Partners and Allies
CED achieves its mission through a number of active partnerships with leaders in entrepreneurial and technology development. Some of our partners include:
American Entrepreneurs for Economic
Growth (AEEG)
American Entrepreneurs for Economic Growth unites
emerging growth businesses across industry lines to
promote national government action that benefits the
investment and entrepreneurial communities. CED
members automatically qualify to become AEEG members
at no cost and CED and AEEG share information between
members.
The Carolina Student Biotechnology Network is a non-profit student organization promoting career development, education, entrepreneurship and industry outreach. Their goal is to host events and provide services that allow members to explore and pursue careers in the life science industry.
Centennial Campus at NCSU
Centennial Campus is North Carolina State
University's vision of the campus of the
future—a "technopolis" of university, corporate
and government R&D facilities and business
incubators. CED and Centennial Campus are exploring
joint programs focusing on technology
commercialization and applied science
entrepreneurship.
Contemporary Science Center (CSC)
The Contemporary Science Center (CSC) is a science education non-profit formed in 2002 to share the discoveries of the Research Triangle Park area with high school students across the state. Working with public and private high schools from as far as Madison and as near as Wake counties, CSC has enabled almost 450 teenagers to ‘experience the discoveries’ of North Carolina’s contemporary science, technology and math-based companies. CSC’s key partners have included Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Constella Group, Oriel Therapeutics, Amphora Discovery Corporation and MCNC, along with GlaxoSmithKline, Progress Energy and BiogenIdec. CED and CSC launched a strategic alliance in June 2006 to build a stronger entrepreneurial culture in North Carolina.
Duke’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization (CERC)
CERC fosters entrepreneurship by bringing people, ideas and resources together and serves as a portal to Duke research, education and commercialization programs. CERC is a collaborative effort involving schools across campus and their programs, including the Medical School, Pratt School of Engineering, Arts & Sciences, and Fuqua School of Business as well as the Office of the Provost, the Office of Licensing and Ventures and the Fuqua Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Duke University Leadership Training
Associates (DELTA)
DELTA provides management education, consulting and
leadership training. CED members assist with DELTA
curriculum development and have access to the DELTA
programs at discounted fees.
eVenturing
The Kauffman Foundation's eVenturing is geared to those who are building companies that innovate and create jobs and wealth. The site provides original articles, written by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, and aggregates “the best of the best” content on the Web related to starting and running high-impact companies.
Foundation for Enterprise
Development
The Foundation for Enterprise Development is a
non-profit organization that provides equity
compensation and employee ownership strategies to
entrepreneurs and executives worldwide. CED makes
FED's educational programs and products available to
its members. CED and FED have partnered to provide
programs and resources to entrepreneurs dealing with
issues surrounding equity strategies.
Fuqua School of Business at Duke
University
The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University has
established a reputation as one of the youngest and
the best business schools in the nation. CED and
Fuqua co-sponsor the annual Conference on
Entrepreneurship each February. Fuqua students
actively participate in the CED Scholars program.
Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial
Leadership at the Ewing Marion Kauffman
Foundation (KCEL)
The Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership
was created to accelerate entrepreneurship in
America. The center's mission is to research and
identify unfulfilled needs of society and to develop,
implement and/or fund breakthrough solutions that
have a lasting impact and offer people a choice and
hope for the future. KCEL has funded FastTrac and the
Entrepreneurial Scholars Program and is a major
supporter of CED's Future Focus entrepreneurial
development initiative. CED and KCEL regularly
collaborate on new entrepreneurial initiatives.
Kenan-Flagler Business School at
UNC-Chapel Hill
The Kenan-Flagler Business School offers a full
range of top-ranked business education programs.
Kenan-Flagler supplies mentors for CED's Future
Entrepreneurs middle school program, co-sponsors
CED's annual Software Conference, and is an active
participant in CED's Entrepreneurial Scholars
Program. CED co-sponsors Kenan-Flagler's annual
Venture Capital Investment Competition.
MCNC
MCNC offers cost-effective access to advanced
electronic and information technologies and services
for businesses, for state and federal government
agencies and for North Carolina's education. CED and
MCNC frequently collaborate on programs for
information technology entrepreneurs.
National Association for Women Business Owners (NAWBO)
Greater Raleigh NAWBO facilitates the economic prosperity of a diverse membership of woman business owners through mentoring, networking, education and support. CED and GR-NAWBO partner to produce educational programs that help women entrepreneurs gain access to much needed resources to grow their businesses.
North Carolina Biosciences Organization (NCBIO)
NCBIO is a trade organization promoting the development of the Biosciences industry in North Carolina. NCBIO provides cost-effective, organized, legislative and advocacy efforts on behalf of the industry at the state level.
North Carolina
Biotechnology Center (NCBC)
The North Carolina Biotechnology Center, a private,
non-profit organization, is a resource for
biotechnology companies in the area of business,
education, science, and technology development. Since
1992, CED and NCBC have co-sponsored the monthly
Biotechnology Roundtable and an annual conference for
the Biotechnology industry. CED and NCBC frequently
co-sponsor seminars and other activities designed to
help growing entrepreneurial biotechnology
companies.
North Carolina Department of Commerce
The Department of Commerce promotes a wide variety of opportunities to improve the economy of rural and urban areas of North Carolina. CED and NC DOC have collaborated on statewide entrepreneurial development projects.
North Carolina Innovative Development for Economic Advancement (NC IDEA)
NC IDEA provides grants, loans and traditional venture capital to help young companies between seed funding and Series A financing. NC IDEA further supports these companies by leveraging its strong, strategic partnerships and alliances to help them through research phases, business challenges and growth goals. CED and NCIDEA launched a strategic alliance in April 2005 to make North Carolina a national leader in entrepreneurship.
North Carolina Medical Device Organization (NCMD)
NCMD is a nonprofit cluster organization with a mission to make North Carolina's medical device and diagnostic industry a research, development, and production world leader. NCMD serves a broad sector of the industry, including research, development, and manufacturing firms, suppliers, service companies, hospitals, clinics, and educational institutions. NCMD is primarily focused on the medical device industry, including combination products, diagnostics, and medical information systems.
North Carolina State College of Management
The North Carolina State College of Management was created in 1992, and its MBA program was established in 2002. The college is bringing its part-time MBA program to CED’s newly expanded Entrepreneurship Center, starting in Fall 2006. NCSU's evening MBA@RTP program attracts working professionals in biotechnology-pharmaceuticals, supply chain management, services science, technology entrepreneurship and other innovation-based fields.
Research Triangle Foundation
The Research Triangle Foundation, a private,
not-for-profit foundation, owns Research Triangle
Park. CED and RTF have a strong symbiotic
relationship focused on fueling the Triangle's next
generation of economic development.
Research Triangle Regional
Partnership
Research Triangle Regional Partnership is a
public-private partnership whose mission is to market
a 13-county region for the economic benefits of its
communities.
The Learning Consortium
The Learning Consortium (TLC) is a member-based
organization whose purpose is to share training
resources. TLC provides access to some of the
Triangle's top training providers such as Duke
University, Glaxo Wellcome, RTI, UNC Hospitals,
Nortel and IBM, all of whom are TLC members. CED
members will receive a discount on all public course
fees taken through the consortium. These discounts
range from 5 to 20 percent.
Triangle Community
Foundation
The Triangle Community Foundation is a publicly
supported non-profit organization serving Wake,
Durham, Orange, and Chatham counties in North
Carolina by assisting donors in creating personal
charitable funds that meet the needs of the community
now and in the future. CED and TCF work closely
together to promote entrepreneurial philanthropy.
Young Entrepreneurs'
Organization
YEO's mission is to support, educate, and encourage
young entrepreneurs to succeed in building companies
and themselves. YEO provides an opportunity for young
CED members to meet a group of like entrepreneurs,
and CED has supported YEO in the creation and growth
of its Triangle chapter.