Relevance knows how to build software; our agile methods and sharp tools allow us to help our customers build value faster, cheaper, and closer to home. Our team brings the core values of technical expertise, committed Agile practices, and a deep understanding of clients’ domains to every partnership and project.

Railinc is the rail industry’s innovative and reliable resource for IT and information services. The company deploys data that helps railroads, rail equipment owners and other industry participants manage their businesses more effectively and efficiently. Its products and applications are deeply embedded in critical rail industry systems to facilitate the movement of freight across North America. Railinc is the largest single source of real-time, accurate interline rail data for the North American railroad system. Located in Cary, N.C., Railinc is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Association of American Railroads. For more information, please visit www.railinc.com.

Fragment is a group of highly-skilled, creative minds with experience in web and mobile interface design, application development, motion graphics and web marketing strategy. We unite to make it happen by building and shaping your piece of the web.

Viget Labs is a web consulting firm.  And, a web design firm.  And, a web development firm.  And, a web marketing firm.  Being all of these things allows us to provide the best possible web solutions through a full-service process that offers the most value (and least headache) to our clients.  We do it all with a dedicated (and growing) staff from our headquarters just outside of Washington, DC, as well as our new office in Durham, NC, for clients across the country. 

iContact is the leading email marketing software company with more than 20,000 businesses, non-profit organizations and associations worldwide. Customers such as AT&T, Vonage, International Paper, Re/Max, Centex Homes, and Symantec use iContact to easily create, publish and track their email newsletters, blogs, surveys, autoresponders, and RSS feeds. 

Capstrat is a strategic communications firm helping organizations tell their stories powerfully and effectively. For every client – from Fortune 500 companies to nonprofit organizations – we bring together powerful ideas and meticulous execution. In other words, think and deliver. But the real value is in how we do it. We solve clients’ communications challenges with a fusion of strategy and creativity, drawing on a variety of disciplines. Our expertise includes public relations, design, public affairs, and interactive services.

Bronto Software is a leading SaaS-based email marketing service provider based out of the American Tobacco Campus. We have an advanced, yet easy-to-use interface for performance, segmentation and deliverability combined with an amazing client support team for a full range of marketers, from small business to full scale e-commerce transactional marketing. 

The Solution Center is the Triangle’s premier corporate meeting center. We have 20,000 square-feet of flexible meeting space. Our conference rooms are expertly designed to provide an ideal atmosphere for productive meetings. With an exceptionally attentive and dedicated staff, we create a guest experience that makes us the preferred location for corporate meetings and trainings since 1996.

Sprocket House LLC provides graphic design and web development services to organizations and businesses large and small in the North Carolina Triangle and around the country. We not only specialize in print & web design, but also e-commerce, content management and custom Ruby on Rails solutions. We also build cathedrals.

The North Carolina Startup Blog is part of the Springstage blog network. It covers regional startup activity in North Carolina. It is written by Marc Dewalle, features a weekly column on startup activity in Charlotte by Donna Maria Coles Johnson, and regularly welcomes guest blogger Mack Sperling who writes on NC startup litigation issues.

Ironworks is a consulting services firm that doesn’t believe in big-bang approaches or seemingly endless sales pitches. We provide the flexibility and dedication of a smaller firm combined with the broad experience and deep expertise of a large consultancy. Ironworks hires smart, honest people who measure personal success through the success of our clients. Our mission is simple: never fail a client.

The Dirty South Comedy Theater is an 84-seat non-smoking theater located in North Carolina. We proudly offer 7 shows per week and the DSI Comedy Training Center offers new classes every month in the art of improvisation and sketch comedy.

Calvert Holdings is a company that helps others succeed. We take emerging products and services and apply innovative business models and expert support to accelerate their growth and multiply their value. We are business creators, investors, developers, and marketers who specialize in assisting entrepreneurial endeavors across a variety of fields.

Preation’s Eden Platform solution is a web-based website content management system with search engine optimization built-in. Eden Platform allows businesses and organizations to easily optimize their websites for more search engine traffic with no technical or web marketing expertise required. Eden Platform allows designers and agencies to reduce costs and streamline the process of launching, maintaining, and optimizing marketing websites for their clients.

Hesketh.com is an user experience agency focused on providing Web solutions for organizations with a mission! We focus on a niche of Web challenges and solutions for clients in the non-profit, education and social entrepreneurship segments. Our team is passionate about building quality, useful Web applications that automate and transform our clients’ organizations.

Carrboro Creative Coworking is a professional shared workspace with a community atmosphere. It is designed to be a welcoming environment for microbusiness owners such as: freelance professionals, home-office workers, entrepreneurs, start-up business owners, tech workers, graduate students, writers, architects, civil engineers, designers and others.

Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates and professionals of all academic majors and career interests who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools and become leaders in the effort to expand educational opportunity. Our mission is to build the movement to eliminate educational inequity by enlisting our nation’s most promising future leaders in the effort.

Located on Chapel Hill’s bustling Franklin Street, West End Wine Bar is an escape from the ordinary. Three floors of distinctive style create the ideal setting for a private party or a night on the town. At the wine bar, you’ll find over a hundred wines available by the glass, an unrivaled bottle list, and a friendly staff to help make sense of all the choices. West End also offers a nightly menu of light, wine-inspired fare, perfect for appetizers or late-night dining. All food is prepared to order and can be enjoyed in the Wine Bar, in the Cellar, or on the rooftop.

Blackwell Interactive is part of Duke’s Office of Information Technology (OIT), the central technology group at Duke University. Blackwell is an in-house web services group, providing leadership, strategy, design, and development (web and application) for groups across the Institution. OIT is located on Durham’s American Tobacco Campus.

Ogilvy Durham is a local ad agency with an international name, servicing the needs of small and large clients alike. The agency works in all media and has a fast-growing interactive department. Ogilvy Durham‘s goal is to help clients build stronger businesses by building stronger brands.

Shoeboxed is a receipt organization and social shopping site based out of Brightleaf Square in Durham, NC. We allow people to organize all e-mail and paper receipts on our platform. People can also organize the items contained in their receipts, add photos to those items, and share them with a global community of shoppers. A fun stereotyping feature lets people give feedback to other users about their items. Organize your receipts, strut your stuff, and love what you buy with Shoeboxed.