Growing up, Donald Thompson was the kid who was selling Jolly Ranchers in fifth grade. The appeal of entrepreneurship had taken hold of him early. As a child, Thompson said, it wasn’t necessarily about the […]
If you asked Erkang Zheng what he wanted to be as a kid, tech founder didn’t top the list. Growing up in China and then immigrating to the United States during high school, Zheng always […]
Sheryl Waddell is the new face behind UNC’s Innovation Hub, which plans to open a space on East Rosemary Street in early 2023. As Innovate Carolina’s newly anointed Director of Economic Development and Innovation Hubs, […]
When John Samuel was only a college freshman at NC State, he received some life-altering news: He was going blind. He was diagnosed with a degenerative eye condition called retinitis pigmentosa that would eventually claim […]
When Jason McGinnis convinced SilverSky’s CEO Richard Dobrow to give him a chance and hire him as an unpaid intern some two decades ago, he could never have imagined he’d one day become the president […]
Today, Alexa Carlin is an in-demand professional speaker, bestselling author, TV personality and the founder and CEO of Raleigh-based Women Empower X. But her path to get here has had many twists and turns. Growing […]
It’s the end of an era for NC IDEA, which recently said goodbye to Senior Director John Austin with a colorful (if not entirely truthful) piece by NC IDEA CEO Thom Ruhe. Austin, who spent […]
When Brian Hamilton was around 8 years old, he became an entrepreneur without even realizing it. Growing up in Milford, Conn., Hamilton began cutting lawns and shoveling snow from driveways. He continued to work his […]
When Jesica Averhart first moved to the Triangle from Ohio, she was taking care of her small child, in the middle of a divorce and changing careers. She said it was a perfect storm for […]
Almost three years after the Durham-based accelerator The Startup Factory shut down, at least half of the 35 companies it invested $6.64 million in are still operating. Based on a study of websites and LinkedIn […]
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