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Oct 14, 2021

Getting Started with Entrepreneurship: Recommendations from Haley Huie

Getting started with your entrepreneurial journey can be overwhelming. Having resources to help point you in the right direction can make things a little easier. At NC State Entrepreneurship we have… 

Oct 11, 2021

Textile Engineering Student Helping to Develop Tesla Seat Covers

Morgan Mase says her knowledge of textiles gave her a leg up when she applied to be a soft trim seat development intern at Tesla. 

Entrepalooza Drone Shot

Oct 11, 2021

Entrepalooza’s Minute-to-Pitch-It Winners Announced

The NC State community came together on Sept. 30, 2021, as over 1,200 students, alumni, faculty, staff and community members celebrated entrepreneurship and innovation at Entrepalooza 2021.  This year marks the… 

Oct 7, 2021

Wilson College Alumna Donates Hundreds of Masks to Farmworkers

Alumna Lisbeth Arias has donated more than 550 masks to North Carolina farmworkers through her business, Descalza. 

Oct 6, 2021

Inspiring Culinary Joy, One Dish at a Time

When Ethan Chlebowski entered the consulting world at Deloitte, with a bachelor’s degree in accounting from NC State under his belt, his culinary passion went dormant for a season. 

Oct 6, 2021

Unlocking the Potential of Family Relationships in Entrepreneurship

New research by NC State University’s Jeffrey Pollack shows that family-like relationships can actually help increase productivity in early-stage entrepreneurial ventures, especially when there are age and gender differences that might otherwise slow initial growth. 

portrait of Lewis and Jarret

Oct 5, 2021

Startup Stories: Randy Ramsey, Founder, Jarrett Bay Boatworks

When many dreamed of becoming a firefighter, dancer or police officer, Randy Ramsey knew he wanted to become a charter boat captain. 

Sep 28, 2021

Get to Know the 2021-22 Social Innovation Fellows

The 2021-22 Social Innovation Fellows is a group of 30 students, many of whom are scholarship recipients, representing nine colleges at the university and a wide range of personal and academic backgrounds. This fifth cohort joins a strong group of social impact ventures to become problem-solvers and changemakers, diving into six of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals as a part of NC State’s Sustainable Development Goals Initiative. 

Sep 28, 2021

Using Liquid Metal to Turn Motion into Electricity — Even Underwater

Researchers at NC State have created a soft and stretchable device that converts movement into electricity and can work in wet environments. The researchers, who include Michael Dickey, Camille & Henry Dreyfus Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, have two related projects under way: one aimed at using the technology to power wearable devices by increasing the harvester’s power output, and the other for evaluating how this technology could be used to harvest wave power from the ocean. 

Sep 21, 2021

Spinoff of NC State Startup Secures NSF Small Business Innovation Funding

CoCoPIE, LLC — co-founded by computer science professor Xipeng Shen — won a National Science Foundation SBIR award for software that hopes to bring the capabilities of real-time AI applications to smart devices more effectively.