IOT and the rise of the Solopreneur with Ubidots
Ubidots, based in Columbia, is a low code, IOT enablement application platform. In makers circles, the Ubidots platform is thought of as one of the most usable and reliable platforms out there. Because of that, IoT Entrepreneurs look to the platform to bring their ideas to life. Cristian Botero, Head of Business Development, and Agustin [...]
WRAL Techwire: Want to improve racial equality, diversity at your business? Here are 7 steps
RALEIGH – Last week, RIoT held a town hall style event to discuss racial equity across our ecosystem. RIoT, an economic development organization that helps startups and companies embrace the data economy, has been proud of the success that companies have achieved with us over the past six years. We feel we have made a positive [...]
RAP Q&A Series: Fifteen Minutes with Phase Dock
We’re sitting down with RIoT Accelerator Program (RAP) participants to learn their stories, find what inspires them and share with the community. Phase Dock is a startup that provides electronics mounting solutions for IoT and maker projects. Founders Barbara Lehenbauer and Chris Lehenbauer are enthusiastic makers and creators with an impressive history. Barbara began [...]
Mission Accomplished: Stories and Takeaways from MISSION-R
In early March, COVID-19 was just starting to etch its way into our daily reality as Americans. A few short weeks later, many of us were under stay-at-home order and having serious concerns about public health and the impending economic crisis. RIoT, like other organizations, was not only learning to adjust to the constraints the [...]
WRAL Techwire: RIoT is responding aggressively to challenges of COVID-19 and diversity – here’s how
RALEIGH – RIoT has continued to lean in to the conversations and challenges that are dominating the national stage right now. MISSION-R was our rapid response to COVID-19 and continues as we try to launch new startups in the RIoT Accelerator this summer. The pandemic has proven that the US economy is built on small businesses, [...]
RAP Q&A Series: Fifteen Minutes with Slighter
We’re sitting down with RIoT Accelerator Program (RAP) participants to learn their stories, find what inspires them and share with the community. Slighter is on a mission to help smokers achieve a healthier lifestyle. Founder & CEO, Samer El Gharib, was inspired to create slighter, the smart learning lighter, after having trouble quitting smoking [...]
RAP Q&A Series: Fifteen Minutes with BlueRecruit
We’re sitting down with RIoT Accelerator Program (RAP) participants to learn their stories, find what inspires them and share with the community. BlueRecruit is the online job matching platform that’s made for blue collar workers. Founder & CEO, Rich Camacho, was inspired to create the company after hearing about the frustrations his father-in-law had [...]
RIoT LAUNCHES RAP V!
RIoT launched its fifth cohort of the RIoT Accelerator Program on Tuesday, May 26th! NINE startup teams (two of which came from RIoT’s moonshot response to COVID-19 MISSION-R) joined the RIoT crew for a virtual kickoff and are now eagerly getting to work. A global pandemic is certainly an interesting time to be joining an [...]
How Software is Being Used to Track Infections Diseases with Tim Rosenberg of Lithios
Tim Rosenberg Director at Lithios joined us to speak about a topic that has recently been on people's minds for a variety of reasons. With most state governments beginning to open their states back up, the community at large looks for ways to keep themselves safe. We’ve all heard about Google and Apple collaboration on [...]
How to Deploy IoT Devices & Build Complete Applications w/ Helium – The People’s Network!
Mark Phillips, VP of Business Development at Helium had a lot to say in RIoT's recent Lunch & Learn about why people should be looking at Helium. It's not because Helium was founded in 2013 by Amir Haleem and Shawn Fanning. (The name Shawn Fanning might ring a bell from his days at Napster.) It's [...]
Wilson RIoT Accelerator Program – Virtual Pitch Contest
*Voting for this contest has ended.* The RAP Wilson Cohort may not have been able to take the stage to compete for the coveted RIoT Championship Belt, but our community was still able to join in on the excitement by viewing their pitch videos below and voting for their favorite team! Congrats to the winner [...]
RAP Q&A Series: Fifteen Minutes with Newsco
We’re sitting down with RIoT Accelerator Program (RAP) participants to learn their stories, find what inspires them and share with the community. Newsco was founded with a mission to provide the most innovative solution for corporate communication, specifically enabling companies to create corporate channels to broadcast on monitors and mobile devices. Newsco Founder, Mario [...]
Edge Controlled, Cloud Connected: Design Patterns for the IIoT with John Breitenbach of RTI
RTI is a company who focuses on industrial IOT systems and John Breitenbach is their Regional Field Applications Engineering Manager (which is a long title for saying he’s someone who knows all there is to know about IoT). John, a long time RIoT member, sponsor and enthusiast, presented the RIoT ecosystem with a unique talk [...]
Wake Tech News: Virtual IT Speaker Series to Feature Big Data, Cybersecurity, and Internet of Things
RALEIGH, N.C. (May 20, 2020) – Wake Tech is hosting a virtual IT Speaker Series featuring three experts sharing insight and challenges of emerging technologies. The speakers will talk about technologies as solutions, as well as discuss the role of technology during the COVID-19 pandemic. The speaker series will be a Microsoft Teams Live event. [...]