About CED
The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) is a private, non-profit organization founded in 1984 to identify, enable and promote high-growth, high-impact companies and accelerate the region’s entrepreneurial culture.
Headquartered in the Research Triangle Park, CED is the oldest and largest entrepreneurial support organization in the nation with more than 5,000 active members representing over 1,100 companies. CED provides know-how, networking, mentoring and capital formation resources to new and existing high-growth entrepreneurs through more than 150 annual conferences, forums, workshops, programs and through publications and web-based resources.
CED has helped entrepreneurs, investors, service partners, academicians, researchers and public policy makers in diverse emerging industries and at all stages of development – from high-tech, production-based organizations to service companies, from one-person start-ups to 1000-person businesses.
CED achieves its mission by providing programs and services in four major areas: education, capital formation, mentoring and communications. More than 8,000 entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and service providers participate in its programs annually.
Some of the successful companies that have benefited from CED's programs and services include Red Hat, Inspire Pharmaceuticals, LendingTree, Ganymede Software, OpenSite Technology and a number of others.
Also, hear what leaders in the entrepreneurial community have to say about CED and North Carolina's innovation economy:
- Watch video clips from three venture capitalists who discuss the region's strengths.
- Watch a high-energy video on innovation and CED.
Not a CED member? Join today! Click here for details or contact Evelyn Williams.
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