Here’s our unique wrapup of upcoming events happening across North Carolina in August. Included are the most recent meetups, conferences, workshops, utility deadlines and networking events happening in Asheville, Charlotte, the Triad, Wilmington and different components of the state.
Many events will probably be held in particular person as organizers are returning to dwell events:
NC IDEA Fall 2021 Grants Information Session: Wilmington
August 2, 5:30-8 p.m. @Genesis Block
Join this info session to study extra about NC IDEA’s upcoming MICRO and SEED grant alternatives for promising startups. MICRO awards small grants of $10,000 to early-stage corporations seeking to validate and advance their concepts, whereas SEED affords $50,000 grants to corporations with a confirmed idea. Applications are due on Aug. 30. (More TechWire coverage here.)
1 Million Cups Lake Norman
August 4, 7:30-9 a.m. (on-line)
Every Wednesday morning, entrepreneurs within the Lake Norman space be a part of to current their corporations to mentors, advisers and different startups. Join to fulfill new individuals and collaborate with fellow entrepreneurs.
1 Million Cups Charlotte
August 4, 8-9 a.m. (on-line)
Held each week, 1 Million Cups Charlotte incorporates a presentation from an area startup adopted by a Q&A from the neighborhood.
1 Million Cups Wilmington
August 4, 9-10 a.m. (on-line)
This weekly occasion brings collectively entrepreneurs within the Wilmington and Cape Fear neighborhood to collect for espresso, informal startup pitches and dialog.
Marketing Outside the Box
August 4, 12:30-1:30 p.m. (on-line)
HUSTLE Winston-Salem’s weekly Marketing Outside the Box series affords modern advertising and marketing methods for entrepreneurs and small companies. Learn tips on how to appeal to and retain prospects and enhance your income.
BioNetwork Virtual Career Fair
August 4, 3-6 p.m. (on-line)
This digital profession honest will characteristic greater than 25 biopharmaceutical corporations and staffing companies from across North Carolina that want to fill 100 biomanufacturing jobs. The occasion targets BioWork certificates, life science diploma and BioNetwork college students, however anybody can attend. More TechWire coverage here.
Packard Place Public House
August 4, 5:15-6:30 p.m. (on-line)
Every two weeks, Charlotte’s entrepreneurial neighborhood joins collectively nearly for a night of networking and connections over drinks.
NC IDEA Fall 2021 Grants Information Session: Triad
August 4, 5:30-6:30 p.m. @Flywheel Coworking
Join this info session to study extra about NC IDEA’s upcoming MICRO and SEED grant alternatives for promising startups. MICRO awards small grants of $10,000 to early-stage corporations seeking to validate and advance their concepts, whereas SEED affords $50,000 grants to corporations with a confirmed idea. Applications are due on Aug. 30. (More TechWire coverage here.)
Small Business Roundtable: How to Series – LinkedIn Workshop
August 5, 3-4 p.m. @Winston Salem State University Enterprise Center
Forsyth Tech Community College’s Small Business Center is internet hosting an occasion providing greatest practices for creating and sustaining a profitable business.
Get2Know NC TECH Webinar
August 6, 9-9:30 a.m. (on-line)
This free month-to-month interactive webinar gives members with an outline of NC TECH’s actions, assets and member choices.
Application Deadline: Cabarrus Recovery Grants
August 6
Cabarrus County is providing restoration grants to for-profit and non-profit organizations primarily based in or serving the county. The program goals to fund initiatives offering job coaching, persevering with delayed initiatives, supporting meals and shelter, disaster intervention, small companies, impacted industries and important staff, and extra.
Black Investments in Greensboro (BIG) Equity Fund Info Session
August 10, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. (on-line)
Join this info session to study concerning the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro’s BIG Equity Fund and its progress in direction of the $3 million fundraising purpose. This digital occasion is one of a series of info sessions held by means of the tip of this month.
1 Million Cups Lake Norman
August 11, 7:30-9 a.m. (on-line)
Every Wednesday morning, entrepreneurs within the Lake Norman space be a part of to current their corporations to mentors, advisers and different startups. Join to fulfill new individuals and collaborate with fellow entrepreneurs.
1 Million Cups Charlotte
August 11, 8-9 a.m. (on-line)
Held each week, 1 Million Cups Charlotte incorporates a presentation from an area startup adopted by a Q&A from the neighborhood.
1 Million Cups Robeson County
August 11, 8-9 a.m. @Givens Performing Arts Center, UNC Pembroke
In this month-to-month occasion, entrepreneurs native to Robeson County will current their merchandise/companies to friends and community with the startup neighborhood.
NC Chamber Education & Workforce Conference
August 11, 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. (on-line)
NC Chamber’s digital Education and Workforce Conference will collect educators and job creators to debate methods to make sure North Carolina’s college students are college- and career-ready.
PitchBreakfast
August 11, 8:30-10 a.m. (@Venture X Coworking & on-line)
Every month, a handful of Charlotte-area corporations headline PitchBreakfast, pitching their services for 5 minutes, after which they are going to reply questions from the viewers and a panel of entrepreneurs and specialists. This month’s occasion will probably be held in a hybrid format.
1 Million Cups Wilmington
August 11, 9-10 a.m. (on-line)
This weekly occasion brings collectively entrepreneurs within the Wilmington and Cape Fear neighborhood to collect for espresso, informal startup pitches and dialog.
Marketing Outside the Box
August 11, 12:30-1:30 p.m. (on-line)
HUSTLE Winston-Salem’s weekly Marketing Outside the Box series affords modern advertising and marketing methods for entrepreneurs and small companies. Learn tips on how to appeal to and retain prospects and enhance your income.
2021 NC TECH Golf Classic
August 12, 7 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. @Pinehurst #1 Golf Course
NC TECH’s annual Golf Classic is again this 12 months. Business and IT leaders will collect to compete for the NC TECH Classic Champion title.
Jumpstart: Trello for Remote Workers
August 12, 12-1 p.m. @Flywheel Coworking
Flywheel Coworking’s subsequent Jumpstart workshop will deal with how attendees can use Trello and different instruments to handle distant groups.
Flywheel Cafe at the Cabarrus Center
August 12, 5-7 p.m. @Cabarrus Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Join this occasion to community with native entrepreneurs, traders, neighborhood leaders and others on the Cabarrus Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
NC TECH 2021 Leadership Summit
August 12-13 @Pinehurst Resort (and on-line)
This 12 months’s NC TECH Leadership Summit will characteristic keynotes and panel discussions centering across the theme, “Adaptability: The New Competitive Advantage.”
BLKTECH Charlotte’s Inaugural Afrofuturism Fest
August 12-14 in Charlotte
This three-day convention convenes current and future Black creatives, techies, makers, designers and scientists to debate subjects round innovation and futurism.
Application Deadline: NEXT Venture Pitch 2021
August 15
All Southeastern startups are eligible to use to pitch their merchandise/companies this 12 months’s NEXT Venture Pitch 2021 Conference, held on Sept. 16 in Greenville, South Carolina. The half-day pitch competitors convenes entrepreneurs, enterprise capitalists and audio system across the Southeast.
Application Deadline: Big Launch Challenge 2021
August 16
For this 12 months’s Big Launch Challenge in October, the Launch Place is teaming up with Angel Capital Association’s Angel University to host a two-day studying and networking occasion for angel traders and entrepreneurs. The occasion will culminate within the Launch Place’s annual pitch competitors, by which startups current their merchandise/companies for an opportunity to win $15,000. Pitch purposes are open now. More TechWire coverage here.
CIO + IT Executive Roundtable
August 17, 7:45-9 a.m. (on-line)
In this digital session, CISOs, VPs and director-level tech leaders at NC TECH member corporations will talk about related subjects and greatest practices of their area.
CISO + IT Security Roundtable
August 17, 7:45-9 a.m. (on-line)
This on-line assembly convenes CISOs, VPs and director-level IT safety leaders from NC TECH member corporations. A roundtable dialogue will deal with subjects related to the sphere.
1 Million Cups Lake Norman
August 18, 7:30-9 a.m. (on-line)
Every Wednesday morning, entrepreneurs within the Lake Norman space be a part of to current their corporations to mentors, advisers and different startups. Join to fulfill new individuals and collaborate with fellow entrepreneurs.
1 Million Cups Charlotte
August 18, 8-9 a.m. (on-line)
Held each week, 1 Million Cups Charlotte incorporates a presentation from an area startup adopted by a Q&A from the neighborhood.
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August 18, 9-10 a.m. (on-line)
This weekly occasion brings collectively entrepreneurs within the Wilmington and Cape Fear neighborhood to collect for espresso, informal startup pitches and dialog.
Flywheel Concord: August Indeavor
August 18, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. @Cabarrus Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
This month’s Flywheel Indeavor Luncheon will characteristic Natalie Williams of the Women’s Business Center of Charlotte, who will talk about how the group helps native business homeowners.
Charlotte Regional Business Alliance Power of Women
August 18, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. @Sonesta Charlotte Executive Park
In this month’s Power of Women luncheon, the Charlotte Regional Business Alliance will host a panel dialogue on how ladies are succeeding in historically male-dominated fields. The audio system—together with Suzie Ford of NoDa Brewing Company, Crystal Smith of Duke Energy Corporation, Katie Tyler of Tyler 2 Construction, Inc. and Stacy Cassio of Pink Mentor Network—will share how they confronted challenges and constructed profitable careers.
Marketing Outside the Box
August 18, 12:30-1:30 p.m. (on-line)
HUSTLE Winston-Salem’s weekly Marketing Outside the Box series affords modern advertising and marketing methods for entrepreneurs and small companies. Learn tips on how to appeal to and retain prospects and enhance your income.
NCSEA Making Energy Work Webinar Series
August 18, 2 p.m. (on-line)
The NC Sustainable Energy Association is internet hosting its Making Energy Work webinar series all through the spring and summer time. This session will deal with vitality effectivity.
Packard Place Public House
August 18, 5:15-6:30 p.m. (on-line)
Every two weeks, Charlotte’s entrepreneurial neighborhood joins collectively nearly for a night of networking and connections over drinks.
Women in Tech Webinar: FearLess, Speak More
August 19, 9-10 a.m. (on-line)
NC TECH is internet hosting a webinar with voice and talking professional Martha Gleason, who will supply presentation methods that will help you enhance your talking impression.
EDPNC Workshop: How TikTok Can Help Small Businesses Attract Customers
August 19, 1-2 p.m. (on-line)
The Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina is teaming up with TikTok to host a digital occasion displaying the state’s small companies tips on how to appeal to extra prospects and develop their income by means of the favored video-sharing platform.
Blockchain: What Is It Good For? Absolutely Not Just Cryptocurrency
August 20, 12-1 p.m. (on-line)
Join this lunch and study to listen to from Irene Woerner of emTRUTH about how applied sciences like blockchain can be utilized for distributed knowledge administration.
Cultivating Relationships in an Ever-Changing World
August 24, 9-10 a.m. (on-line)
NC TECH is internet hosting a digital workshop overlaying alternative ways to make worthwhile business connections and construct relationships. The session will probably be led by Lynne Garrison of Garrison Consulting.
1 Million Cups Lake Norman
August 25, 7:30-9 a.m. (on-line)
Every Wednesday morning, entrepreneurs within the Lake Norman space be a part of to current their corporations to mentors, advisers and different startups. Join to fulfill new individuals and collaborate with fellow entrepreneurs.
1 Million Cups Charlotte
August 25, 8-9 a.m. (on-line)
Held each week, 1 Million Cups Charlotte incorporates a presentation from an area startup adopted by a Q&A from the neighborhood.
1 Million Cups Wilmington
August 25, 9-10 a.m. (on-line)
This weekly occasion brings collectively entrepreneurs within the Wilmington and Cape Fear neighborhood to collect for espresso, informal startup pitches and dialog.
Application Deadline: NCBiotech Translational Research Grant
August 25, 12 p.m.
The North Carolina Biotechnology Center’s Translational Research Grant program gives funding for initiatives exploring/creating industrial purposes for university-held life science innovations. Applications are dwell for the primary funding cycle of 2022.
Marketing Outside the Box
August 25, 12:30-1:30 p.m. (on-line)
HUSTLE Winston-Salem’s weekly Marketing Outside the Box series affords modern advertising and marketing methods for entrepreneurs and small companies. Learn tips on how to appeal to and retain prospects and enhance your income.
Black Investments in Greensboro (BIG) Equity Fund Info Session
August 26, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. (on-line)
Join this info session to study concerning the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro’s BIG Equity Fund and its progress in direction of the $3 million fundraising purpose. This digital occasion is one of a series of info sessions held by means of the tip of this month.
Application Deadline: NC IDEA MICRO and NC IDEA SEED Grants
August 30
NC IDEA gives grant alternatives for promising startups able to enter their subsequent stage of progress. Applications are dwell for the following spherical of MICRO and SEED funding. MICRO awards small grants of $10,000 to early-stage corporations seeking to validate and advance their concepts, whereas SEED affords $50,000 grants to corporations with a confirmed idea. More TechWire coverage here.
Tech & Tax: Ever Changing & Converging
August 31, 9-10 a.m. (on-line)
NC TECH is internet hosting a panel of tax specialists to debate the most recent tax legislative panorama, tax impacts on the cellular workforce, current merger and acquisition developments, international tax updates, and extra.
