Events

Are you starting to engage with strategic partners or investors? Sign up for a free, virtual consulting session with Sheryl Waddell, director of economic development and innovation hubs at Innovate Carolina. Sheryl will meet with you and help you. Register: https://calendly.com/sherylwaddell/79-west-office-hours?month=2023-03

It’s been way too long since we’ve all gathered in person! Innovate Carolina would like to personally invite you to visit us on the 6th floor and get a sneak peek of the Innovate Carolina Junction, a permanent 25,000 square foot coworking space and innovation hub. The Junction is the anchor for the Chapel Hill

Sign up for a free, virtual 30-minute consulting session with Patrick Kastian, a research analyst with Innovate Carolina. Patrick shares expert insights and provides practical advice on performing market research and analysis to support product/service development, commercialization, and business growth. Patrick can help with defining key areas of market research based on your business needs, determining

Have an idea but not sure if you need a Lawyer? Join Bryan McGann and the Duke Law Clinic hosted in partnership with Innovate Carolina and Central Carolina Community for a virtual workshop on the important legal advice you need to move forward. This presentation is for early-stage startups or entrepreneurs all around the triangle.

Join us to watch student teams compete in the final round of Map the System, a global competition focused on exploring the wider context of social and environmental issues. The teams will explain the roots of pressing social and environmental issues, where existing solutions fall short, and propose routes to meaningful, systems-level change. The competition's

Join the Digital Health Institute for Transformation on Wednesday, April 19th at 5:30 pm for our monthly Digital Health Happy Hour. Our event this month will be held at the Innovate Carolina Junction and is sponsored by Innovate Carolina, UNC's university-wide initiative for innovation and entrepreneurship. Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/digital-health-happy-hour-chapel-hill-tickets-524578196507

Sign up for a free, virtual 30-minute consulting session with Cindy Reifsnider, Innovate Carolina’s director of data and strategic partnerships. Cindy can help you: Research the competitive landscape: who are your competitors and competing products and services? Analyze the competitive landscape: how can you differentiate your business and position your products and services for sale? And think through

Conflict and tension can be generative. In fact, the best performing leaders and organizations embrace them. Don’t believe us? In this two-hour workshop, we’ll explore how tension arises out of value systems and preferences, and how a diversity of thought and experiences can enrich our personal and organizational lives. Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/working-with-tension-tickets-539213661577

The last two years have brought sweeping changes to recruitment, hiring and culture building. In this two-hour workshop, we’ll cover strategies and tactics to operationalize equity into your hiring and onboarding process. You will walk away with tangible practices to implement immediately. Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/equitable-hiring-practices-tickets-491885331267

Join Innovate Carolina as it hosts RTP AgBio + Agtech Meetup in the brand-new innovation hub, 79 Degrees West. This session will include an intimate discussion with Volker Mittendorf and Jiarui Li on solutions toward sustainable intensification. As the climate warms and populations increase, Earth is losing the land on which we cultivate crops to

Strategy helps your organization steer toward your vision. It’s less about a beautifully laid out strategic plan, and more about the way you organize your company day-to-day. In this two-hour workshop, we’ll explore ways to ensure that you have time to work on your business. You’ll leave with a personalized workflow and operating norms that

Discover the transformative differences between traditional business planning and innovative strategies. Join Innovate Carolina and SCORE for breakfast in the brand new 79 Degrees West co-working and manufacturing space. Get an introduction to the concept of the business model canvas and its use as a planning tool in this session with SCORE mentor Morris Wallack.