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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.…