(Morrisville, N.C.) Collaborative product design and development firm Montie Design is proud to announce the launch of its computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis service utilizing industry-leading design simulation software from Blue Ridge Numerics, Inc. (more…)

(Cary, N.C.) Internationally renowned business strategy expert Lea Strickland, MBA/CMA/CFM/CBM/GMC, was recently featured in the national media outlet FOX Business, which published her article on seniors looking to start their own businesses in their twilight years.  “Think You Are Too Old to Start a Business?” appeared in the July 19 edition of the FOX Business Small Business Center. The 630+ word piece detailed important items for individuals 55 years and older to take into consideration before leaving their existing jobs and what is necessary in launching a new company. (more…)

(Raleigh, N.C.) NC IDEA, an organization committed to supporting business innovation and economic advancement in North Carolina, proudly announced today that it has awarded $190,000 in grants to five North Carolina startups. Since its inception in 2006, NC IDEA’s grants program has awarded approximately $1.7M to forty-seven companies across the state, with these most recent awards being the ninth cycle of the program. (more…)

(Ann Arbor, Michigan) U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke  announced the members of the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, a group that will support President Obama’s innovation strategy by helping to develop policies that foster entrepreneurship and identifying new ways to take great ideas from the lab to the marketplace to drive economic growth and create jobs. UNC-Chapel Hill’s Holden Thorp and Cary software firm Geomagic’s Ping Fu were named to the list. (more…)

(Morrisville, N.C.) Collaborative product design and development firm Montie Design has received its first shipment of the Tree Rest, another product in its innovative line of portable hunting and recreational shooting equipment. The innovative firearms accessory is now available for purchase by customers online via www.montie.com. (more…)

(Durham, N.C.) HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced it has selected more than 60 professors from around the world to receive awards as part of its third annual HP Labs Innovation Research Program (IRP). Duke University was one of the institutions named. (more…)

(Washington, D.C.) Industry leaders Abbott, Microsoft Research, Pfizer, Qualcomm, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Skype and Verizon Wireless have joined the 2010 mHealth Summit as sponsors, the conference organizers announced today. (more…)

(San Antonio, Texas, and Charlotte, N.C.) AirStrip TechnologiesTM was recognized this week at the Premier healthcare alliance’s annual Innovation Celebration, an event to highlight both advances in healthcare and industry suppliers committed to improving patient outcomes. AirStrip Technologies is a medical software development company with solutions that deliver real-time critical patient data to healthcare providers anytime, anywhere over a smartphone connection. Premier recognized AirStrip OBTM, the FDA-cleared solution that uses proprietary waveform engines and charting controls to capture waveform data and deliver it securely to mobile devices. (more…)

(Charlotte, N.C.) Jackrabbit Technologies, leading provider of web-based solutions for classed-based businesses, will participate in Jeff Metzger’s Small Business Boot Camp taking place at the Double Tree Suite Hotel in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 13-17, 2010. This will be the final opportunity for owners and managers of kid’s sports organizations to experience Metzger’s Boot Camp. Jackrabbit has been a noted Associate Company for Metzger’s Small Business Boot Camps and will support his efforts in teaching strategies to help those in the kids’ sports industry establish and reach their goals for operating and growing their businesses in this Boot Camp session. Because Jackrabbit’s business management system helps owners and managers leverage technology to improve their operations, it is a perfect compliment to Metzger’s Boot Camp philosophy. (more…)

(Charlotte, N.C.) Mariner, an industry-leading business intelligence and performance management solutions provider, has announced several changes to its organizational structure that have been resulted from the company’s consistent growth in several key business sectors. To spearhead its continued focused growth, Mariner has named two Group Vice Presidents, David Fitzgerald and Peter Darragh, as well as a Distinguished Architect, Wayne Snyder. (more…)

(Herndon, Va. and Cary, N.C.) Internationally renowned business strategy and funding expert Lea Strickland, MBA/CMA/CFM/CBM/GMC, recently led a half day workshop for small business grant recipients and a dozen private sessions with attendees invited by the Center for Innovative Technology (CIT).  The workshop provides a unique, integrated perspective on the strategic and transactional aspects of government funding assistance. The Virginia-based CIT asked Strickland to provide one-on-one counsel on startup and business management issues such as accounting and grant applications to technology-based companies across a wide spectrum of industries such as green tech, defense, biotechnology and life sciences. (more…)

(Fayetteville, N.C. ) Paul Dordal has been named Executive Director of P3I, a newly-formed public private partnership for innovation based in Fayetteville. The partners consist of the BRAC Regional Task Force, Fayetteville Technical Community College and NavTech, LLC, a defense and knowledge transfer organization located in Enterprise, Ala. (more…)