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Celebrating a Decade of Innovation at the Entrepreneurship Clinic

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Dec 19, 2025

Celebrating Success at the 2025 WIN Holiday Party

NC State’s Wolfpack Investor Network (WIN) held its annual holiday party on the evening of Monday, December 8, 2025, at the Carolina Exotic Car Club in Raleigh, where WIN members…
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Dec 9, 2025

Paul Gorman’s Journey Through Engineering and Entrepreneurship

For most of Paul Gorman’s life, NC State was someone else’s anecdote, always feeling just out of reach for him. After more than a decade of exploring other paths, he…
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Dec 1, 2025

Entrepreneurship in Veterinary Medicine

After working a desk job for a few years, Cathy Mittenson became interested in finding a career that let her be outside. Between a love for science and growing up…
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Nov 25, 2025

Powering Up a Startup

Three NC State College of Engineering students entered the Engineering Entrepreneurs Program with an idea to make fleet vehicles more efficient and sustainable. Micah Ulrich (B.S. Mechanical Engineering ‘19, M.S.…
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Nov 12, 2025

Miller Fellows Share Their Growth and Grit

In 2014, Dr. Tom Miller created the Entrepreneurship Initiative Fellows program to support newly graduated NC State students who wished to pursue their venture full-time after graduation. The program was…
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Nov 10, 2025

Brewing Change: How 321 Coffee is Redefining Inclusion

What began as a casual exploration of entrepreneurship between NC State alums Lindsay Wrege, Business Administration ’21 and Michael Evans, B.S. Statistics ’20, M.S. Statistics ’21, has grown into one…

Oct 28, 2025

Brian Sytsma: Scary Situations, Solid Lessons Learned

The leaves turn crimson and vermilion. The wind nibbles coldly on the underdressed. Jack-o-lanterns and skeletons fill the decoration aisle. Fall is officially here, Wolfpack. Whether your favorite thing about…

Oct 8, 2025

Ceretune: Reid Barnett’s Path to Greener Waters through Innovation at NC State

At NC State, innovation and entrepreneurship are not just buzzwords—they define how our students, faculty and alumni tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges.  A perfect example is Reid Barnett,…
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Oct 3, 2025

Bridging the Gap: Locally Grown Helps Farmers

John Ange (JA) Kernodle (Computer Engineering ’20) grew up doing two things: helping run his mother’s market and developing an early love for programming apps. Now, Kernodle works in Dallas…
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Sep 23, 2025

Celebrating a Decade of Innovation at the Entrepreneurship Clinic

The NC State Entrepreneurship Clinic is celebrating its 10th anniversary, marking an extraordinary decade of fostering innovation and real-world experience for students through courses and the Andrews Launch Accelerator (ALA),…