CED News/Events, Entrepreneur Join the incubator with a “home field advantage”—and dive into one of the strongest startup networks in the country written by Sarah Glova RESEARCH TRIANGLE – Reviews are in — and founders are calling GRO, the incubator by CED, a “home field advantage.” Shane Parreco describes GRO as an opportunity for “collisions” within North Carolina’s rich startup ecosystem. Parreco is an Asheville-based founder who participated in the 5th GRO cohort virtually. He told us […]
CED News/Events, Entrepreneur // entrepreneurship, founders, north carolina, Startup, Tech, triangle The Power of Your Peers Investing in your founder network One of the best assets you can have on your journey as a startup founder is a network of founders who are grinding right along with you. Peers can serve as an unbiased sounding board, better yet someone to vent to that completely understands your current challenges. Building your founder […]
CED News/Events, Entrepreneur, Partners, Press Release // business, entrepreneurship, NC, north carolina, Startup, Tech PRESS RELEASE: 2022 Venture Funding Stays Strong Despite Threats Of A Recession $4.2 billion raised by companies scaling in North Carolina. Research Triangle Park, NC. March 1, 2023 — The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) released its annual Venture Report of equity funding for calendar year 2022. Each year since 2000, CED has tracked the investments in North Carolina-headquartered, high-growth companies. In 2022, a total of 246 companies (25 more […]
Entrepreneur // business, businessplan, entrepreneurship, GRO, NC, north carolina, Startup, Tech Using Crowdfunding to Fund Your Startup Startup founders often ask me about using crowdfunding as a fundraising strategy to launch their startup. For many consumer products companies, this may be a good path to test product concepts. However, for those that want to raise equity, the misconception that crowdfunding is the easier path, vs the traditional path of finding friends and family, […]
CED News/Events, Entrepreneur // Board of Directors, BOS, Conference, entrepreneurship, north carolina, Startup What’s the big deal? Business of Software Conference USA 2022 This week I got to experience the Business of Software (BOS) Conference for the first time. A handful of our local tech entrepreneurs; Bill Spruill, James Avery, and Carl Ryden have all touted this event as a must-attend for every software founder/CEO. They said it’s not like any other conference I’ve ever attended and I […]
Entrepreneur, Partners Startup Spotlight: Ivy Clinicians Ivy Clinicians is a new platform that will simplify how physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants connect to the right career opportunity. CED interviewed emergency physician and co-founder, Leon Adelman, to learn more about Ivy as they scale their platform towards additional specialty categories. Read on to find out how Ivy will connect clinicians to […]