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Member-only backyard barbeque October 16
Join your fellow CED members and the CED staff for a free backyard barbeque welcoming new CED president Joan Siefert Rose. Not a CED member? Join today and register to attend this free event. Date: Thursday, October 16, 2008 Time:... -
Making the most of PR in tough economic times
Shawn Ramsey of Crossroads Public Relations, a member and active supporter of the Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED), writes about the challenges, opportunities and benefits associated with evaluating the success and/or value of your public relations program. With financial powerhouses... -
Thank you to our new members
We would like to thank the newest members to join CED - the oldest and largest entrepreneurial support organization in the nation. Without their support, we could not achieve our mission to identify, enable and promote high-growth, high-impact companies in...
Cranky to Compete - Make Mine A Million $ Business
Barbra Denison of Cranky Creative Group was selected as one of the twenty business women finalists to compete for an awards package in the business growth program, Make Mine A Million $ Business. The event features female entrepreneurs from North and South Carolina who will compete for business development packages that include money, marketing, mentoring and technology assistance to help their businesses grow into million-dollar enterprises.
Cranky Creative Group is a relatively new member to CED, joining just this year. In June, Barbara and company vice president, Keoni Denison, took advantage of one of CED's premier programs, FastTrac® TechVenture™. Additionally, the company sponsored CED's Biotech 2008 conference.
The Park Headquarters Go Green
Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina and O'Brien/Atkins Associates, PA, announce that The Research Triangle Park Headquarters has been awarded LEED® Silver by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). LEED® was created by USGBC and is the leading rating system for sustainable green buildings. The 17,000-square foot Research Triangle Park Headquarters was designed by O'Brien/Atkins and completed in December 2007.
Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina has been a CED member since 1995. In addition to contributing to the Innovation to Impact campaign at the supporter level, the Foundation sponsored CED's Infotech 2006, Tech 2007, and Venture 2007 conferences. O'Brien/Atkins Associates, PA has been a CED member since 1999. Similar to the Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina, the company has generously supported the Innovation to Impact campaign at the supporter level and has sponsored CED's conferences. The firm was a sponsor of CED's Biotech conference in 2005, 2006, 2007 and again in 2008.
Digitalsmiths Wins Streaming Media Readers' Award
Digitalsmiths, a digital video search and contextual ad-matching company, was awarded the Streaming Media Readers' award, as part of this years Reader's Choice Awards. The award ceremony presented more than 200 different products and services from more than 150 different companies from around the world. This accolade is one more affirmation that Digitalsmiths is one of the Triangles brightest shining stars. Since February of this year, the company was named one of Dow Jones' Top Companies to Watch in 2008 and was the recipient of Technology of the Year at CED's Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards.
Digitalsmiths has been an active CED member since 2006. The company demonstrated its technology, VideoSense™, at CED's Tech 2006 conference and CEO, Ben Wienberger, presented the company's business plan to investors at CED's Venture 2007 and 2008 conferences.
