Innovation – Webinar

From a Random Act to a Reliable Process

Innovation is often seen as an imperative to being successful. However, few organizations have established a reliable process for innovation. This webinar will provide an quick overview of the factors and steps needed to establish a reliable innovation process.

Export Coffee Talk | Japan Biotech Panel | Market Entry Insights

Join us in-person or virtually Thursday, October 31, from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm ET for a special hybrid Export Coffee Talk in RTP. The panel will provide drug development and market entry insights focused on Japan’s biotechnology industry. The information would benefit biotech companies that aim to enter Japanese and Asian markets and contract research organizations (CROs) supporting those biotech companies.

DEFTECH Triples Operational Strength to Support Defense Industry

The North Carolina Military Business Center (NCMBC) has significantly reinforced its Defense Technology Transition Office (DEFTECH) to help North Carolina businesses and academic entities leverage Department of Defense (DoD) current, emerging and urgent requirements for advanced technologies. 

DEFTECH has connected industry- and academia-based research and development capacity with DoD and other federal R&D requirements since 2016. 

WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT & NETWORKING EVENT

The 2nd Annual Women’s Empowerment & Networking Event is March 8th from 6 pm until 9 pm, and 9th from 10 am until 2 pm, at the Goldsboro Event Center, 1501 S. Slocumb St., Goldsboro, NC. Featuring insightful keynote speakers on Cybersecurity, Finance, Communication, Leadership, Brand Protection, workshops, and more.

DEFTECH Coffee Call

Join us Virtually this Friday, November 10, 2023, from 8 – 10 am ET for another DEFTECH Coffee Call.

(TEAMS Link Below)

**Note: Dr. Sammy Choi could not present last week on the MIO-Forum.  Dr. Choi is available and will provide insight into medical research opportunities. 

The Importance of Understanding the Process Approach Before Implementing ISO 9001 QMS Webinar

Presented by Nora Milley, Improvement Specialist, NC State University Industry Expansion Solutions (IES)

This webinar is for:

  • Anyone who wants to understand how to implement, maintain and improve an effective Quality Management System based on ISO 9001:2015 (including AS9100 and/or IATF 16949)
  • Anyone with intentions to implement a Quality Management System based on ISO 9001:2015 (including AS9100 or IATF 16949)
  • Members of Leadership and/or in charge of Quality Management Systems
  • Internal Auditors
  • Management Representatives

In many cases, when organizations seek help to implement management systems, they focus only on the requirements of the standard without pausing to understand the full intent and principles of the quality management system standards.

Building a Collaborative Manufacturing Ecosystem in Support of the Department of Defense

Building a Collaborative Manufacturing Ecosystem in Support of the Department of Defense with Keynote lunch speaker – “Shark Tank’s” Cameron Cruse, COO, R. Riveter 


Cameron Cruse co-founded Riveter in 2011 and set out to provide mobile, flexible income for military spouses across the country.

NCMBC Welcomes Don Davis, Defense and Industrial Aerospace to the Team

Don Davis joined the North Carolina Military Business Center in February 2023. He currently serves as a Strategic Industry Professional, specializing in defense and industrial aerospace.  

Don is an executive level aerospace business consultant with more than forty five years of defense and industrial experience. 

Don Davis

Strategic Industry Professional, Defense and Industrial Aerospace 

GSA: Multiple Award Schedule Startup Springboard

If you run a business interested or participating in the federal contracting market and are interested in getting on a GSA schedule, the new Multiple Award Schedule Startup Springboard now offers a simpler way to achieve your contracting goals. The MAS Startup Springboard is a broadening of the 2016 Startup Springboard pilot program for IT companies which was created as a part of the Making it Easier (MIE) Initiative.