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	<description>PTP NEXT‘s region-wide grant competition accelerates entrepreneurship and innovation in NC’s Piedmont Triad.</description>
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		<title>Mid-Atlantic Bio Conference &#8211; Early Bird Discount</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 21:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libby.Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Make your reservation now to attend the Mid-Atlantic Bio Conference, September 27-28, 2012, in Bethesda, MD &#8211; a one-of-a-kind event hosted by three of the region&#8217;s most influential bio-science and investor associations. This year, for the first time, the NC Biotechnology Center has &#8230; <a href="http://ptpnext.com/mid-atlantic-bio-conference-early-bird-discount/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Technology and Innovation Series &#8211; The Future of Research Parks and Biotech  in Winston-Salem, the Triad &amp; North Carolina</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 21:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libby.Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, May 22, 2012 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. – Program 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. – Networking and Refreshments Wake Forest Biotech Place 575 N. Patterson Avenue Winston-Salem, NC 27101 Our Technology and Innovation Series returns with an exciting &#8230; <a href="http://ptpnext.com/2012-technology-and-innovation-series-the-future-of-research-parks-and-biotech-in-winston-salem-the-triad-north-carolina/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>PTP NEXT Selects Semi-Finalists for Spring 2012 Cycle</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contact: David Powell, President &#38; CEO, Piedmont Triad Partnership 336.369.2208 PTP NEXT Selects Semi-Finalists for Spring 2012 Cycle Companies to be recognized at May ceremony in Winston-Salem featuring Jud Bowman (PIEDMONT TRIAD, NC) April 23, 2012: – Continuing its work &#8230; <a href="http://ptpnext.com/ptp-next-selects-semi-finalists-for-spring-2012-cycle/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nurturing business ideas here in Triad</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina.Hussey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few years back, Bowers appeared before a 12-member panel in Raleigh. He needed venture funds to create a business from technology that caught disease-causing organisms in water and food.

The technology came out of UNCG, and the panelists liked the idea. Then came the question Bowers will always remember. <a href="http://ptpnext.com/nurturing-business-ideas-here-in-triad/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Seed Money Helps Startup Companies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina.Hussey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Triad entrepreneurial group that makes wireless patient-monitoring systems that prevent bedsores is ready to shift into a higher financial and production gear, partly thanks to a Piedmont Triad Partnership program that provides advice and seed money to help startup companies. <a href="http://ptpnext.com/seed-money-helps-startup-companies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Arctic, Inc.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina.Hussey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Arctic, Inc. won an NC IDEA grant in December 2008, at a time when almost no venture deals were closing after the stock market crash that fall. We used the $25,000 grant to build an engineering model and to conduct our first field trial. ... <a href="http://ptpnext.com/arctic-inc/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Spoonflower</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina.Hussey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Serving a community of over 150,000 individuals, the Spoonflower marketplace offers the largest collection of independent fabric designers in the world.

Although the company moved to a more modern, comfortable facility down the road in Durham in 2010, their Alamance County roots are strong. <a href="http://ptpnext.com/spoonflower/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>About Us</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina.Hussey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PTP NEXT is a region-wide, volunteer-driven organization led by talented young leaders who are committed to the future economic vitality of the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina. PTP NEXT operates under the auspices of the Piedmont Triad Partnership, the region’s leading marketing and economic development organization. <a href="http://ptpnext.com/about-us/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Team</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina.Hussey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The PTP NEXT Business Competition was the brainchild of PTP NEXT, an all-vounteer, region-wide organization of talented young leaders. The competition has benefited from strong support and direction from the Piedmont Triad Partnership’s Executive Committee. <a href="http://ptpnext.com/the-team/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Our Partners</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina.Hussey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The PTP NEXT Business Competition is the brainchild of PTP NEXT and the Piedmont Triad Partnership, working in partnership with NC IDEA, a private non-profit that has provided an excess of $2 million in seed grants to 57+ young technology companies across North Carolina since 2006. <a href="http://ptpnext.com/our-partners/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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