When North Carolina’s Small Business and Technology Development Center made the decision to raise money for the Piedmont Triad’s Black- and Latinx-owned businesses impacted by COVID-19, it did not take long for applications to come flooding in.  “There were a lot. Hundreds,” said Anthony Abney, former grant program chairman and now business launch specialist for … Continued

Bettina Acosta studied abroad at Hochschule Heilbronn in Germany in Spring 2017. Here are her tips for students considering study abroad. Studying abroad was a fulfilling experience containing many first. It was my first time on a plane, traveling to a new country, and making friends with different origins than mine! Studying abroad may be … Continued

The subject of entrepreneurship, the process of starting and managing a new venture, has received a lot of attention over the past few years. The economic dip in 2007 led many people to strike out on their own, and technology is making it easier for people to manage many business functions independently. As you might … Continued