Bull City Coworking is currently having a membership drive before opening their space at 600 E. Main St. I stopped by on Monday and the space is really nice. It’s definitely a good spot to check out for startups or others looking for some space. They have a cafe space, with booths and an open space that they plan on dropping in some cubicles or desks. The next open house is Friday, Nov. 4th at 11am. Check out their IndieGoGo campaign http://www.indiegogo.com/Bull-City-Coworking
Bull City Coworking
November 3rd, 2011Bull City Forward Needs Some Feedback
March 24th, 2011From Bull City Forward:
For the past several months, Bull City Forward (BCF) has been working with a student small business consulting team from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business to strengthen BCF’s core business model. As part of that work, the team has prepared a survey that will aid in understanding local entrepreneurs’ needs and experiences better.
This survey is open to all local entrepreneurs, and it should take about 10 minutes to complete. The questions focus on the current needs and experiences of your organization. In thanks for your participation, all survey responders will be entered in a raffle to win one the following prizes-
- $75, $50, $25 Visa Gift Cards (1 of each available)
- One BCF outgoing newsletter dedicated to any social-impact related information on your organization/company which will reach 1400 followers (1 available)
- A 1 hour consulting session with entrepreneur and BCF Executive Director Christopher Gergen (1 available)
The survey can be accessed here:https://qtrial.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_5bcJmUjdDVYo96s
All responses will be kept entirely confidential and will only be seen by the student team members. BCF will receive a summary of results with no identifying information included. The survey will be open through Friday, March 25th. Any questions can be directed to Melissa Mehm at mar48@duke.edu.
Free Space @ LaunchBox
February 15th, 2011Launchbox Digital has announced a program to provide free space and guidance to early stage software startups.
Event: Venture Outlook 2011
January 25th, 2011Venture Outlook 2011, hosted by Southern Capitol Ventures will be held February 9th in Raleigh. A panel of venture capitalists will discuss current trends and where VCs will be putting money in 2011. More info and tickets here.
Event: RTP Hackers and Founders
January 18th, 2011This month’s meeting of RTP Hackers and Founders is this Friday, January 21st at 6:30. The meeting will be held at O’Malley’s Tavern in Raleigh. More info here.
Catching Up
December 14th, 2010I’ve been so busy the past couple of months that I haven’t been able to post at all. Durham is exploding with startup news and I have failed to report! I will change this at once, starting with a catchup post with some highlights:
- Today TechJournal South reports that five new startups have moved into the American Underground (link). The startups include Acorn Investments, Adzerk, Jaargon Ltd. who develop GoToAid, Preation, and Two Toasters.
- Durham ranks high in tech sector jobs, losing fewer jobs in the past year than our neighboring MSA Raligh (link).
- Durham is top 5 in brainpower of the U.S. metros (link).
- Durham startup acquisitions in the recent past include Modality to Epocrates and Unblab to AOL.
Argyle Closes Seed Round
October 7th, 2010The Argyle Company, Inc. closed a seed round for $325k this week from local investors. They also recently moved into the Snow Building in downtown Durham and hired their first employee.
Details from Argyle are here.
Contest and Event from CED
September 22nd, 2010CED is moving to the American Underground soon and hosting a housewarming event on October 28th. The details can be found here.
They are currently holding an interesting contest where you send them an elevator pitch in less than 140 characters through twitter or their blog. The winning pitch will receive a 2010 Lenovo ThinkPad Edge notebook computer presented at the housewarming event. The blog post to send in the entry is here or find them on twitter @cednc.
Event: LaunchBox 2010 Kickoff
August 31st, 2010Register to attend LaunchBox’s kickoff on September 7th at http://launchbox2010kickoff.eventbrite.com/.
The event will have each of the 7 companies participating in the accelerator program give a 2 minute elevator pitch. Tomorrow is the first day of the 12-week program.
Two More Reasons to be in Durham
August 31st, 2010If you need any excuses to move or stay in Durham, two more popped up today.
We are the #2 “brainiest” city in the country according to The Daily Beast and we are the best real estate market in the country to invest in according to Local Market Monitor.