3:00-5:00

TEW Kickoff Event with NCSU

Moderator:

Tom Miller

Director, Entrepreneurship Initiative- NCSU

Keynote Speakers:

  John Harthorne

Founder & CEO, MassChallenge

Heather Hesketh

CEO, Hesketh.com

Bob Young

Founder, Lulu

Venue:

1101 Gorman St.Raleigh, NC 27695

9:00-11:00

DISCOVER: The Food & Restaurant Industry

Questions you want to make sure are answered in this panel? Contact Jon@TriangleEW.org and submit them!

Moderator:

Sarah Wechsberg

Co-Founder, The Idea Hive

Co-Director, Triangle Entrepreneurship Week

Featured Guests:

Chris Duke

Owner, Anna’s Gourmet Goodies

Andrew Shaw- Owner, Jubala Village Coffee

Trevor Chambers

Bella Monica Flatbread Company

Venue:  Sitti Restaurant

137 S. Wilmington Street,

Raleigh, NC 27601

9:00-11:00

PITCH AN INVESTOR

Investors:

Bill Warner

Fund Executive, Inception Micro Angel Fund- RTP

Rich Kramarik

Fund Executive, Inception Micro Angel Fund- RTP

Jeff Dupuie

Investor, Inception Micro Angel Fund- RTP

Venue:

111 East Hargett St.

Raleigh, North Carolina 27601

12:00-2:00

HOW TO: Tap into your creativity

Description:

Western culture has long held the belief that creativity is a rare gift of the privileged few.  That’s wrong.  Creativity is a basic human quality that too many of us have allowed to lie dormant for too long.  We can’t waste this rich human capital any longer–our economy hasn’t recovered because it can’t recover, it can only be renewed, and that renewal occurs when waves of creatively entrepreneurial talent washes over all our organizations–as well as starting up new ones.  This presentation offers proven ideas to help you expand your creative capacity and exercise your entrepreneurial instincts.

Featured Guest:

Carl Nordgren

Founder, Creative Populist

Venue:

Urban Design Center

133 Fayetteville Street

Raleigh, NC 27601

3:00-5:00

DISCOVER: Fashion & Design industry

Questions you want to make sure are answered in this panel? Contact Jon@TriangleEW.org and submit them!

Featured Guests:

Glenn Jackman

Director, Textiles, Apparel, Hosiery, and Textile Machinery- NC Commerce

  Gigi Karmous-Edwards

CEO, Uvo Luxury

 David Jackson

Founder, S2Jeans

Venue:

Urban Design Center

133 Fayetteville St.

Raleigh, NC 27601

7:30-10:30

Pitch Your Idea *5:30PM – 7:30PM*

*** 5:30pm – 7:30pm ***

Bill Sarine

To prep for the Idea Pitches, please keep in mind the following questions as you explain your business idea:

Venue:

  118 S. Person St. Raleigh, NC

7:30-10:30

Nightly Networking

Come join fellow entrepreneurs from the Triangle at Humble Pie for a night of drinks and fun!

317 South Harrington Street  Raleigh, NC 27603

9:00-11:00

PITCH AN INVESTOR

Featured Guests:

Rich Kramarik

Fund Executive, Inception Micro Angel Fund- RTP

Bill Warner

Fund Executive, Inception Micro Angel Fund- RTP

Guy Harvey

Executive Committee, Inception Micro Angel Fund- RTP

Venue:

111 East Hargett St.
Raleigh, NC 27601

12:00-2:00

Discover: Women in Business

Questions you want to make sure are answered in this panel? Contact Jon@TriangleEW.org and submit them!

Moderator:

Rebecca Antonelli

Founder, CCM

Featured Guests:

Brooks Bell

Founder & CEO, Brooks Bell Interactive

Darleen Johns

Retired Owner, Alphanumeric Systems

Jenn Halweil

CEO, Legacy Event Planners

Venue:

111 East Hargett Ave.
Raleigh, NC 27601

3:00-5:00

How To: Foster a Community for Entrepreneurs *2:00pm – 4:00pm*

*2:00pm – 4:00pm*

Questions you want to make sure are answered in this panel? Contact Jon@TriangleEW.org and submit them!

Moderator:

Jon Leonardo

Co-Founder, Triangle Entrepreneurship Week & DC Entrepreneurship Week

Featured Guests:

Mary-Ann Bladwin

Founder, Baldwin Communications

City Councilor, Raleigh N.C.

Adam Klein

Startup Strategist, Durham Chamber of Commerce

Matthew Coppedge

Director, Downtown Durham Inc.

Derrick Minor

Director of Downtown Development, Downtown Raleigh Alliance

Jeff Singh

Founder, Vybee.com

Venue:

  118 S. Person St. Raleigh, NC

7:30-10:30

Nightly Networking *5:30 – 7:30PM*

Come join fellow entrepreneurs at our nightly networking session held at Raleigh’s newest co-working space with beer provided by Harpoon Brewery!

Venue:

208 S. Wilmington Street

Raleigh, NC

9:00-11:00

PITCH AN INVESTOR

Featured Guests:
Lister Delgado

Partner, IDEA Fund Partners

  Andrew Schwab

President, First Flight Venture Center / RTP Capital Associates

 Zack Mansfield

VP, Square 1 Bank

Venue:

406 Blackwell Street, Suite 240

12:00-2:00

Financing Strategies, Challenges & Pitfalls for the Entrepreneur

PRESENTED BY

Questions you want to make sure are answered in this panel? Contact Jon@TriangleEW.org and submit them!

Featured Guests:

Gary Hayes

MD, Scale Finance

Tom Livingston

CFO, Scale Finance

Donald Draughon

CEO, Keysource Bank

Rich Brown

VP, RBC Bank

Craig Stone

CEO, HireNetworks

Venue: 

300 W Morgan St # 1400
Durham, NC 27701

3:00-5:00

Discover: How to Raise Money in the Triangle

Questions you want to make sure are answered in this panel? Contact Jon@TriangleEW.org and submit them!

Moderator:

Bernie Brown

CFO, The Power of We

Featured Guests:

Steve Thompson

CFO, The Noel Group, LLC

Martin Sinozich

Managing Member, Venn Capital

David Jones

Partner, Southern Capital Partners

Nicole Wicker

VP of Finance, TearScience, Inc.

Erik Lansch

President, Argand Energy Solutions

Venue:

318 Blackwell St
Suite 150
Durham, NC

7:30-10:30

Nightly Networking ** 5:30 – 9:00 **

*** 5:30PM – 9:00 ***

Come enjoy drinks and network with entrepreneurs while listening to jazz music at the Triangle’s hottest Caffe!

Venue:

335 West Main Street
Durham, NC 27701

7:30-10:30

Venture Horizons: Current & Emerging Trends in Entrepreneurial Funding

*** 6:00 – 9:00pm ***

TiE Carolinas is hosting a panel discussion on current and emerging trends in Venture Capital at its November 17th Networking Dinner event that will be held at the prestigious Bay 7 in the American Tobacco Campus in Durham NC.

As groundwork for looking at emerging trends the panel discussion will review notable developments over the past year including Cloud, super angels, stock market rebound, social software, mobile and storage. These developments resulted in a very active software ecosystem, M& As included mega deals like McAfee (Intel), Sybase (SAP) and 3PAR (HP); IPO’s like MakeMyTrip, Qlik Technologies; and a parade of startup acquisitions and large financing rounds. A key factor that drove the aforementioned developments included the fact that companies had substantial amounts of cash with very few options for investing.

 Featured Guests:

Jason Caplain
Southern Capitol Vendures

Steve Tye
Croft & Bender

Ashish Mistry
BLH Venture Partners

Alan Taetle
Noro-Moseley Partners

Kevin Greene
Valhalla Partners

Venue:

Bay 7 Area- 318 Blackwell St
Suite 150
Durham, NC

7:30-10:30

Financial Needs related to Sustainability and Scale of Social Enterprises (6:30-7:30PM)

Featured Guests:

Prof. Chistopher Gergen, Bull City Forward, Duke University Professor

Time: 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Location: BRITE Bldg., Room 2050

9:00-11:00

Discover: Starting up Green

Questions you want to make sure are answered in this panel? Contact Jon@TriangleEW.org and submit them!

Presented by:

Moderator:

Sarah Wechsberg

Co-Founder, The Idea Hive

Co-Director, Triangle Entrepreneurship Week

Featured Guests:

Chris Carmody

Executive Director, The Institute for Sustainable Development & Green Plus

Will Geist

CEO, The Madison Energy Group

Mark Saad

Chief Kinder Sole, Kinder Soles

Venue:

101 W. Main Street

Durham, NC 27701

9:00-11:00

PITCH AN INVESTOR

Featured Guests:

Katrin Burt

Partner, Intersouth Partners

Elaine Bolle

RTP Capital Associates

Houston Barnes

Founding Member, Barnes Law Firm

Venue:

406 Blackwell Street, Suite 200

Durham, NC 27701

12:00-2:00

Meet the Media

Moderator:

Rebecca Antonelli

Founder, Center for Creative Marketing

Featured Guests: 

Sougata Muckerjee

Editor, Triangle Business Journal

Leoneda Inge

Reporter, NPR & WUNC

Heather Moore – Reporter, WRAL

Chris Penttila

Reporter, Entreprenuer.com

…more coming soon

Venue:

The Cotton Room - 807 East Main St. Durham, NC

7:30-10:30

CLOSING PARTY!

Come join all the folks from Triangle Entrepreneurship Week at Nappy Tandy’s for drinks and eats!

Venue: Napper Tandy’s, 126 N. West St. Raleigh, NC