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Durham-based Optimal Solar Takes Top Prize at Black Founders Exchange

October 1, 2018 Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

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 […]

For Local Tech Companies, Geek Gizmos Not Just For Clients

September 27, 2018 Rebecca Ayers

Startups and entrepreneurial companies are hubs of innovation by both nature and nurture. They’re all bursting with creativity and novel concepts because they have to be if they’re going to […]

Three Triangle Startups Participate—And Compete—At AU’s Black Founders Week

September 27, 2018 Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

More than 200 minority-led companies from across the country applied. Only 10 made the cut. Three are from the Triangle. American Underground is hosting the best and the brightest of […]

A Beer With… Jesse Jones, Fourscore Law

September 25, 2018 Pete McEntegart

Last Thursday, we sat down with Jesse Jones—the founding partner of Fourscore Business Law and one of the Triangle’s most active lawyers for startups—at Raleigh’s Lonerider Brewery for the first […]

DisruptHR Event Brings TED-like Talks on Talent to Triangle

September 20, 2018 Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Before Noa Ronen, owner of Noa Ronen Coaching in Raleigh, started her talk at DisruptHR last night, she made one thing clear to the audience: “If you’re wondering where my […]

Three Questions With… Adam Smith, Automated Insights

September 18, 2018 Pete McEntegart

For nearly two decades, Adam Smith has experienced the Triangle’s startup community from virtually every angle. After getting his MBA from UNC’s Kenan-Flagler business school in 1999, he spent nearly […]

Dropsource A Low-Code High Performer

September 13, 2018 Pete McEntegart

It must have seemed like a good idea at the time for the Fortune 500 retail brand to create an internal “digital innovation” team. “They got some of their developers […]

Meet… Jennifer Fentress, Pendo

September 13, 2018 Tricia Lucas

Pendo, Bronto Software, Patheon, General Motors/OnStar, and Harris Interactive Inc., represent a diverse list of companies ranging from tech startups to pharma to an automotive industry giant. But they all […]

Roobrik Completes $1.4M Seed Round

September 11, 2018 Pete McEntegart

Roobrik, the Durham-based startup that enables older adults and families researching online to make more informed decisions about senior living facilities and home healthcare, has completed a $1.4M seed round. […]

Head of Duke Startup Ventures Clinic Has Worn Many Hats

September 4, 2018 Pete McEntegart

Bryan McGann likes to say that he’s in the “third quarter” of his life, but that doesn’t do him justice even in terms of athletic metaphors. The director of the […]