NC IDEA names six startup $50,000 grant winners across state
After a competitive 3-month process the SEED grants, each representing $50k in non-dilutive funding, have been awarded to six small businesses across the state.
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‘Significant’ Fed innovation decision could be big news for NC, Senator Tillis hints
Senator Thom Tillis hints good innovation news is coming for North Carolina at a conference in Raleigh. He emphasized that a lean regulatory and tax burden, plus North Carolina’s core benefits of a strong “university system, infrastructure, and geographic positioning.”
NC IDEA Foundation summit kicks off entrepreneurship week
This is the fifth year of the Summit, which encourages entrepreneurship as a strategy for economic development and anchors the national Global Entrepreneurship Week.
Where to find workers? NC thought leaders, execs talk strategy, tools, obstacles
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.
Small businesses, workforce development pros to tackle post-pandemic talent issues
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.
