by Chris Heivly | Nov 13, 2018 | Community, Events
Last week, I had the privilege to speak about the state of our startup community at Innovate Raleigh. I have been a little quiet around here lately as I survey and observe startup communities around the world. I thought I would share my thoughts here (without the...
by Chris Heivly | Jun 1, 2018 | Events, People
As was shared a few months ago, Techstars is running a new insurtech accelerator in partnership with MetLife in Cary, NC this summer. We (and by we I mean MJ and Brad) are hiring four Associates for the program. Here is the official notice . . . . . Techstars is...
by Chris Heivly | Oct 13, 2017 | Events
Interested in selling into large enterprises, fintech and tech investing in financial institutions? A couple months ago, I had the opportunity to keynote the NCTA Annual Retreat. For those of you not aware, NCTA is a statewide not-for-profit organization focused on...
by Chris Heivly | Sep 13, 2017 | Events
My new role with Techstars brings me to startup communities around the world, but deep down I still put our local community front and center. To that end, I have a week of Techstars double-whammy for you. First, I convinced David Cohen (co-founder and co-CEO) to come...
by Chris Heivly | May 17, 2017 | Events, INC
Starting anything successful takes a little vision, a lot of passion and a sometimes a little timing. Mashup festivals have been the rage for quite some time now; I am referring to events like SXSW that combines music, technology and film and TED – a mashup of...
by Chris Heivly | Aug 2, 2016 | Events, My Thoughts
A good sign of a maturing ecosystem is the addition of programs that address deficiencies in the market. A number of years ago, a number of us identified the void in software development talent. (Newsflash – we are not unique in this void but that was not an...
