Jacquelyn Melinek

CRE Venture Capital Targets Africa From Downtown Durham (And Elsewhere)

May 2, 2019 Jacquelyn Melinek

Pule Taukobong spends most of his time traveling globally, from Africa to Asia with the occasional stop in the United States. When Taukobong is in the U.S., he’s based in […]

Freshspire Creates New Connections Between Local Farmers And Food Buyers

April 25, 2019 Jacquelyn Melinek

Here’s a sobering fact: Over 40 percent of food is ending up in landfills. Shraddha Rathod, the Co-Founder and CEO of Freshspire, wants to do something about that. Before graduating […]

RSSBus Connect Is Changing Interfaces And Companies’ Expectations

April 16, 2019 Jacquelyn Melinek

RSSBus Connect, a spin-off company of CData Software, was born in 2006 and has continued to grow rapidly over the years—including nearly 80% last year alone. “The last year or […]

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 […]

Proposa Helps Clients Pop The Big Question: Will You Accept This Deal?

March 28, 2019 Jacquelyn Melinek

Proposa is helping clients ditch traditional PDF proposals and Powerpoints in exchange for engaging and aesthetically pleasing proposals with some serious self-awareness. Using Proposa’s SaaS platform, clients can track what […]

Don’t Have A Lawyer? Courtroom5 Will Help You Win On Your Own

March 21, 2019 Jacquelyn Melinek

Almost 20 million people represent themselves annually in court. In fact, in 86 percent of the civil cases involving low-income Americans, those litigants received inadequate or no legal help. With […]

Zogo Finance Teaches Teens To Mind Their Money

March 14, 2019 Jacquelyn Melinek

Zogo Finance is working to change the way teenagers spend money. Through its new app, the Durham-based startup is working to help improve financial wellness and responsibility for young people. […]

College Sports Is Big Business, And Fanalytical Aims To Make It Bigger

March 12, 2019 Jacquelyn Melinek

Fanalytical is bringing fans and athletic departments together, the fans just don’t know it. With the company’s launch in 2016 at Launch Chapel Hill, Paul Krause, the President and Founder […]

To All Elements, A Happy Employee Is A Productive One

February 28, 2019 Jacquelyn Melinek

All Elements, an HR tech company, is focusing on, well, all of the elements of keeping employees happy and productive in the workplace. All Elements created a software platform that […]

Klever Insight Helps Companies Answer Key Question: What To Do Next?

February 19, 2019 Jacquelyn Melinek

In business, as in life, perhaps the most confounding and important question is: What should I do next? The good news is that Klever Insight has the answer. Caveat: it […]