PRESENTING SPONSORS

TTYL app replies when you can’t.

TTYL app blocks and responds to your incoming calls and text messages when you can’t. For the times when you are in a meeting and can’t be disrupted by your phone. Or when you are eating dinner or fast asleep and don’t want to be bothered by your phone ringing, use TTYL app. It allows you to block calls and texts and respond when you are good and ready!

The Idea Hive is a collaborative team of sustainability consultants, that offer business consulting, research and facilitation services to businesses and organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Raleigh-Durham, NC area. By combining sustainability practices with cutting-edge thinking, the Hive helps individuals and organizations flourish and realize the power of creative collaboration. Our mission is to promote sustainability as a strategy for thriving organizations.

Triangle Blvd is the most innovative new media marketing firm of the decade. With a solution-oriented approach to solving creative problems and needs, Triangle Blvd brings out the authenticity in brands and delivers platforms and solutions that work. A multidisciplinary team strives to close the gap between innovation and value-proving those creative services and new media solutions designed to be highly entertaining, engaging and effective. The Triangle Blvd mission is to leverage those technologies, products and services to deliver solutions which enable business partners, clients and customers to effectively communicate their brand. With a talented group of forward-thinking artisans, Triangle Blvd produces and delivers consistent brand experiences across multiple platform.

The State Club is a world-class social and dining facility that boasts impeccable service and exquisite cuisine created by Top-Rated, Award-Winning Chefs. Located in The Park Alumni Center, The State club offers a sense of camaraderie, providing monthly events for its members and guests. As a new entity State Club members are creating their own traditions, writing their own history, and making a lasting imprint on future generations to come. The State club is the perfect place to cheer on the Wolfpack, celebrate holidays or catch a nice lunch or dinner after a day on the Lonnie Poole Golf Course.

Membership information is available on the website or by contacting The State Club Membership Director.

Real World. Real Choices. Real Impact. In the MBA program at North Carolina State University’s Jenkins Graduate School of Management, you will learn by doing – working on real projects for companies, gaining a real-world perspective and experience that can be applied immediately in your life and career. You will make decisions about your education that will help you distinguish yourself in today’s competitive global marketplace and make a real impact with real preparation and solid qualifications to meet and surpass real-world expectations.

Scale Finance LLC provides integrated finance solutions to help companies scale. Currently serving over 85 entrepreneurial companies, Scale Finance delivers pragmatic and flexible corporate finance and accounting support, leveraging world-class professional expertise and experience – as you need it, when you need it.

Through the EI, individual entrepreneurial projects and programs throughout the university unite to provide students with top-tier resources and opportunities. The Entrepreneurship Initiative (EI) at NC State encourages multi-disciplinary participation on every level – faculty, staff, industry and outreach partners, and most importantly, students. the EI was formed in July 2008 in response to the Chancellor’s call to “develop an educated an entrepreneurial work force.” By organizing and energizing its efforts through the EI, NC State will provide a comprehensive springboard for ideas, projects, and partnerships. By leveraging its core strengths in science, engineering, and technology, NC State will develop entrepreneurial solutions to society’s current problems and future needs.

Legacy’s mission is to provide students with the opportunity to plan fantastic events that unite communities, raise awareness for charities and support for vital local initiatives. Through developing these events, students gain an invaluable learning experience and professionals greatly increase the visibility of their businesses. To hire a Legacy intern or learn more about our service learning program visit www.LegacyEventPlanners.org

Chosen as the Official Coffee of the Durham Performing Arts Center, Beyú Caffé (pronounced be-you) plans to make its home in the heart of Downtown Durham, North Carolina at 335 West Main Street in the historic Snow Building. The store’s projected opening date is scheduled for late Summer 2009.

Recently recognized by Businessweek, Bon Appetit, and Black Enterprise magazines for its history, diversity, food, and culture, Downtown Durham embodies the same spirit that inspires our coffee and café. At Beyú Caffé, we look forward to fostering Durham’s new appeal into a relaxing community spot for people to call home.

Empire Eats is reshaping downtown Raleigh as a modern culinary destination! Our passion for great food and excellent hospitality are woven through the unique dining experiences at each of our five downtown Raleigh restaurants.
Each restaurant is distinct in flavor and personality while staying true to its heritage, from the Lebanese food on Sitti’s table to our Eastern North Carolina-style barbecue at The Pit. It all starts with our talented array of chefs. At The Pit, Executive Chef Darrell Brown is serving up delicious traditional whole-hog barbecue and Southern sides. Chef Matt Scofield pays homage to our Sitti’s favorite Lebanese dishes at Sitti. At The Raleigh Times Bar, Chef Primo Zinani prepares hand-crafted, creative takes on classic bar fare favorites alongside an extensive Belgian beer selection and locally and regionally crafted beers. The Morning Times Head Barista Casey Porn serves up locally roasted coffee and fresh sandwiches by day and wine and homemade confections by night. And at Gravy, Head Chef Tony Fusco uses fresh tomatoes and locally grown herbs to create our signature Gravy, the same way it was made in restaurants in Italian neighborhoods decades ago.

The power of mobile. Hinge Mobile App Marketing is part of Hinge Marketing Group, specializing in the creation of mobile apps and websites with marketing support for local businesses. The most innovative new way to market your business is through the use of mobile technologies, specifically apps. Mobile internet usage is the largest and fastest growing tool for consumers and businesses alike to meet their demands. Hinge Mobile App Marketing provides effective, efficient, and affordable assistance in creating custom mobile apps. Integrity based – results driven!

TheWineFeed.com combines the speed and reach of an online retailer with the personal feel of a local wine shop. They offer a limited selection of constantly changing, high-quality wines that are ready to drink. While the wines are only available for purchase through our website, The Wine Feed offers free delivery locally, order pick-up hours at our event space, and delivery by UPS nationwide. In order to connect with our customers, we host tasting events across the country that allow wine lovers to interact with winemakers, The Wine Feed and each other. This will revive the social aspect of wine that is lost in even the best online wine stores.

Our team of financial professionals serves as your gateway to the strength and resources of the firm.  We will help to structure, manage, and monitor a program specifically designed for you.  The principals have over 75 years of experience focused exclusively on high net worth clients and institutional investors. Our primary focus is to provide long-term investment performance at the highest levels of service to help meet the needs of our client relationships. 

At Harpoon, we have always worked hard at two things:  brewing great beer and welcoming our customers to our breweries.  Our beer styles were created to provide you, our beer-drinking friends, with fresh, fun and interesting choices.  We draw on numerous brewing traditions to make our beers, but we always add our own “interpretation” of how the styles can be best matched to our – and your – tastes.

SUPPORTING SPONSORS 

The Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce is a bold, dynamic organization that serves the needs of businesses, non-profits and government agencies of all sizes. There’s no other organization that can connect you to all of these various groups better than the Durham Chamber. Once you learn a little more about what we do to not only support businesses here, but how our work impacts the entire community, we are confident that you’ll be ready to engage with us. Not to mention, our greatest resource – our stellar staff. You’ll soon see how they can be a resource for you and your business!

The Downtown Raleigh Alliance is the official nonprofit organization designated to manage and promote downtown Raleigh as a regional center of commerce, tourism, and livability.

Our goal is cleaerly stated:  Your goal is ours.  We know what it takes to succeed, and we want to help you get where you want to be.

The Power of We specializes in helping clients develop AND implement the plans necessary to succeed in today’s trying economic times.  Together with our customers, we help them get a clear picture of where they stand today, envision a goal for the future, and work on the “to do’s” to make it happen.  Based in North Carolina, The Power of We provides “C-Suite” services throughout the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, Northeast and Midwest of the United States.

TriangleTechTalk is a new media technology property focused exclusively on the Raleigh-Durham metropolitan region. Our mission is to shine a large spotlight on the activities of the technology-based companies operating today as well as the soon-to-be companies of tomorrow.

The mission of the university is to prepare students academically and professionally to become leaders prepared to advance the consciousness of social responsibility in a diverse, global society. The university will serve its traditional clientele of African-American students; it will also expand its commitment to meet the educational needs of a student body that is diverse in race and other socioeconomic qualities.

EntreDot™ is a mentoring organization that is committed to ensuring entrepreneurial success. It is made up of seasoned business executives who volunteer their time to assist entrepreneurs by mentoring them through the early stages of market entry and by advising existing businesses on strategies for long-term sustainability, all at no cost to the entrepreneur.

The Center for Creative Marketing [ccm]is an entrepreneur’s dream. [ccm] is a unique mix of flex workspace, conference facilities, private offices and creative resources necessary to start, grow and sustain a business. See what the power of team work, collaboration and experience can bring to your business. Become a part of [ccm] today.

We help early-stage entrepreneurs win. We connect entrepreneurs with the resources they need to launch and succeed immediately. Our primary activities include running an annual global startup competition, documenting and organizing key resources, and organizing training and networking events.