Resources

The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) is a private, non-profit organization founded in 1984 to identify, enable and promote high-growth, high-impact companies and accelerate the region’s entrepreneurial culture. Headquartered in the Research Triangle Park, CED is the oldest and largest entrepreneurial support organization in the nation with more than 5,000 active members representing over 1,100 companies.

TiE Carolinas is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to foster and support entrepreneurship in the Carolinas. This organization has three objectives: to network and to facilitate networking among members; to foster entrepreneurship and nurture entrepreneurs; and to help membership integrate with the mainstream community.

Serving as a single point of contact for entrepreneurship at Stanford, SEN is a federation of 14 entrepreneurship-related organizations across campus that conduct research, teach and/or provide outreach services. Most of the member organizations serve not just Stanford students, the Stanford community and Silicon Valley, but also other students and members of the entrepreneurial ecosystem worldwide. SEN also serves as a forum for communication and collaboration among its member organizations.

The Small Business & Technology Development Center (SBTDC) is The University of North Carolina’s business and technology extension service. The SBTDC is administered by NC State University on behalf of The University of North Carolina System, and is operated in partnership with the US Small Business Administration. The SBTDC is part of The National Small Business Development Center (SBDC) program, which was founded on the premise of leveraging higher education resources (staff, students, faculty, research) for the benefit of the business community. In North Carolina, the SBTDC provides that vital connection between the multi-campus University system and small to mid-sized businesses across the state.

The outreach function of NC State University’s College of Engineering, IES helps new businesses grow and good businesses get better. We work with any industry, from the mountains to the coast, and from 1,000 feet underground to 30,000 feet up, and we deliver results in quality, productivity, growth services, safety, and environmental management. In 2007, working with IES typically offered an ROI of $13 for $1.00 spent by our client companies. IES manages the NC State Technology Incubator, a facility housing 30 start-up companies on NC State’s Centennial Campus.

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