Happy Thursday,
We are 7 days away from Demo Day and getting on our first Mentor Event tonight! Join us for Demo Day, you can register here. Details there.
Thought of the day:
“You have to be able to accept failure to get better".
― LeBron James
TOP FIVE
🌵Trailblazing / Have you ever wondered what we do at the Clinic? Last semester we had the opportunity to collaborate with the "Last American Castle" and look at opportunities in dairy for the family behind the Biltmore. See the work our amazing team did in "Biltmore Farms and Biltmore Estate look to NC State Entrepreneurship Clinic to Study Future Opportunities for Their Famous Jersey Herd".
🚀Vision / Remember that weird thing everyone got excited about and lost money on? Oh yeah Crypto. Well, it's always useful to hear from the insiders especially as the space shows its resilience. Brian Armstrong, founder and CEO of Coinbase dives into first principles on Patrick's podcast. See what he had to say in "Brian Armstrong – The Future of Crypto". It's worth a listen.
🦄 iOS / Many of us have an iPhone (Apple is worth 2 Trillion, like let's stop and digest that for a second). The reality is that most of us don't make the most out of our iPhones. So here are "5 Ways to Get the Most Out of iOS"
👍SaaS / Did you know that "Only 17% of marketers use landing page A/B tests to improve conversion rates". Find that and many more key Marketing takes in "How to Build a Killer Marketing Engine for Your Startup".
🔢1:1 / No intro needed, "How to find anything on the internet".
EVENTS
Accelerator
This summer we took 5 companies started at NC State and helped them gain initial traction. We made our best to support them in their launch and now are ready to share their progress with our network. Come and see what some of the most exciting NC State companies are doing and watch them pitch their businesses at our Virtual Demo Day next week. Check out the event here.
RIoT
RIoT is crafting their popular Developer Day event into a virtual month-long event series! Join in every Wednesday, 9am-1pm EST, during the month of September for FREE half day interactive workshops. Learn more and register here.
THE SCOOP
Mann+Hummel Corporate Ventures Intern
We are looking for an undergraduate or graduate student to intern with our Corporate Venture group for the fall semester. Tasks will range from helping streamline how we source and evaluate investments candidates, to assisting internal digital venture teams on various tasks, to conducting research on different market and technology areas. Engineering or science backgrounds preferred, particularly if you like automating systems and have diverse areas of technology interests.
Signature Bank
The newly formed Venture Banking Division of Signature Bank is hiring a portfolio analyst for its Durham location. Unique opportunity to work directly with an experienced lending team focused on early stage companies in the venture space. The Analyst will assist the team with the underwriting analysis for new and existing deals including monthly monitoring, spreading of financial statements and preparing sections of the deal memos. Assist with loan closing process including working with other areas of the Bank to fully onboard the client.
Requirements:
- Strong interest in the venture industry and desire to work with early stage
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Strong attention to detail and analytical skills
- Able to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment
- Microsoft outlook, Word and Excel; Spreading Financial Statements
- Strong communication and analytical skills
- College Graduate with 0-1 years of relevant experience
See you next week,
Gabe
