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The Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network has named Robert Creeden, founder and managing partner of Partners Innovation Fund (PIF) of Boston, as its first executive director.  Creeden brings 30 years of experience to North Carolina’s Research Triangle.  Creeden will coordinate a major effort to draw marketable innovation out of the Triangle and its universities.  He will lead [...]

A vaccine that prevents Salmonella, coatings that protect fabrics from ultraviolet (UV) rays, bandages that release medication to improve wound healing, and better bed bug bait – these four technological breakthroughs are one step closer to becoming reality. The North Carolina State University researchers behind these inventions are the first recipients of NC State’s Chancellor’s [...]

The Entrepreneurship Initiative of North Carolina State University is showcasing the entrepreneurs and products developed as part of its eGames competition on Thursday, April 21, from 4 to 5 p.m. in the McKimmon Center on NC State’s campus. Media coverage of the event is invited.

One lesson learned in North Carolina State University’s Engineering Entrepreneurs Program (EEP): technical knowledge is not enough, if you want to be successful. NC State researchers are laying out lessons they’ve learned running one of the nation’s first EEPs in a paper being published by IEEE’s Computer, as part of a special issue focused on [...]

Researchers from North Carolina State University have patented technology that is expected to revolutionize the global energy and communications infrastructure – and create U.S. jobs in the process.

North Carolina State University is unveiling a new facility designed to help student entrepreneurs dream up new ideas – and turn those dreams into reality. The facility, called “The Phase I Garage,” was sponsored by the NC State Entrepreneurship Initiative and Red Hat, Inc. A ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house will be held Sept. 13 [...]

Successful entrepreneurs turn big ideas into successful business opportunities, but how should they protect those ideas? A new paper from North Carolina State University offers a “how-to” guide on intellectual property protection, laying out the options for budding entrepreneurs as they consider how to move forward.

The development of new products and services is key to business success, but a new study from North Carolina State University shows that businesses could do a much better job of evaluating new ideas in order to identify products that will be winners in the marketplace. “You need more critical screens upfront, so that good [...]