PRESS RELEASE: CED’s Venture Connect Summit + Celebration Returns for Two Full-Days
March 29-30, 2023

RTP, NC, December 19, 2022 — The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) today announced the 2023 Venture Connect Summit + Celebration is scheduled for March 29-30 in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Returning to a two-day format, the Summit will feature 150 companies from the Southeast live on-stage, ecosystem focused programming, one-on-one meeting, networking receptions, […]

PRESS RELEASE: CED Announces GSK as the Corporate Host

for the 2023 Venture Connect Summit + Celebration Brennan Barber, Jay Bigelow, Brian McGhee (GSK), Kelly Rowell, Leon Wright (GSK), Elaina Bade, Hunter Young  RTP, NC, December 7, 2022 — The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) announced today its partnership with GSK to host the 2023 Venture Connect Summit + Celebration.  A long-term collaborator of […]

PRESS RELEASE: Founders and Investors Back the CED Mission by Joining Its Board of Directors

RTP, NC, Sept 19, 2022 — The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) today announced its 2022-2023 Board of Directors. The Board will support CED’s mission to connect entrepreneurial companies with high-value resources to accelerate business growth. The Board unanimously elected William Spruill, Co-founder and President of Global Data Consortium, as its Chair serving through Sept […]

PRESS RELEASE: CED Announces GRO Demo Day

CED Announces GRO Demo Day Following in the footsteps of some 1,000 North Carolina companies before them, nine new companies are ready to present their story RTP, NC, September 7, 2022  — The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) announces GRO Demo Day for its’ summer cohort, this event will be held in-person, Thursday, October 6 […]

PRESS RELEASE: CED Selects 10 Local Tech Startups to Attend the Business of Software Conference For Free

Through a generous donation from successful tech executive Bill Spruill, CED is paying for ten Tech Leaders to attend the 3-day event in Boston. Business of Software Conference (BOS) is one of the most important education conferences for scaling tech companies, annually.

PRESS RELEASE: Tech Founder and Big Tech Exec Join CED Board of Directors

MAY 9, 2022 RTP, NC – The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) is excited to announce the appointment of two critical resources for the organization. Tech Founder, Bill Spruill, Co-founder and President, Global Data Consortium (GDC) and Tech Executive, Carlos Pignataro CTO of CX, Cisco Systems. “As CED evolves and positions itself to provide continued impact within the […]