ECON 125: Introduction to Entrepreneurship

ECON 125 was created in response to student demand and interest in entrepreneurship. Open to all undergraduate students, this follows a large, multidisciplinary format and will introduce you to entrepreneurship….

TEDxUNC

TEDxUNC is an annual conference held at UNC-Chapel Hill that brings together innovative thinkers from across the University and larger community. If you’re interested in exploring ideas for our collective future, this…

Workroom FashionMash

Workroom FashionMash is both a workspace for prototyping and building, as well as a way of thinking. Since 2009, the program has given advertising students in UNC-Chapel Hill’s Media and…

Global Entrepreneurship Week at UNC

Every year in November, UNC-Chapel Hill participates in Global Entrepreneurship Week, the world’s largest celebration of innovators, by hosting a weeklong series of events on campus that reach across all…

Center for Health Innovation Pilot Awards

The UNC Center for Health is a small resource center managed by UNC Health Enterprises that promotes the development of patient-centered innovations designed to address the current challenges facing our…

ACC inVenture Prize at UNC

Before the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) inVenture Prize Finals each year, UNC-Chapel Hill selects the best team to represent the University at the ACC InVenture Prize regional conference. If you’re…

Global Social Venture Competition

The Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC) provides aspiring student entrepreneurs with mentoring, exposure and $80,000 in prizes to transform their ideas into businesses that will have a positive, real-world impact….

University Startup World Cup

The University Startup World Cup starts off with one week in Copenhagen, where 50 of the best teams from all over the world are invited to network with entrepreneurs, investors…

SwitchPoint Conference

Hosted annually in historic Saxapahaw, North Carolina, SwitchPoint is a conference about creativity, partnership and action. It’s where humanitarian innovation, global health and technology collide. SwitchPoint is produced each year…

Thought for Food Global Summit

The Thought for Food Global Summit showcases how some of the world’s most common assumptions in food and agriculture are being turned on their heads. By attending the summit, you’ll…

CED Venture Connect Summit

As one of the leading life science gatherings in the nation, the CED Venture Connect Summit attracts nearly 1,000 participants each year, boasts globally recognized industry leaders as speakers, showcases…

Net Impact Conference

The Net Impact Conference is the leading forum for students and professionals who want to tackle the world’s toughest social and environmental problems. At the conference, you can discuss trends…

North Carolina Global Health Alliance Annual Conference

The North Carolina Global Health Alliance hosts an annual North Carolina Global Health Conference, which welcomes more than 200 attendees from academic, governmental, business and nonprofit organizations, all coming together…

Digital Summit

The Digital Summit is a premier digital strategies forum where you can be part of the future transformation of the digital commerce ecosystem – including marketing, UX & design, search,…

Ashoka Fellowship

Ashoka pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship more than 35 years ago, and today it engages the world’s largest and most powerful network of social entrepreneurs by searching for and…

Kairos Society Fellowship

Kairos North Carolina is dedicated to promoting an entrepreneurial spirit among university students in North Carolina. To become a member of the Kairos Society, you must receive an invitation and…

Leadership exCHANGE Fellowship

Leadership exCHANGE seeks to empower the next generation of change agents. Join students from more than 80 different countries who have participated in its various fellowship programs that run throughout…

Investors’ Circle

Investors’ Circle (IC) is the largest and most active early-stage impact investing network. Together with hundreds of angels, venture capitalists, foundations and family offices, IC has propelled over $200 million…

Pappas Captial

Pappas Capital is a Durham-based venture capital firm that invests exclusively in the life sciences industry – biotechnology, biopharmaceuticals, drug delivery, medical devices and related ventures. It evaluates more than…

Triangle Business Journal Awards

Each year, the Triangle Business Journal unveils multiple innovation, business and leadership awards. These awards are given based on nominations from local companies and individuals as well as submissions from…

Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SIE) Lab

The Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SIE) Lab at UNC School of Social Work supports students and faculty in exploring, designing, and implementing new ways of addressing complex social problems. SIE…

UNC Water Institute Conferences

The Water and Health Conference explores drinking water supply, sanitation, hygiene and water resources in both the developing and developed worlds with a strong public health emphasis. The Water Microbiology Conference creates…

Features

‘There is a force pushing me’ When Innovate Carolina last caught up with Sha Chang, founder of social enterprise EmpowerRT and professor at the UNC School of Medicine, she was…

Podcast

Podcast Series: On the Heels of Innovation POWERED BY THE UNC ENTREPRENEURS GENOME PROJECT How is it that some people are successful in pushing their ideas further and faster than…

Student Impact Guide Home Page

Menu Training & Workshops Funding Spaces and Tech Venture resources About Innovate Carolina Meet our team STUDENT I&E IMPACT GUIDE EXPLORE YOUR IDEAS Ready to put your idea into play,…

2019 Innovation Rewind

12-20-19 19 for 2019: Carolina innovations, ingenuity and impact Reflecting on 2019, we can’t help but feel inspired by the many ways Carolina innovators moved the world forward. It’s impossible…

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