Events

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.

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