Partner Spotlight: Q&A with Performentor

We recently had the opportunity to talk with Alicia Parr, Founder & CEO of Performentor. Here’s what she told us about the company, its services, and how they’re deep in upgrading and codifying their business processes: Can you tell us a little about Performentor? Performentor is a leading fractional human resource management firm delivering scalable […]

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 […]

The Importance of Community for Startups: Lessons from Phil Dixon

CED had an opportunity to sit down with Cirrus Insight’s current CEO Phil Dixon on critical lessons learned as a serial entrepreneur. Cirrus Insight is a growth-focused startup that equips Sales Teams with Salesforce automation and Sales Acceleration tools. Cirrus Insight experienced significant growth in 2020 when it merged with ZynBit, a competing startup founded […]

HR Metrics that Matter

written by ExtensisHR Over the past several years, data-driven human resources (HR) has become essential to maximizing a company’s HR function and uncovering valuable information about an organization and its workforce. This growing trend has led to a greater focus on and awareness of HR analytics, and the benefits a data-driven approach can have on […]