November 2006 Archives

11.30.06

Where Entrepreneurs Find Inspiration

BusinessWeek.com has posted an in-depth article on where entrepreneurs look for inspiration. Eight innovators talk about how they have been motivated to succeed.

11.27.06

Video Interview with Brightcast's Wayne King

Check out this video interview with Wayne King, president of Charlotte-based Brightcast:

11.20.06

Corporate Entrepreneurship

Dr. Stephen C. Harper, Professor of Entrepreneurship at UNC-Wilmington, has written an interesting guest column on Corporate Entrepreneurship: How To Not Be A One-Trick Pony.

Harper is teaming up with Brett Martin, CEO of Castle Branch Inc., to present “Corporate Entrepreneurship: Fundamentals and a Case Study,” a breakout session during at CED's Opportunity 2006 Conference on Dec. 5.

11.16.06

Ask the Expert: Shawn Ramsey

CED is continuing its "Ask the Expert" series for readers to interact with local experts who write guest columns for CED. In CED's bi-weekly e-newsletter, we are asking readers to email questions on the topics covered in that week’s guest column to "expert@cednc.org." Select answers will then be featured in CED's blog.

The featured expert this week is Shawn Ramsey, founder and president of Raleigh-based Crossroads PR. Here are three select questions, with Ramsey's answers:

11.14.06

Making it on a Shoestring

A recent New York Times article explains that Internet start-ups are making it on a shoestring. Such a trend could give more bargaining power to entrepreneurs, changing the way they approach investors.

As the article notes, this "has been a challenge for venture capitalists, who have raised record amounts in recent years and need places to put that money to work."

11.13.06

Video Interview with Centice's Ray Swanson

Check out this video interview with Ray Swanson, president and CEO of Morrisville-based Centice:

11.09.06

Shaking the MoneyTree

PricewaterhouseCoopers hosted its quarterly "MoneyTree" breakfast this morning in Cary. This event gives the entrepreneurial communit a snap-shot of the national and state venture capital landscape.

SJF Ventures' David Kirkpatrick and Novak Biddle Partners' Janet Yang each provided comments during a panel discussion at the breakfast. Check out this article on Yang's interest in investing in the region.

11.06.06

Un-Conference Video Blog: New Media

As part of our series of video-blogs from CED's Un-Conference, CED is linking to interviews from Garrett French. Here is Garrett's conversation with un-conference attendee Sandy Waters on new media:

11.02.06

UNC Seminar on Open Source Licensing

The next Carolina Innovations Seminar is scheduled for Thursday, November 9 at 5:15 p.m. at UNC-Chapel Hill's Sitterson Hall. The program will focus on "Open Source Licensing: The Basics, The Benefits, The Buzz."

In keeping with the spirit of Open Source and of Conversation, Paul Jones asks attendees (and others) to post questions and areas of interest and concerns as comments on his blog.

11.02.06

Inc. 5000

Inc. magazine is planning to expand the Inc. 500 annual list of America’s fastest-growing, private companies, to include 4,500 more of these high-growth businesses.

In addition to honoring the top 500 and 5,000 companies, the information collected by Inc. will be used to advance the study of company growth and the entrepreneurial economy in the U.S.

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