CEDNC — Center for Entrepreneurial Development

Modernized website for CED, the North Carolina nonprofit catalyzing the next $20B in NC enterprise value by 2034.

Stack

• React 19 + Vite 6 + React Router 7
• Tailwind CSS 4 (CSS-first config via @theme)
• react-helmet-async for per-route SEO
• Build-time prerender for SEO/AEO
• Deployed on Vercel

Design Goals

1. AEO/SEO-optimized — every route ships full meta tags, OpenGraph, canonical URLs, and JSON-LD structured data (Organization, Event, FAQ, ItemList). robots.txt explicitly allows GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, and Google-Extended.
2. Fast load times — code-split routes, system-font fallback, immutable asset caching, no client-side state libraries, no heavy frameworks.
3. Value-forward — every program and event is paired with a clear, member-specific value prop. No buzzwords, no hero videos, no scroll-jacking.
4. Upcoming events as a first-class section — the home page and every program page feature curated events with audience tags and one-line value props so members know exactly why to show up.

Information Architecture

• / — Home: mission, programs, featured events, impact stats, FAQ schema
• /venture-connect — VC26 capital summit landing (Event schema)
• /forge — Founders + operators (GRO Incubator, Marketplace)
• /accelerate — Investors (Dealroom intel, deal flow, stages)
• /connect — Partners, students, Strength in Numbers
• /events — Filterable upcoming events list (ItemList schema)
• /about — Mission, team, founders-in-residence, impact

Local Development

npm install
npm run dev          # http://localhost:5173
npm run build        # outputs to dist/
npm run preview      # preview production build

The build step runs vite build, then scripts/prerender.mjs (generates static HTML for each route with correct meta tags), then scripts/sitemap.mjs (writes sitemap.xml).

Content Updates

• Events live in src/data/events.js — add/remove entries; the home page, program pages, and /events re-render automatically.
• Programs + stats live in src/data/stats.js.
• Brand tokens live in src/index.css under @theme.

Deployment

Push to main. Vercel builds and deploys automatically. The vercel.json adds security headers, immutable caching for assets, and SPA fallback rewrites.

Brand Colors

Token	Hex	Usage
ced-navy	#0A1F44	Primary brand
ced-deep	#061229	Dark backgrounds
ced-electric	#2563EB	Primary action
ced-cyan	#06B6D4	Accent
ced-orange	#F97316	CTA / emphasis
ced-amber	#F59E0B	Secondary CTA

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Built by Peripety Labs for CED.