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 […]
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 Bull City Venture Partners and […]
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 […]
[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, anyone from an alum founder […]
Mitch has primary responsibility for venture capital firm Intersouth Partners’ technology portfolio. He joined Durham-based Intersouth in 1989, shortly after its founding. Mitch has extensive full-cycle venture investment experience and has personally led more than […]
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 […]
Jesse Lipson knows better than most that a startup doesn’t necessarily need to raise money to be successful. After all, he bootstrapped his first company, ShareFile, to a $93M sale to Citrix in 2011. Then […]
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. […]
[Editor’s Note: This is the first of a series (hopefully) of periodic “Postcards” with updates from startup ecosystems across the state.] In 2013, UNC Wilmington Chancellor Gary Miller wanted the university to take over the […]
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 […]
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