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NC Idea Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Summit 2019 – Day 2 – PM session
After lunch, the first big group session focused on entrepreneurship in the community college environment. Thom Ruhe said that if you want to know what is happening in the business in a community, go ask the community college folks. Straight Out of School Amy Nelson, CEO Venture for America, led the first session of the…
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Well rested from last night, we began with opening remarks from Thom Ruhe and Patti Gillenwater. Governor Roy Cooper Governor Cooper starts by saying how important entrepreneurship is to our state and its citizens. His vision is for our people to prosper financially and in their health. NC is on pace to set a record…
Read MoreNC Idea Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Summit 2019 – Day 1
I heard about the NC Idea Summit a few weeks ago in a business meetup with Daryl Shaw of Royalty Marketing. (Thanks, Daryl!) It is a statewide meeting of organizations who are working hard to promote entrepreneurship in North Carolina. By design, it is an ecosystem to support, nurture and grow businesses across the state.…
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