Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Do you have an IT-related business that needs funding?

Carolina Launch Pad, UNC's pre-commercial business accelerator program, is now taking applications.

Deadline: April 11.

Who should apply: aspiring IT entrepreneurs who are part of the UNC community (faculty, staff, students) and who have not yet developed their business ideas into funded startups.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Social entrepreneurship in turbulent times

We are so honored and pleased to welcome the President's National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NACIE) at Carolina today. We also thank the council's co-chairs, Gururaj  "Desh" Deshpande and Steve Case, who spoke yesterday to students about their many experiences as entrepreneurs and philanthropists.

More events discussing, examining and celebrating different aspects of innovation and entrepreneurship are happening all the time on the Carolina campus. Here is another one:

Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, Nourish International and UNC Student Government present

“The Social Entrepreneur's Dilemma: Creating Change in Turbulent Times”

Cheryl Dorsey
President, Echoing Green

Monday, March 21
5:30 p.m., reception to follow
Nelson Mandela Auditorium, FedEx Global Education Center


RSVP to rsvpkenan@unc.edu

www.kenaninstitute.unc.edu/TurbulentTimes