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Entrepreneurship and innovation at Carolina
Carolina is a place where innovators and entrepreneurs make a human, social and economic impact. We make purposeful transformations in the world by putting important ideas to use for the public good.
Keep scrolling to read more about how Carolina's entrepreneurship is fueling economic growth and more in the Tar Heel State.
Carolina innovators are solving some of the world’s biggest problems. Through their ingenuity, they provide economic and social value in North Carolina and beyond: creating jobs, finding cures, combating diseases, fighting poverty, eliminating hunger, providing clean water and promoting social justice.
Innovate Carolina is UNC-Chapel Hill’s department for innovation, entrepreneurship and economic development that provides a full-scale hub designed for today’s problem solvers. Innovate’s programs and services help Carolina innovators and entrepreneurs launch startups and create market-ready technologies, products and services.
Just steps from campus is the new Innovate Carolina Junction in the heart of Franklin Street. Boasting creative spaces, coworking and programs for inventive thinking, the Junction is open to all problem solvers in the University, local and regional entrepreneurial and business community.
Student-run Meantime Coffee opened a second location there in November.
By the numbers
Tar Heel innovators
An entrepreneurial spirit
Midterm masquerades as spooky pop-up shop
Professor Tim Flood’s Flash Entrepreneurship class learned business skills in its Heel-O-Ween store on Franklin Street.
Student-Made UNC crafts entrepreneurs
The platform’s student managers work hard behind the scenes to help Tar Heel makers market their creations.
Launch tour opens local doors to students
The startup accelerator’s talented summer cohort met Tar Heel alumni with downtown businesses.
