[lukevanoort]

Well we already have a cool company, HowStuffWorks. (But, we will likely lose them, management change) But, anyway.... lets see.... big techish compainies/organisations and univeristies with operations in North Carolina... hmmmm lets see, Duke University, UNC-Ch, Sigma Xi, GlaxoSmithKline Foundation, SAS, Cree, BASF, IUPAC, DuPont, Cisco, Lenovo, Nortel, Sony, Underwriters Laboratories inc. (UL), and the mutha of the PC industry, designers of the fastest computer in the world, builders of one of the fastest semi-mainstream processors in the world, IBM. (Imagine what having them could do to your render times) And, I almost forgot, the company that has contributed a huge amount to the high tech/engineering professions, Krispey Kreme.Boy, that collection would make your team well funded in no time. (Which is why it's weird that NC has only six teams.)