Data Privacy: What Founders Need to Know to Avoid Disaster, with Lucas Beal
In an increasingly online world, we’ve become comfortable with volunteering more and more of our personal data to websites and applications, and it&…
Entrepreneurship For All: Training the Next Generation of Founders, with NC State's Haley Huie
North Carolina is one of the best states in the country to start a business, and Haley Huie is helping inspire and instruct our state’s up-and-coming entrep…
Chemistry, Conniption, and Constellation: The Durham Distillery Founding Story
Melissa Katrincic loves gin, and she sought out new brands of the spirit everywhere she went. “Whenever my husband, Lee, and I would travel, we would try n…
Like a Phoenix From the Ashes: The Rise of The Women’s Social Club
Networking and community are essential for many new businesses, especially small entrepreneurs, and Hannah Weisberg, founder of the Women’s Social Club, has…
From Rocket Scientist to EdTech Startup Founder, with STEMedia's Dr. Nehemiah Mabry
When Nehemiah Mabry was a PhD student at NC State University, he made a video for the national Engineering: Stay with It campaign launched by Intel, MTV and Faceb…
Disrupting Systemic Economic Injustice in the Startup Ecosystem, with Resilient Ventures' Tom Droege and Keith Daniel
Keith Daniel, co-founder and managing director of Resilient Ventures, says a “no” is just a “yes” not discovered yet. “You have to …
Top Employment Law Considerations for Startups, with Ashley K Pittman
When starting a new job, we typically think about two things: our role and our compensation. But there’s so much more to consider, especially for startups. …
Joe Colopy: From No Paycheck for 3 Years to a $200M Exit
Joe Colopy started his career at a little startup named RedHat. In 1999, the company had about 100 employees, but grew to 700 and went public within the next year…
From Accidental Entrepreneur to a $2.5M raise, with Cycle Labs' Josh Owen
Entrepreneurship might lead to financial success, but that should never be a founder’s sole objective, and Josh Owen knows that. Josh co-founded Cycle Labs…
The One Reason Startups Fail, with VentureSouth's Charlie Banks
As a child, Charlie Banks dreamt of becoming a sports agent. His father was a lawyer, he studied hard and took the Law School Admissions Test and he was ready to …
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