Melissa Katrincic loves gin, and she sought out new brands of the spirit everywhere she went. “Whenever my husband, Lee, and I would travel, we would try new gins and gin cocktails, or we would go and buy gin at the retailer...more
Networking and community are essential for many new businesses, especially small entrepreneurs, and Hannah Weisberg, founder of the Women’s Social Club, has created a community model for women entrepreneurs to make personal...more
Keith Daniel, co-founder and managing director of Resilient Ventures, says a “no” is just a “yes” not discovered yet. “You have to have that mindset, and gumption, and audacity,” Keith said, “even if you're starting with...more
Keith Daniel and Tom Droege saw a problem in the startup and investment community - Black founders are not on equal ground when trying to build a business. They saw it in their interactions with founders and investors, but...more
Joe Colopy started his career at a little startup named RedHat. In 1999, the company had about 100 employees, but grew to 700 and went public within the next year....more
Entrepreneurship might lead to financial success, but that should never be a founder’s sole objective, and Josh Owen knows that. Josh co-founded Cycle Labs, a continuous software test automation platform, to solve a problem...more
As a child, Charlie Banks dreamt of becoming a sports agent. His father was a lawyer, he studied hard and took the Law School Admissions Test and he was ready to apply for school. Then, he got a taste of entrepreneurship and...more
Joe Colopy is the co-founder at Jurassic Capital and the Godfather of GrepBeat which covers all things tech in North Carolina. But before all of that, he bootstrapped Durham-based email marketing software firm Bronto and led...more
Josh Owen never looked at himself as an entrepreneur. He formed his first company Tryon Solutions to do some consulting work, and before he knew it, the company had grown to the point where it had about 100 employees. For...more
As the managing director of VentureSouth, Charlie Banks has invested over $60 million in over 90 companies. Some of them have been amazing success stories - but he’s seen his share of failures as well. Today, he talks about...more
Today we’re diving deep into what most startups dream about and are striving for - the exit. Hutchison PLLC partner and mergers and acquisitions expert attorney Dan Fuchs shares what both founders and buyers should be looking...more
After decades of writing business ideas down, Philip Freeman decided to start Murphy's Naturals so he could solve a simple problem - his wife kept getting stung by mosquitos. And then when that business grew too big for his...more
Back in 1991, Tom Finegan was working for a consulting firm that was doing very well - except he felt like the firm cared more about the bottom line than the success of their clients. So Tom made the scary leap to...more
Moise Khayrallah grew up in Lebanon, and saw firsthand what real danger looks like as bombs exploded nearby during the Lebanese Civil War. Upon coming to America, Moise had already seen the worst that could happen, so...more
Elevation Oncology has raised nearly $200M since its launch just two years ago. $200 million! That sounds like an enormous amount of investment capital, but when the company is potentially changing cancer treatment as we know...more
As a startup founder, raising money can feel like an enormous mountain to climb. Many go through dozens or hundreds of pitches before they find the investors that will say yes - and are truly the right fit. And when the deal...more
Entrepreneurs are always looking for the next big idea, something that doesn't exist yet. The next Facebook. The next Uber. The next Netflix. But the reality is that the next million dollar idea is a company that simply...more
Rainway CEO Andrew Sampson doesn't have a conventional path. He's been underestimated throughout his life, has experienced overt racism, been told no more times than he can count, and his doubters continue to believe that he...more
Aleksander Levental jokes that the first board meeting he ever led was the first board meeting he ever went to. Before co-founding Feathr, Aleks was a researcher in the physics department, a delivery driver and a waiter. So...more
Today we have something a little different for you. Justyn Kasierski, partner at Hutchison PLLC, shares some of the biggest legal mistakes that we see startups making - and what you can do to prevent them from happening to...more
As a startup, there’s always that moment in time right before the product launches or the website goes up, when you have worked, and stressed and tested, and re-worked and talked to potential customers and re-worked some...more
Abhi Lokesh started Fracture from his college dorm room at the University of Florida. As a young entrepreneur, he made a lot of mistakes - in hiring, in marketing, in leadership and more - but he learned from those mistakes...more
In her first career as an executive in the hospitality industry, Pam Boney saw great leaders, poor leaders and everything in between. So she started a project collecting the vices that she didn't like and the virtues that she...more
In order to found a successful company, you don’t just need to be passionate about your business, you also need to know the ins and outs of your industry. For Daniel White, that meant using the Rolodex of contacts he acquired...more
Gail Peace started her business journey early. At 12 - having never worn makeup - she began selling Avon to women in the neighborhood because it was much more lucrative than babysitting. Today she's the CEO of Ludi, a...more