Blog – Technology Incubator

Join us on Thursday, Mar 3, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. to celebrate our 20 year milestone!  Bob Creeden, Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network and Janet Cowell, NC Treasurer will speak on efforts to foster and sustain entrepreneurialism in the region.  We will honor successful graduates including SciQuest, United Therapeutics, Bloodhound Software, Ganymede Software and many others!  Great …

Books in the home are the single biggest predictor of a child’s academic success.  Yet more than half of America’s low-income kids own not a single book, setting them up to fail in school, thus perpetuating the poverty cycle. In an attempt to combat this problem, Community Outreach@rtp and companies throughout The Park (yes, that …

Congrats to First Flight tenant, Ridge Diagnostics for their new licensing agreement with Ameritox Ltd. We hope you keep on making headlines!!  Here is the original release: Ridge Diagnostics, Inc. and Ameritox Ltd. Enter Into Licensing Agreement for Depression Biomarker Blood Test Assay analyzing multiple biomarkers could be valuable aid to diagnosis, treatment monitoring SAN …

Calling all science enthusiasts! April 13th marks the opening day of the 2012 North Carolina Science Festival, so this is your chance to see some awesome science up close and personal. Hosts of the event indicate that “The Festival strives to raise awareness among the young, the old and everyone in between about the importance …

Our friends at UNC have sent us a request to spread the word about their upcoming charity golf tournamentOn May 5th, 2012, the Daniel A. Okun Chapter of Engineers Without Borders at UNC will host its 1st Annual Golf Fundraising Tournament at the Crossings Golf Course in Durham, North Carolina. All proceeds from this event …

Hot off the press!!! Here’s the skinny…Ryan Allis, co-founder and CEO of iContact, stepped down as president of the division that was created around that company when it was acquired last month by Vocus in a stock and cash deal worth some $169 million. Allis agreed to stay on board until the acquisition was complete, …

All entrepreneurs are different. Few invent a successful product the first time out of the gate. For others, they fail and they fail quickly and move on. Others, maybe fewer these days, spend years perfecting their idea. Well, the inventors of WD-40® fell into the latter category. For them, it wasn’t until the 40th attempt …

Typically, a poor economy is not seen as a positive thing. However, in the right context it can be the perfect combination to create a start-up as unique as the team itself. Such was the case for CertiRx, a small emerging growth company who is currently developing Assured Brands™, pharmaceutical products made safer from the …

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We wanted to tell you about a great new resource that will benefit First Flight tenants and friends, called STARTUP AMERICA!! Formed in 2011 as an independent nonprofit entity (NGO), Startup America has been working on a regional basis with local serial entrepreneurs (that’s First Flight!) to support and grow startup ecosystems across the country. …