SFI is partnering with Rumors to host an eco-focused clothing swap! Swapping clothes and buying second hand are great ways to reduce your clothing footprint. Everyone has those items in their closet that they love but never wear, here's your chance to swap them out. We'll be collecting clothes in the pit on Tuesdays/Thursdays after
The CUBE 5.0 program at the Campus Y, in collaboration with Innovate Carolina and Public Policy, is looking for undergraduate and graduate students interested in learning and developing social innovation and entrepreneurial skills while creating a social venture. Social innovation is more than just thinking about and producing a business idea or product - it's
Flash Grant Cycle 2 Deadline: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 (noon) The second cycle for the North Carolina Biotechnology Center's Flash Grant program is open to digital, precision, and data-driven life science technologies. Flash Grants provide up to $24,000 to support short, sharply focused research projects that address one or both program goals: 1) To obtain crucial
Benji Taylor Jones, co-founder of Innovate Capital Law, will discuss and share capital raising strategies for your startup or small business. Her Workshop will include a lively Q&A session, networking and refreshments afterwards. Corporate attorney Benji Taylor Jones advises public and private companies on a broad spectrum of legal issues affecting businesses. She regularly represents clients
It’s been almost five years since the transformative $100 million gift by Dr. Fred Eshelman set the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy on a path to vigorously pursue new ideas in pharmaceutical science, research, education and practice. Join us to hear an update from school’s Eshelman Institute for Innovation about how it is accelerating ideas
This exciting discussion will feature J. Cole Manager Ibrahim Hamad and Scoremore Shows President Sascha Stone! Because this event is a part of William Peace University's hip-hop symposium, we will be sending all non-William Peace University students a mandatory additional registration link. Per the university's guidelines, this event will require a nominal fee for non-William Peace University attendees.
Virginia Tech and the Smithsonian Institution will present the second ACCelerate: ACC Smithsonian Creativity and Innovation Festival on April 5-7, 2019, at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. The festival is a celebration of creative exploration and research happening at the nexus of science, engineering, arts and design (SEAD). The 2019 ACCelerate festival
Virginia Tech and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History presented the first annual ACCelerate: ACC Smithsonian Creativity and Innovation Festival on April 5—7, 2019. The festival, programmed by Virginia Tech’s Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology and the Museum’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, is a three-day celebration of creative
Startup Weekend is a 54-hour competition designed to provide an amazing experiential learning opportunity for AI enthusiasts, developers, designers, and business-minded individuals to come together to create a business. The weekend event is centered on ACTION, INNOVATION, and EDUCATION. More Details and Registration Info Here
The UNC Be A Maker makerspace network is pleased to announce the 2nd Annual BeAM Makerspace Showcase! This event serves as an opportunity for individuals, groups, and organizations to compare, share and show off their makerspace creations to the Carolina community and to compete to win several distinguished awards. The Showcase, our annual collaboration with MakNet,
Marketing for emerging software and product companies is challenging. Getting to your target audience without spending more than you can afford is key to success. Devin Kelly, VP of Client Services at Method Savvy, a full-service data driven marketing agency and Google Partner firm based in Durham, will share techniques and tools early stage companies
In this Introduction to WondaVR workshop, Christi will show you how to create your own interactive 360° virtual reality story! We’ll discuss recording and editing 360° videos, importing content into the WondaVR storyboard, adding buttons, images, sounds and interactions to videos, linking videos to create branching narratives, and basic principles for interactive 360° story-design. Join
Attend the 2019 Innovation Showcase hosted by Innovate Carolina, and you’ll meet the most enterprising innovators from UNC-Chapel Hill and the local entrepreneurial community. Join with us as we celebrate the work of faculty, students, alumni and local business founders who have combined ingenuity and hard work to make the greatest human and economic impact
Once a year, T-REX convenes the top sales leaders, marketing executives, and founders in the Southeast for two days of learning, networking, and fun. A Monday evening networking, keynote, and cocktail blowout followed by a full Tuesday of content presented by experienced, engaging growth professionals. 300+ of your peers in sales, marketing, and founder roles.
Do you spend your evenings binge-watching Shark Tank? Do you love Entrepreneurship? Want to support a UNC student startup? Join us for the ACC Inventure Prize Competition in Raleigh, NC. For the first time ever, the shark-tank style competition that incorporates all ACC schools is coming to our state! You can watch or attend the live filming
The Department of Defense is launching X-Force, a summer technology fellowship. X-Force puts talented students and civilians against national security challenges from military units to get solutions this summer. Whether they have skills crafting a modern social media strategy, solving the military's web/mobile/app development problem, researching a tech topic of need for military commanders, or rapidly
This isn’t your ordinary, stuffy networking. We’ll share pizza and drinks and discuss the challenges (and joys!) of building your own business in the Triangle. Presented by the consulting experts at Driven Inc., Business and Brews is the chance for entrepreneurs in the Triangle to introduce themselves to each other, network, and get FREE training on
The Leonard W. Wood Center for Real Estate Studies will be hosting a full day of speakers, networking and discussions regarding multiple facets of the real estate industry. The keynote speaker will be Harlan Crow, Chairman of Crow Holdings, a private family business holding company. Crow Holdings owns and manages real estate investments throughout the United
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