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Man In A Hurry: How Erkang Zheng Made JupiterOne A Unicorn In Just Two Years

July 5, 2022 Suzanne Blake

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 […]

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Meet Sheryl Waddell, The New Face Behind UNC’s Innovation Hub

June 30, 2022 Suzanne Blake

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, […]

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Samuel Saw His Way Clear To Blazing A Path For Those With Disabilities

June 21, 2022 Suzanne Blake

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 […]

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How One Unpaid Intern Rose To Become President Of Top Cybersecurity Company

May 26, 2022 Suzanne Blake

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 […]

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How One Triangle-Based Entrepreneur’s Near-Death Experience Changed Her Life

April 28, 2022 Suzanne Blake

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 […]

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NC IDEA Senior Director And Longtime Triangle Tech Fixture John Austin Retires

February 24, 2022 Suzanne Blake

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 […]

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Sageworks Founder Stars In ABC Show Helping Ex-Inmates Launch Businesses

April 1, 2021 Suzanne Blake

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 […]

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Averhart Hopes To Guide Triangle Leaders Through Their Own ‘Crucible Moments’

August 8, 2019 Suzanne Blake

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 […]

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The Startup Factory May Be Gone, But Its Impact Continues

April 25, 2019 Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

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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1s, 0s, Xs and Os—Infinia ML’s Robbie Allen Combines His Passions

January 24, 2019 Pete McEntegart

Robbie Allen is a serial entrepreneur, the youngest Distinguished Engineer in Cisco history, and a big UNC hoops fan—and not necessarily in that order. After Cisco (or during it, really), he combined his love for […]

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