Steve Jurveston
Business plan competitions backed by VCs offers plenty of green – as in cash
VentureBeat: DFJ’s Steve Jurveston discusses clean tech business plan competition – and playing god
Brighter future looms for Kannapolis where biotech is replacing textiles
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – Just five years after Pillotex shut down a massive textile plant and threw 4,800 people out of work, the site where the largest mass layoff in North Carolina history will soon be humming again.
However, the hum will be from computers and other technology, not looms.
The North Carolina Research Center will formally open its doors later this summer when the massive yet beautiful 300,000 square foot main building opens. Soon thereafter two smaller but certainly impressive...
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Is Global TransPark really the ‘best thing we’ve got going’ in N.C.?
Durham tops in Triangle? Bull say some; Bull right on, say others
Best place to live, start a business in Triangle? Durham, says Fortune Small Business
‘Serious games’ conference to showcase ways of training real knowledge workers
N.C. unemployment rate rises to 5.4% – highest since August 2005
State did add 3,306 jobs, but unemployment jumped by 7,882. Jobs are available, but landing one can be challenging, the N.C. Employment Security Commission says.
SAS promotes exec to senior sales position
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Cable companies to ramp up Web, HD, mobile service
Nintendo's latest game wants you off the couch
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What makes SAS a 'Breakthrough Company'?
Of 7,000 companies he studied for his book "The Breakthrough Company," author Keith McFarland included SAS. He talks about what factors sets SAS apart as a company.
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Investors flip out over SilkRoad, invest $54M
Winston-Salem talent management services firm founded by ‘Flip’ Filipowski plans major expansion, names new CFO.
S.C. nanotechnology firm closes on $1.5M in financing
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On-demand ticketing software eTix lands $1M from Southern Capitol Ventures
Let’s make a deal – Southern Capitol VC talks about eTix investment
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Cnet: This VC forecast scares the pants off of me
Want better climate for performance? Improve CEO communications
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KO for cancer? Combination therapy packs one-two punch, Duke researchers find
Duke University News Service
UniversityTech: Attacking a protein could make melanoma tumors vulnerable to chemotherapy.
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Vodafone deal shows social networking is going mobile
By Ri Pierce-Grove, Datamonitor
Acquisitions represents part of an intelligent effort by major telephone service providers to facilitate the movement of social networking services from PCs to the mobile phone.
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Robotic suit could usher in super soldier era
By MARK JEWELL (AP Business Writer)
Rex Jameson bikes and swims regularly, and plays tennis and skis when time allows. But the 5-foot-11, 180-pound software engineer is lucky if he presses 200 pounds - that is, until he steps into an "exoskeleton" of aluminum and electronics that multiplies his strength and endurance as many as 20 times.
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Federal government picks NCSU experts to explain nanotechnology risks
By Matt Shipman, NCSU News Services
UniversityTech: Researchers will write whitepaper explaining how government and industry officials should communicate potential risks associated with nanotechnology to the media and the public.
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