Author: dschmidt@designloud.com

The startup ecosystem is a living and growing organism that most cities are trying to add to their modern economic development strategy for job creation. The startup ecosystem is typically a very positive kumbaya environment. There are lots of smiles

You may remember recently seeing Dr. Karl Ricanek of Lapetus Solutions speaking at the virtual 1 Million Cups Wilmington. He mentioned that Lapetus Solutions was growing by selling into the Asian markets. https://www.wilmingtonbiz.com/technology/2021/02/19/lapetus_zooms_in_on_asian_market/21494 Here is the 1 Million Cups video

After we pushed our members to apply through our newsletter, Wilmington had the most applications of any city outside of Raleigh / Durham for the annual CED Venture Connect Conference. (I MAY have won a bottle of bourbon as a

Thanks to the great people at Hypepotamus from Atlanta for accepting my invitation to write a story about our entrepreneur ecosystem in Wilmington NC And they wrote THREE articles and made Wilmington the focus of their newsletter. And guess what?

There are many factors that make a city underrated. And chances are that most of those factors are good reasons for you to move there. From the number of jobs to how many workers in that specific field and even

In working with entrepreneurs throughout North Carolina over the last 20 years, I have always heard about the FOMO of angel investors and venture capitalists described like this….While investors hate losing money in a startup deal that doesn’t work out,

Oddly enough, that gathering of 57 professionals was not successful in the negotiations for a decent salary for me to run the coworking space but was enough momentum to move forward with the creation of the Network for Entrepreneurs in

Start Up, highlights the struggles and victories of entrepreneurs across the United States. In its upcoming ninth season, it will focus on Wilmington and other southeastern cities. Ushering in its latest season, Start Up is entering a new chapter. “This