Reports & Surveys

• Annual Venture Capital Report – CED charts the region's emergence as a high-growth entrepreneurial center through an annual venture capital report, which measures private equity investments in Triangle-based and North Carolina companies.
• Entrepreneurial Satisfaction Survey – CED's Entrepreneurial Satisfaction Survey Report explores the critical factors in creating and growing an entrepreneurial business. Survey respondents include founders and CEOs of innovation-based entrepreneurial companies in the area who rate not only the relative importance of specific factors, but also weigh in on how the region performs in each category.
• A Guide to Building Entrepreneurial Networks in North Carolina – This publication (PDF) focuses on starting, growing and sustaining entrepreneurial networks in North Carolina. Networks expert Erik Pages wrote the guide, with support from CED and other partners in the North Carolina Rural Entrepreneurship Development System project through funding by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The guide focuses on why networks matters, challenges to building networks in rural North Carolina, do’s and don’ts to build a network, case studies from North Carolina communities, and a sampling of active networks in the state.
• Research Triangle Regional Partnership's Clusters Competitiveness Plan: “Staying on Top: Winning the Job Wars of the Future” – Staying on Top is a five-year, $5 million action agenda to generate 100,000 new jobs and increase employment in all 13 counties of the Research Triangle Region of North Carolina. Dozens of organizations, called “institutional partners,” are collaborating to implement 30 actions that will support the growth of key emerging “clusters,” interconnected businesses and support organizations.
• Excerpts from Ernst & Young's Resurgence Biotechnology Reports – Ernst & Young's 2004 biotechnology reports offer a strategic view of the industry at a global level as well as insight into major regional markets. All-inclusive data, in-depth analysis, and market insights make these resources the authoritative industry reference.
• N.C. Biotechnology Center's Strategic Plan: “New Jobs Across America” – This document is a strategic plan presented to Gov. Mike Easley with 54 recommendations for growing the state's biotechnology industry and creating high-paying jobs.
• PricewaterhouseCoopers, Thomson Venture Economics, and the National Venture Capital Assocation's Quarterly and Annual “MoneyTree” Survey – The MoneyTree Survey is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States. As a collaboration between PricewaterhouseCoopers, Thomson Venture Economics and the National Venture Capital Association, it is the only industry-endorsed research of its kind. The MoneyTree Survey is the definitive source of information on emerging companies that receive financing and the venture capital firms that provide it. The study is a staple of the financial community, entrepreneurs, government policymakers and the business press worldwide.