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Startup Demo Day Highlights Diversity in Charlotte’s Budding Companies
The twenty Charlotte startups selected to participate in the first Seed the South on January 9 at the Foundation for the Carolinas provides a rare opportunity to see the diversity and promise of the Charlotte ecosystem. Over 65 percent of the South startups have at...
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Then and now: Inside the evolution of INCLT’s mentorship program
Fabio Ayala is an entrepreneur on track for growth in the Queen City. The founder of VizlaTech, a tech startup building a platform that makes construction plans accessible to workers on site and in the field, recently won a $50,000 grant from NC IDEA—an influx...
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UNC Charlotte Student Awarded Venture for America Fellowship
Miguel Avila, a Belk College of Business senior at UNC Charlotte, has been chosen to join the Venture for America (VFA) Fellowship. VFA is a two-year fellowship program for recent college graduates interested in entrepreneurship. Barrie Grinberg, senior director of community partnerships at VFA, said...
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Sports Tank Seeking Startup Applicants for Year-Long Development Platform
TPG Sports Group, which focuses on educating future sports industry leaders, is seeking applicants for its year-long development program Sports Tank Innovation Studio. The deadline to apply is Dec. 15. Startups of any stage and geographic location are strongly encouraged to apply. Five will be selected...
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21 Things Your Startup Landing Page Needs to Optimize Conversions
This post originally appeared on LaunchPeer’s blog. Working with over 300 startups, we’ve seen countless landing pages. We’ve seen some good examples, but we’ve also seen our fair share of lousy ones. Unfortunately, landing pages are often like a terrible first date. They either provide...
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A Quick Study of the Six Common Sources of Small Business Capital
This post originally appeared on the InvestInNC website. A well-known, small business grant source in North Carolina recently announced that 15 companies were awarded microgrants averaging just under $10,000. That’s great for those 15 companies, but a total of 208 companies applied, which means 193...
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19 Fintech Companies Pitch at Southeast Fintech Venture Conference
Nationwide firms, investors and financial executives gathered to hear 19 area fintech companies pitch at the second annual Southeast Fintech Venture Conference. The all-day event, held Nov. 14 at Barings headquarters, drew attendance from QED Investors, TTV Capital and Real Ventures, representing interest from Alexandria,...
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The Carolinas’ tech problem, in hard numbers and missed opportunities
Our country has more open tech jobs than it can fill. That’s not a new storyline and certainly not a new problem. But last month, the NC Technology Association quantified the extent of it. What they found was stunning. There were 23,432 open technology jobs in North...
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Is customer discovery right for you?
This is the final installment of our series on customer discovery and lean startup concepts, and now it’s time to offer guidance on how entrepreneurs can decide whether this approach or a business plan or design thinking can best contribute to success of your venture....
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Breaking down the Business Model Canvas
Entrepreneurial success, especially for innovation-driven ventures, is always challenging and depends on much more than an excellent idea and a motivated team. Prior installments of this series have focused on understanding the problem or opportunity through customer discovery. The entrepreneur who effectively engages in customer...
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