NC State University

May 1, 2018

First in Future: NC State linguistics professor Walt Wolfram

Summary:  If you make judgements about someone based on what they are wearing or how their hair looks or how they talk, you have an excellent chance of being wrong.… 

Nov 7, 2017

First in Future: Reborn Clothing Co. Co-Founder Emily Neville

Summary: Next week marks the start of Global Entrepreneurship Week – seven days celebrated around the world, with events designed to recognize and encourage more people to think more seriously… 

Oct 31, 2017

First in Future: SEPI Engineering & Construction, Inc. President & CEO, Sepi Saidi

Summary: A couple of weeks ago I went to the Southeast Raleigh Innovation Challenge, a pitch competition designed to get more people thinking about a business they could start, and… 

Oct 24, 2017

First in Future: Plexus Capital Co-Founder and Partner, Kel Landis

Summary: If you were looking to identify a poster child for citizenship, you could do a lot worse than Kel Landis, co-founder and partner at Plexus Capital. As you’ll hear… 

Sep 26, 2017

First in Future: Entrepreneur, Sift Founder and CEO Jud Bowman

Summary: The old joke about economic developers is that they like to be buffalo hunters; they are always looking for a giant beast of a company that they can drag… 

Sep 5, 2017

First in Future: NC State University Professor and Economist Mike Walden

Summary: A couple of years ago, the Institute for Emerging Issues took on a challenging topic: what will all of us be doing for work in twenty years? We called… 

Jul 4, 2017

First in Future: Immigrant. Entrepreneur. Citizen. Redress Raleigh Co-founder Mor Aframian

Summary:   For most of us listening, becoming a citizen was an involuntary act—we were born here, so we were citizens. But, for about 750,000 people per year, becoming a United… 

Jun 20, 2017

First in Future: Read Charlotte Executive Director Munro Richardson

Summary:  A few years ago, some people in Charlotte got ticked off by a number – 39. Just 39 percent of third graders in Charlotte were reading at grade level.…