(Cary, N.C.) Technovation Entrepreneur (TM), a multi-functional, integrated business program to transition research into marketable products and build viable businesses, is sponsoring Startup Weekend June 3-5 at the American Tobacco Campus in Durham and offering a discount to attendees for an upcoming webinar. “After the Start: Take Your Idea and Make a Profitable Business” is a six-hour series available to Startup Weekend attendees for $79 who register on-site this Friday, Saturday or Sunday. The price for non-attendees is $396. Technovation Entrepreneur (TM) is presented through the Triangle-based international strategic business consulting firm F.O.C.U.S. (TM) Resources. (more…)

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) NCTechNews, North Carolina’s technology news source, will be blogging live from the BIO International Convention in Washington, D.C. June 27-30 to cover major trends affecting the life sciences community. The BIO International Convention is the largest global event of its kind, attracting the biggest names in biotech and featuring keynotes and sessions from key policymakers, scientists, CEOs, and celebrities, and the world’s largest biotechnology exhibition - the BIO Exhibition. (more…)

by Ty Hagler
Special to NCTechNews

As we all watched the unfolding tragedy in Japan, newscasters struggled to communicate the fast-moving events in ways that the public could understand. Were the nuclear reactors a threat? What was really happening? What did it mean that the fuel rods had been damaged? Many Americans’ concept of a fuel rod conjures an image of Homer in the opening credits of “The Simpsons,” bumbling around with a glowing green rod that bounces through the sequence of scenes. (more…)

(Cary, N.C.) International strategic business consultant Lea Strickland, MBA/CMA/CFM/CBM/GMC, recently shared her insight and experience at two high-profile Research Triangle area events: the RTP CFO Forum hosted by Hughes Pittman & Gupton, LLP on May 6 and F.O.C.U.S. Resources’ Technovation Entrepreneur educational webinar “Technovation Entrepreneur 101” on May 11. Strickland spoke to the RTP CFO’s on “Doing Business with the Government” and presented the webinar through her consultancy F.O.C.U.S. (TM) Resources. Both events covered critical topics from getting a company started to being strategic in seeking funding and business opportunities. (more…)

(Durham, N.C.) Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, reports another industry-best efficacy record of 231 lumens per watt for a white power LED. This result is a significant advance beyond Cree’s previous industry record and further demonstrates how Cree’s relentless innovation continues to push the boundaries of what is possible with LED lighting. Cree reports that the LED efficacy was measured at 231 lumens per watt using a single-die component at a correlated color temperature of 4500 K. Standard room temperature 350 mA testing was used to achieve the results. (more…)

(Raleigh, N.C.) While angel investors and venture capital are still avenues for entrepreneurial funding, today, corporations are also working directly with small to medium-sized businesses to build partnerships and foster technology breakthroughs. These cooperative arrangements can offer another path to success for the entrepreneur and give the corporation the ability to reduce internal research and development costs while continuing to invest in innovation. Companies like British Petroleum (BP) and Proctor & Gamble, are successfully forging such alliances to leverage the agility of the small company to deliver a competitive advantage to their own customers. At the TiE Carolinas May 19 networking dinner, Marshall Haine, VP of Global Innovation at Procter & Gamble, and Ahmed Hashmi, VP of Group Research & Technology at BP, will offer their insights on how small companies can build successful relationships with corporations, including specific strategies for working directly with their own companies. (more…)

(Raleigh, N.C.) Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the finalists in its fifth annual Red Hat and JBoss Innovation Awards. The award program is designed to recognize the outstanding use, innovation and extension of Red Hat’s solutions by customers, partners and the open source community. The Red Hat and JBoss Innovation Awards finalists are recognized in four separate categories; and a fifth category recognizes a finalist that is deploying a combined solution from Red Hat’s platform and middleware portfolios. Today, Red Hat announces the nine leading organizations that are illustrating innovation within their technology programs, and will compete for the Red Hat Innovator of the Year and JBoss Innovator of the Year. These winners will be announced during a special awards ceremony at the Red Hat Summit and JBoss World on May 6, 2011 in Boston. (more…)

(Durham, N.C.) A cross-functional team of graduate students at North Carolina State University recently received an award for their achievement in product design in the field of medical devices. The Carolinas chapter of the Product Development and Management Association awarded the NC State team as the winner of its graduate product design and development competition at its annual Innovate Carolina conference on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte on April 15, 2011. The award’s sponsor, Charlotte-based innovation firm Enventys, presented the team with a product development services package valued at $8,000. (more…)

(Cary, N.C.) International strategic business consulting firm F.O.C.U.S. (TM) Resources, Inc. is hosting the educational webinar “Technovation Entrepreneur 101” on Wednesday, May 11 to help entrepreneurs gain insight into starting, growing, and running a successful business. The webinar introduces START SMART (TM), GROW STRONG (TM), and RUN WELL (TM)  modules from the Technovation Entrepreneur (TM)  program for taking ideas, research, and innovations from concept to the marketplace. The webinar runs from Noon – 1 p.m. Eastern and is free; online registration is required at www.technovationentrepreneur.com. (more…)

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) NCTechNews, a professionally edited online news publication dedicated to building a stronger technology community, is now accepting spring 2011 listings for its Innovation Resources Guide. No membership or fee is required to submit listings to and/or use the Guide, which is available at NCTechNews.com. The Innovation Resources Guide provides links and detailed information for over 45 technology startups, established vendors, and nonprofits to help entrepreneurs and businesses gain needed access to products, services and information. (more…)

(Charlotte, N.C.) The Carolinas Chapter of PDMA (Product Development and Management Association) will host a day-long conference on Open Innovation at the UNC Charlotte campus on Friday, April 15, 2011. The conference focuses on examples of how North Carolina and South Carolina companies solicit and implement product ideas and technologies from the outside. (more…)

(Charlotte, N.C.) Mariner proudly congratulates Javier Guillén for being honored as a Microsoft® Community Contributor. The Community Contributor Award (http://www.microsoftcommunitycontributor.com/) honors those who voluntarily contribute time and energy to improve the Microsoft Online Community for others. (more…)