings VR To Workforce Training

April 6, 2022 Suzanne Blake

Sometimes all the handbook training in the world can’t prepare you for the real-life event. This is especially true for first responders, who pass tests to prepare for catastrophic events […]