UNC alumna brings budding business to Chapel Hill

Posted Jul 2, 2026
Jillian and Mitchell Kinkeade recently relocated TheRightOne, the company they started to replace popular brands of wireless earbuds for customers, to 200 W. Franklin St. Mitchell Kinkeade (CEO) and Jillian Kinkeade ’19 (chief growth officer) are capitalizing on the entrepreneurial energy of a community very familiar to her as a Carolina alumna. (UNC.edu)

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