1. welcome to the
2013 ANNUAL MEETING

2. Aaron Nelson
President & CEO,
Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber
of Commerce

3. Tweet!
#AM2013
@CarolinaChamber

4. Welcome, Elected Officials!
Sen. Ellie Kinnaird
Rep. Verla Insko

5. Welcome, Elected Officials!
Mayor Tom Stevens
Commissioner Frances Dancy

6. Welcome, Elected Officials!
Chairman Barry Jacobs
Com. Bernadette Pelissier
Com. Alice Gordon
Com. Renee Price

7. Welcome, Elected Officials!
Chairwoman Mia Burroughs

8. Welcome, Elected Officials!
Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt
Mayor Pro Tem Ed Harrison
Council Member Gene Pease
Mayor Pro Temp Lydia Lavelle

9. Welcome, Economic
Development Partners!
Chapel Hill/Orange County
Visitors Bureau
Hillsborough/Orange County
Chamber

10. Welcome, Economic Development
Partners!
Orange County Economic
Development
Chapel Hill Economic
Development
Carrboro Economic Development

11. Welcome, Economic
Development Partners!
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill Downtown
Partnership

12. Welcome, Economic
Development Partners!
Greater Chapel Hill Association
of Relators
Greater Raleigh Chamber of
Commerce
Regional Transportation
Alliance

13. Welcome, Former Board Chairs!
• Barry Leffler, WCHL
• Marc Pons, Chapel Hill Tire Car Care Center
• Joanne Fiore, AICPA
• Anita Badrock, Community Home Trust
• Johnny Morris, Morris Commercial
• Jean Holcomb, Viking Travel
• Scott Maitland, Top of the Hill
• Chandler Burns, Sun Trust
• Roger Jennings, Jennings

14. Community Champion

15. Community Champion

16. Community Champion

17. Community Investor

18. Platinum Sponsor

19. Platinum Sponsor

20. Platinum Sponsor

21. Platinum Sponsor

22. Master Gold Sponsors

23. Master Gold Sponsors

24. Citizenship & Service
Award Sponsor

25. Business of the Year Award Sponsor
Sustainable Business Category

26. Business of the Year Award Sponsor
Small Business Category

27. Business of the Year Award Sponsor
Mid-Size Business Category

28. Business of the Year Award Sponsor
Large Business Category

29. Business of the Year Award Sponsor
Non-Profit Category

30. Silver Sponsors

31. Bronze Sponsor

32. Security Sponsor

33. Printing Sponsor

34. Greening Sponsor

35. Table Sponsors
Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau
The Home Team
Orange County Development
Piedmont Health
SunTrust
Top of the Hill Distillery
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

36. CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO CHAMBER
AND
CIRRUS AIRCRAFT PRESENTS…
FLYING 2.0
BUSINESS NETWORKING

37. Commercial Travel…Flying 1.0
• Long lines
• Long travel days
• Costly layovers and delays
• Loss of productivity
• Loss of time away from loved ones!

38. Business Aviation…Flying 2.0!
• The Cirrus Aircraft arms YOU with a tool that can:
• Grow your business Regionally.
• Strengthen customer/client relationships.
• Motivate your workforce and reward top performers.
• Bring quality of life back to you and your family!

39. Flying 2.0 Business Networking
• How can YOU Participate?
- Email/text Aaron Nelson your interest in Participating.
- Networking Demo Flight courtesy of Cirrus Aircraft.
- Regional Sales Director will contact you to solidify travel
details.
- Share your experience with the Chamber…

40. Mid-Atlantic Destinations
• Wilmington, NC
• Charlotte, NC
• Richmond, VA
• Roanoke, VA WV
• Asheville, NC VA
• New Bern, NC
• Charleston, SC
• Columbia, SC NC
• Greenville, SC
• Manassas, VA
• Myrtle Beach, SC SC
• Charlottesville, VA

41. Flying 2.0 Business Networking
• Want to Participate ?
• TXT Name and Company to:
919.260.0981

42. Please enjoy
your lunch.

43. Tweet!
#AM2013
@CarolinaChamber

44. 2012 Year In Review
2012 Chair, Board of Directors
BARRY LEFFLER
97.9 FM WCHL/CHAPELBORO

45. 2012 Chair’s Report
Chamber Pride

46. 2012 Chair’s Report
“Our Chamber
Rocks”

47. 2012 Chair’s Report
• Grow Your Network
• Connect You
• Improve Your Bottom Line
• Build Sustainable
Community

52. Partnership for a
Sustainable Community

54. 2012 Chair’s Report
40,000
$460,000

55. 2012 Chair’s Report
Welcome Realtors

56. 2012 Chair’s Report
Chapel Hill 2020

57. 2012 Chair’s Report
Grow the
Economy

58. 2012 Chair’s Report
Strong Finances

59. 2012 Chair’s Report
Strong
Effective
Chamber

60. Chair’s Award
for Leadership in
Public-Private
Partnership

61. George Cianciolo
Rosemary Waldorf
Chapel Hill 2020

62. 2013 Year in Preview
2013 Chair, Board of Directors
PAIGE ZINN
Jennings

63. 2013 Chair’s Report
A Champion for
Innovation and
Opportunity

64. 2012 Chair’s Report
Accelerating
Entrepreneurship

65. 2012 Chair’s Report
Provide
Community Value

66. 2012 Chair’s Report
Look Forward

67. 2012 Chair’s Report
#2
Working Together

68. 2012 Chair’s Report
Shared Interests

69. 2012 Chair’s Report
Join Me in
Supporting the
Chamber

70. Community Champion
RAY LAFRENAYE
Vice President of Facilities Planning & Development

71. TED ZOLLER

72. The Story of How
CHAPEL HILL
Got Its Entrepreneurial Groove Back…
Briefing to:
Ted Zoller, PhD
Director and Associate Professor

73. OK…OK…
I KNOW…
But Did You Know?…

74. Communities that are now Portland
Hot Spots…
San Diego Kansas City
Austin
Omaha
Boulder
Salt Lake City
And their bigger brothers
Seattle
New York
Chicago

75. Ingredients
Creating a Mix…
1. Dense Interconnected Network
2. Serial Entrepreneurs
3. Founder Culture
4. Innovation
5. Supporting Ecosystem

76. 1. Dense Interconnected Network
✔RTP’s Entrepreneurial Network
Life Sciences
Energy
Industrials
Information Tech
Telecom

77. Dealmakers Conceptualized
???????
Investors
Entrepreneurs

78. Dealmakers Conceptualized
• . Broker Shape Deal
Information Networks
and
Resources
Dealmakers
Syndicate
and
Interconnect

79. Dealmakers Conceptualized

80. Dealmakers Conceptualized

81. Dealmakers Conceptualized

82. 2. Serial Entrepreneurs
✔RTP’s Dealmaker’s Network
Life Sciences
Energy
Industrials
Information Tech
Telecom

83. 2. Serial Entrepreneurs
✔RTP’s Dealmaker’s Network
Life Sciences
Energy
Industrials
Information Tech
Telecom

84. 3. Founder’s Culture
✔Chapel Hill’s Founders…
Hall of Fame

85. 3. Founder’s Culture
✔Chapel Hill’s Founders…
Next Gen

86. Trends…Groove Looking Good
20
18
16
14
12
# of 10
Startups
8
6
4
2
0
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

87. 1990-1994 1995-1999 2000-2004 2006-2009
IT: Art Peacock IT: ClaimID
Chapel Hill Broadband Midsummer Studios
DeltaSphere Mindzap Media
HiBall Tracker MotiveLogic Corp.
The Calvander Corporation Gptrex
Zoom Culture Hexawise
Buoy5 Semantic Press , Inc.
Cinnabar Systems
Symbol Dynamics
LS: Ablatrics
Proventys
Accurate Electronics
Cytex Therpeutics
MainBrain
Realtromins
InnovaSyn
Invitrox
KJAS
NextRay
Revelnet Consulting Group, LLC
IT: Catalogue.com, Inc. Skia, Inc.
G-Zero Therapeutics
Clinical Sensors
ITParade.com
KitchenMedia LS: Bacco, Inc. IdentiZyme Defense
Technologies
Software Development Europe Biotechnics, Inc.
Algynomics
Africa.com Clear Call Forest Biotechnology
Pharpoint Research
Headspin Technology Lines Technologies
Zylera Pharmaceuticals
Intrasoft Plantaceutica
NanoCor therapeutics
Market Driven Corp. Plum Spring Clinic
Tricon Pharmaceuticals
Newcourse Education, Inc. Science Learning Resources
Chapel Hill Pharmaceuticals
VilCom Attagene
Chapel Hill Project
AlterVue Systems BioMachines
Advanced TeleCare
Application Architects DarPharma
IT: Mind Tools Corp. Ask the Pharmacist KZE PharmAssociates
B3Bio
BioKier
Astarix MyDailyHealth Quantum Genomics
Lung Banks of America
Infohandler.com Syndicate Software Asklepios BioPharma
NC Fisher Research
Yrrid Software, Inc. Thinksource, Inc. Databasics Consulting
AuthentiForm Technologies
4skware Technologies Umbrella Technologies Hemocellular Therapeutics
BioRxn
Foundobjects.com Alphamask, Inc. Singras
Chaperone Therapeutics
Innovation Management M-Pak, Inc. Toxicology Services
Hibernaid
View/360 Open Source Migrations Aruis Pharmaceuticals
Synerca Pharmaceuticals
Aderactive IntraHealth International
Animated Communications LS: Molichem Medicines, Inc. Data Quality Research Institute
X-In8 Biologicals
Fringe Multimedia Woolf Group Triangle Molecular, LLC CT: Clean Burn Fuels
ReadyCom Karo Bio Bruce Technologies Navitas Research
Smart Online, Inc. MedTek Diagnostics Morphormics Qualsec
Novalon Inneroptics GreenLife Biotech
LS: Natural Pharmacia Pozen, Inc. Teotten Diagnostics SolOrganic
Quill Medical, Inc. PPD Development Inneroptics
Natland International Corp. Stat-Tech Services OT: Integrated Learning Innovations
Intecardia Carolina Independent Practice Association
CT: Alpha V Inc. Allotropica Technologies
CT: Surface Technologies, Inc.
Statwork, Inc.
Reproductive Health Technologies
OT: 3rdTech DISCover A Cure
Summit Strategy Partners
MJ Wooddell
Chapel Hill Advisors Group
OT: HAI OT: All Kinds of Minds Brittle Management Services
Converdant: The Business
Windward Associates Kensington Global Alliances
Revolution Sports Builders
Octagon Entertainment Heleous Advisors
Kitchen Mastering SQWorks
StoneRiver RegEd Vicious Cycle Software
Venture Scientific International Primity Inc.
Neat-Time
Merscom Rentallect, Inc.

88. 4. Innovation
✔ IP Spinoffs…

89. 4. Innovation
✔ Student Spinoffs…
Helping Fashion Entrepreneurs Portable Glucose
Luxury Footwear
Health Monitoring
HeroMe Analytics for fitness and health
Pinterest for Teachers Customized
Superheroes
B2B Video
Find Garden Experts
Craft a better world
STENCIL
Students and Teachers Employing
Investing in the Community
New Criteria in Learning
Gift Search Engine Waitlist Platform
Mobile Water Quality
Interactive, Fun Healthiness
Wireless Nurse Call Odorless Portable Toilets Real and Delicious Food

90. 5. Supportive Ecosystem
✔Leading Collegiate Eship Program
#9 Top Undergraduate Programs
for Entrepreneurship
#12 Top Graduate Programs
for Entrepreneurship

91. 5. Supportive Ecosystem
✔Leading Collegiate Eship Program
Startup
5

92. 5. Supportive Ecosystem
✔ Top-Quality Mentors and Coaches

93. 5. Supportive Ecosystem
✔New Venture Lab

94. Ingredients
Creating a Mix…
1. Dense Interconnected Network
2. Serial Entrepreneurs
3. Founder Culture
4. Innovation
5. Supporting Ecosystem

95. Grooving Again…

96. TED ZOLLER

97. 2012 Chamber
Ambassador of the Year

98. 2012 Chamber
Ambassador of the Year
And the Winner is…

99. 2012 Chamber
Ambassador of the Year
Helen Antipov
Comfort Keepers

100. 2012
Business of the Year
Awards

101. Security Sponsor

102. 2012 Business of the Year
Sustainable Business
presented by Creighton Blackwell,
Coastal Federal Credit Union

103. 2012 Business of the Year
Sustainable Business Finalists
Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA
Harrington Bank
Triangle Community Foundation

104. 2012 Business of the Year
Sustainable Business
And the Winner is…

105. 2012 Business of the Year
Sustainable Business
Harrington Bank

106. 2012 Business of the Year
Small Business
presented by Luke Graysmith,
Polaris IT Solutions

107. 2012 Business of the Year
Small Business Finalists
Art with Hearts/Steven Ray Miller
Auto Logic
Top of the Hill Distillery

108. 2012 Business of the Year
Small Business
And the Winner is…

109. 2012 Business of the Year
Small Business
Top of the Hill Distillery

110. 2012 Business of the Year
Mid-Size Business
presented by Larry Loeser,
Harrington Bank

111. 2012 Business of the Year
Mid-Size Business Finalists
Charles House Association
Great Outdoor Provision Co.
Mediterranean Deli

112. 2012 Business of the Year
Mid-Size Business
And the Winner is…

113. 2012 Business of the Year
Mid-Size Business
Mediterranean Deli

114. 2012 Business of the Year
Large Business
presented by Leslie Walden,
Fidelity Investments

115. 2012 Business of the Year
Large Business Finalists
Chapel Hill Restaurant Group
Fitch Lumber and Hardware
Holmes Oil / Cruizers

116. 2012 Business of the Year
Large Business
And the Winner is…

117. 2012 Business of the Year
Large Business
Chapel Hill Restaurant
Group

118. 2012 Business of the Year
Non-Profit
presented by Lori O’Keefe,
Triangle Community Foundation

119. 2012
Non-Profit of the Year Finalists
Compass Center for Women
and Families
Extraordinary Ventures
Ten Thousand Villages

120. 2012
Non-Profit of the Year
And the Winner is…

121. 2012
Non-Profit of the Year
Extraordinary Ventures

122. Duke Energy
Citizenship and Service Award

123. Duke Energy
Citizenship and Service Award
Chancellor Holden Thorp
UNC Chapel Hill

124. Aaron Nelson
President & CEO

125. Flying Friday (Willmington)
From Cirrus Aircraft

126. THE CHAMBER AND
CIRRUS AIRCRAFT PRESENTS…
FLYING 2.0
BUSINESS NETWORKING

127. Some Final Comments
… Just a few

128. Mission:
To serve and advance the
business interest of our
community and create a
sustainable community
where business thrives

129. Customer Promise:
Connect
Advocate
Save You Money

130. THANK YOU
for your membership.
We look forward to continuing to serve
you in 2013.

131. Community Champion

132. Community Champion

133. Community Champion

134. Community Investor

135. Platinum Sponsor

136. Platinum Sponsor

137. Platinum Sponsor

138. Platinum Sponsor

139. Master Gold Sponsors

140. Master Gold Sponsors

141. Citizenship & Service
Award Sponsor

142. Business of the Year Award Sponsor
Sustainable Business Category

143. Business of the Year Award Sponsor
Small Business Category

144. Business of the Year Award Sponsor
Mid-Size Business Category

145. Business of the Year Award Sponsor
Large Business Category

146. Business of the Year Award Sponsor
Non-Profit Category

147. Silver Sponsors

148. Bronze Sponsor

149. Security Sponsor

150. Printing Sponsor

151. Greening Sponsor

152. Table Sponsors
• Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau
• The Home Team
• Orange County Development
• Piedmont Health
• SunTrust
• Top of the Hill Distillery
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill