Events

Wednesdays at noon. September 2, September 23, October 14, November 4 • Online Do you know there are 15 mentors at 1789 ready to talk to students about ideas, help them navigate innovative and entrepreneurial opportunities on campus and guide them through building prototypes, completing secondary market research, considering social impact, incorporating, branding, visualizing data,

Wednesday, October 14, 2020 12:00 PM  1:00 PM Are you an entrepreneur with an innovative idea to an everyday problem? Do you need access to mentorship, education, and resources to help grow and scale your business? Let's talk! Applications for our Spring 2021 program for Launch open October 1st! This information session will provide you a

Five Wed. sessions starting Oct. 14. | Online course Sales and marketing can be a daunting topic for any fast-growing startup or organization. This course is designed for professionals at companies entering a period of rapid growth who want to exponentially grow their skills, confidence and tools in the area of sales and marketing.

Join Stafford’s Entrepreneurial Technology Community, in partnership with RIoT, for a four week educational workshop series on data driven business. COVID-19 has accelerated a technology shift towards data-driven business practices and entrepreneurs must evolve accordingly. This four week educational workshop series, focused on the Data Economy and the state of technology today, will educate small

Thursday, October 15th is the deadline to both submit your plan to apply to present at Venture Summit Virtual Connect, being held on November 17th - 19th, 2020, as well as the deadline to take advantage of the "early bird" registration savings discount of $400 off. Whether you’re an investor actively seeking new deals or an emerging company seeking funding, this

The Duke Incubation Fund provides up to $20K per project of seed funding for early-stage technologies and ideas at Duke with commercialization potential. The Fund supports novel ideas, applied research, potential products, nascent services, and creative projects that, if successful, will lead to new opportunities in the market. To receive funding, projects must demonstrate a

A Conscious Conversation is a space for meaningful, empathetic, and energizing discussion. Since March 2020, Startup Island has been offering weekly Conscious Conversations as a space to feel safe, supported, and connected during this time of uncertainty and physical distance. Share what you’ve been feeling openly and honestly about both personal and contemporary issues. Cultivate a broader

The Family Business Club will be joined by Jason Harris, UNC ’94, for a lunchtime conversation to hear about his experience working in his family business, Furnitureland South, and his entrepreneurial streaming channel, The Design Network. Register Here. For more information: fec@kenan-flagler.unc.edu

The Kenan-Biddle Partnership offers seed grants to proposals that enhance the intellectual life at Duke and UNC by strengthening established or new collaborations. Each team is required to have at least one student member currently enrolled at UNC and Duke. For more information click here.

PERFECT YOUR PITCH, OCTOBER 19th, 2020 An Information session where you can learn tips and tricks for presenting in real life or on camera! Apply for the Pitch Party! Please feel free to reach out to Carolina Challenge President Nada Boughelam (info@carolinachallenge.org ) if you have any questions or concerns regarding the events. We couldn’t be

Leadership Week 2020 is centered on the theme, "Leadership in a Digital Age." More information found here.  

Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/121558927023