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.
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The Dreamers-Who-Do Award lets you pursue your idea as part of a project that helps to solve a problem or enhance innovation and entrepreneurship on campus, in a local community or on a global scale. Find more information here.
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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
Wednesday, October 21 4:00–5:00 p.m. Webinar RSVP at tinyurl.com/fpg2020 Free and Open to the Public Dr. Raj Panjabi: CEO, Last Mile Health; Associate Physician in the Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School Last Mile Health saves lives in the world’s most remote communities
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