Innovate Raleigh Steering Committee Meeting Notes - April 12, 2013

In attendance

  • Tom Miller, NC State
  • Matt Muñoz, New Kind
  • Liana Fryer, NC State
  • James Sauls, Raleigh Chamber
  • Derrick Minor, City of Raleigh
  • Jason Hibbets, Red Hat
  • Butch Grove, Wake Tech
  • Mary-Ann Baldwin, Holt Brothers/City of Raleigh

Guest attendees

  • Matt Tomasulo, CityFabric
  • Brent Anthony, BDA Health Solutions

Topics of discussion

  • Mary-Ann gave an update on Month of September events and showed three (3) potential logos to be considered as a branding logo for the month.

  • Jason Hibbets will help crowd source the community’s feedback on which logo they like. Current IR website will host the crowd source feedback.

  • New Kind has been hired to develop the Innovate Raleigh website.

  • The Innovation Summit is scheduled for September 11th.

  • Brent Anthony discussed having a break-out session on Healthcare 2.0 and how it can support entrepreneurs that are operating in the healthcare space. James mentioned that the Chamber has convened a group of healthcare and IT leaders to discuss the overall strengths of Raleigh/Wake with this cluster. James will connect Brent with Wayne Watkins (Chamber) who is leading the initiative.

  • Matt Tomasulo discussed his idea to create the “Beach” in the Boylan Heights / Warehouse District. James to connect him with Adam Lofton who owns a site in the vicinity.

  • Sauls asked about working with NCSU Alumni groups to do a campaign to promote Raleigh

Upcoming Events:

  • Datapalooza – April 22nd / noon to 6 pm / HUB Raleigh

Next Innovate Raleigh Meeting:

  • April 26, 10:30 – 12:00 pm, Raleigh Chamber of Commerce

 

Note: James Sauls provided these notes

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