The sustainable building start-up Plantd recently relocated manufacturing facilities and headquarters to Oxford from Durham as the building of a new company continues at a former tobacco factory.
On the heels of National Small Business Week, entrepreneurs were treated to a day of sessions devoted to helping them identify, recruit, and train talent. While unemployment remains well under 4% and with nationally some 9 million job openings, companies from small to large, new to established, face workforce challenges. There are ways to fight the problem, executives were told Tuesday.
Apocalyptic humor aside, the wild potential of AI to improve all aspects of our lives cannot be ignored.
Small Business owners, entrepreneurs, and Workforce Development professionals will be headed to the RTI Holden Building Tuesday for a full day of collaboration. NC IDEA and the North Carolina Association of Workforce Development Boards are partnering to host the event, focused on tackling small business challenges and sharing best practices.
STARTUP SPOTLIGHT: Podcast demand, driven in part by continued entrepreneurial growth in NC, is being met by the opening of Earfluence’s third studio location in as many years. Audiences can tune into a livestream today at 3 p.m. to kick off the opening of the latest studio, this one at the Industrious Coworking space in the Wells Fargo Capitol Center.
Dozens of students descended onto UNC’s campus Sunday for the opportunity to pitch their great startup idea to a panel of judges. Seven went home winners at the first TriVent competition.
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Venture capital pros expect generative AI to be “highly” or “moderately disruptive” over the next five years with more than 70% believe a wave of AI-inspired “technology unicorns” is on the horizon. Check out the results of a new survey from Pitchbook.
Editor’s note: Startup Spotlight is a regular part of TechWire’s NC entrepreneurial community coverage. +++ RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Trey Bowles had lots of things to do in the Triangle last week but he missed out on a shopping trip for startups during Raleigh Durham Startup Week. “Weather-related cancellations and they couldn’t get me out the … Read More
Startup Outbreaks, Inc. plans to start sales of its first over-the-counter medicine, having raised funding from nine investors. Here are the details.
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One of the most amazing this about Raleigh-Durham Startup Week is the price tag – the event is free to attendees, with small fees associated only with a couple of evening events. This would not be possible without donations and company support, as well as the efforts of a team of volunteers. Let’s review what happened – and why.
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