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What do the recent announcements from Apple and Google mean for the Triangle?
The decision of both Apple and Google to locate major hubs and headquarters in the Triangle and North Carolina are huge wins for the region and the state. A huge part of this is psychological. The Triangle has been chasing Silicon Valley, Austin, and Boston for decades, and these recent announcements are a clear indicator to people in the community and those watching from the outside that we
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CHAPEL HILL – UNC Kenan-Flagler’s Entrepreneurship (Eship) Center, an affiliated center of the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, announced Tuesday that affiliated-faculty at the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP) and the Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative (Duke I&E) are participating with the Eship Center, Opportunity Hub (OHUB) and 100 Black Angels and Allies Fund, to create more diverse, equitable, and inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystems.
The goal of this collaboration and engagement from multiple institutions is to address issues like DEI at a systemic organizational level, and to create more equitable ecosystems through the delivery of education, best practices, and actionable frameworks.
She hired her first employees a week before the pandemic arrived. How has business fared since then?
Destini Gilliam s story is indicative of a much bigger narrative that has impacted Black businesses, specifically those owned by Black women.
Destini Gilliam, founder of Creative Reading Coach LLC, received a $10,000 small-business grant through the City of Charlotte s Access to Capital program to assist business owners impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: QCity Metro
Destini Gilliam had big goals for her small business in 2020.
After launching Creative Reading Coach LLC, in the spring of 2018, and operating as a solopreneur for the first year and a half, she declared 2020 as the year she’d finally hire some help, so that she could focus more on growing the business.