Since 7th grade, Khushbu Madhiwala had always wanted to be a dentist. But everything changed when she had the idea for Sudsy during her junior year at NC State. Two years ago, Madhiwala was doing […]
Vade’s three college student founders — Ritwik Pavan, Matthew Schaefer and Christian Burke — are betting that the future of technology isn’t so much in the software or hardware, but in the data. “It’s almost […]
Having half of your employees in Cupertino, Calif., and the other half in Durham might be a nightmare for some companies, but for StrongKey’s CEO Jake Kiser it’s an opportunity. “Two offices give us access […]
Around 50 friends, family and members of the Triangle’s startup community huddled in the basement of Durham’s American Underground Sunday night to watch RewardStock’s CEO, Jonathan Hayes, land a deal on ABC’s Shark Tank. In […]
Judges, founders and professors alike looked out onto UNC’s Kenan Stadium from the Blue Zone Thursday as 90 student-led startups pitched at the annual Carolina Challenge. Established in 2005 as UNC’s flagship venture competition, the […]
Jimmy Davies, 64, is far from the conventional entrepreneur. At the age where many people retire to a quiet life, Davies decided to invest his Social Security income and life savings in launching Every.Black, a […]
Cool and confident in his short-shorts with matching striped socks, Shane Cox exuded self-assurance last June as he walked onto the biggest stage in entrepreneurship: ABC’s Shark Tank. After all, he wasn’t a beginner — in […]
Three Triangle-area entrepreneurs took a dive into the “Shark Tank” Tuesday as they competed for investments during the closing event of the Startup Summit at N.C. State’s James B. Hunt Library. The four investors weighing […]
This week, California became the first state to require public companies to have at least one woman on their boards, but the public tech companies in the Triangle still lag behind in the gender diversity […]
As Reginald Parker stood—giant check in hand—on the stage at American Underground, the president and founder of the Durham-based company Optimal Solar felt a wave of emotions overwhelm him. “I’m not only excited,” he said, […]
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