Startups

Tennis has long been Tennisbloc Founder and CEO Lee Kincheloe’s passion. But growing up in a working-class family, he noticed hurdles that such families faced when hoping to play what, along with golf, is often […]

There is a problem in high school chemistry classrooms. It goes beyond limited funding or a textbook crisis. It’s something teachers must battle every day: a lack of engagement from students. In a pilot study […]

Patients who have a bad experience in a hospital’s emergency department are bound to complain to anyone who will listen. But they usually don’t do so until after they leave the E.R., when it’s too […]

A cloud giant, in the Dungeons and Dragons game universe, stands 18 feet tall and has milky white or light-sky-blue skin. This race of giants prefers to live in the clouds and has magical powers. […]

For culinary visionaries, catering can be a dream career, but sometimes the lack of access to a commercial kitchen can stop them before they even start. This is a problem that Ty McDuffie, Founder and […]

Very few launch a successful startup at age 19, but NC State rising senior Emily Neville did just that when she realized the potential that rests in the corner of someone’s personal closet—or even in […]

In the middle of yoga teacher training two years ago, Karly Pavlinac had an idea that could change the future of fitness. While planning her routines, she longed for a video library with all the […]

There were days when Marcel Jara would be happy if his family-owned food truck, Arepa Culture NC, would get five or 10 customers. Jara, an immigrant from Costa Rica, became involved with the family business […]

Machine learning, artificial intelligence and big data are hot current topics—and buzzwords—in the world of technology. But for Nick Ghitelman and Anthony Volpe, these tools are as familiar as old friends. They used them for […]

Jack Perez, the founder of Chapel Hill-based Kuel Life, feels she’s lived—and is living—a big life. She abandoned corporate America early on in her career to open her own PR and marketing agency with her […]