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Duke Law Tech Lab Supports Startups ‘Democratizing The Law’

July 11, 2019 Suzanne Blake

Going to court might top the list as one of your worst nightmares. Filling out paper forms as someone with a visual impairment or comprehension disability can make this ordeal […]

Growga Brings Mindfulness To Triangle Kids And Parents Through Yoga

July 9, 2019 Suzanne Blake

After Emily Behr’s second daughter, Poppy, was born a year and a half ago, Behr battled with postpartum anxiety and longed for community. As a yoga instructor for 10 years, […]

Spotlight Solar Makes Solar Energy Beautiful To Help Spur Adoption

July 9, 2019 Suzanne Blake

In a time of increasing discussion around clean energy, Spotlight Solar shows every day that solar panels do not have to be the unattractive, seemingly out-of-place devices many often picture […]

Anansi Updates Barter System For Knowledge Economy

July 2, 2019 Suzanne Blake

All too often, knowledge comes at a cost. Whether it’s paying for guitar lessons, learning a new language or discovering how to paint, developing a new skill rarely seems to […]

Shearless Ties Together Technology and Collaboration in Sewing Community

July 2, 2019 Suzanne Blake

In Ace Lane’s family, sewing was always taboo. When her great-grandparents immigrated to the United States from Eastern Europe, all of the women in the family were immediately put to […]

Meet… Jed Carlson, CEO, Adwerx

June 27, 2019 Tricia Lucas

Jed Carlson isn’t a new name in the Triangle startup community. His current venture is Adwerx, which found initial success providing advertising tools that allow real estate agents and brokerage […]

Tennis, Everyone? Raleigh Startup Works To Make Sport More Accessible

June 27, 2019 Suzanne Blake

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, […]

Fresh $10M Funding Enables Spiffy To Expand To Fleet Management (FMaaS)

June 26, 2019 Pete McEntegart

Spiffy continues to clean up in the on-demand car-care space. Today the company announced a $10M funding led by New York’s Tribeca Venture Partners, with local participation from existing investors […]

Plasma Games Makes Chemistry Fun For Students With “Sci-Ops: Global Defense”

June 25, 2019 Suzanne Blake

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 […]

Triangle

UNC Campus Corner: Fred Stutzman, Founder and CEO, Freedom

June 25, 2019 Ariel Natt

[Editor’s Note: Campus Corner is a new feature in which one of the four major Triangle universities—UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke, NC State and NC Central—will feature someone from its entrepreneurial community, […]