Startups

Wilmington, North Carolina is often best known for its beaches, historic port, and film-industry roots — but over the past decade, it has quietly become one of the Southeast’s most compelling emerging startup hubs. What was once perceived mainly as

On Wednesday evening, Jim Roberts and the Network for Entrepreneurs in Wilmington (aka NEW) hosted folks from around the Wilmington and broader North Carolina entrepreneurial ecosystem for the second annual #910 Day. The event took place at Ironclad Brewery and

The life science industry is thriving these days in the Wilmington area, professionals in the field said at a recent event. Nearly 300 people from 15 states gathered in downtown Wilmington at the third annual Investor Buzz In at the

Two decades ago, Wilmington’s tech scene had a much different landscape. “There was not much advocacy before 2013, not many people in the room,” said Jim Roberts, founder of Network for Entrepreneurs in Wilmington (NEW) and Wilmington Angels for Local

A Carolina Beach-based startup, Skillmaker.ai, can cut down the time it takes to train an auto technician from two years to just 25 days, according to the company’s founder and CEO Robin Cowie. The platform uses extended reality (XR), including

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2396970/episodes/16748271To mark ten episodes of Ecosysteming, host Thom Ruhe is joined by Jim Roberts, Founder of the Network for Entrepreneurs in Wilmington, the WALE Angel Network, and NC IDEA ECOSYSTEM partner. With years of experience as an ecosystem leader and

Network for Entrepreneurs in Wilmington has won a grant from NC IDEA to support a new program for local startups and entrepreneurs. NC IDEA announced on Thursday the 17 organizations in the state chosen from 65 applicants that are recipients

Yes, George Taylor and the team at Tru Colors Brewing are at it again. https://www.forbes.com/sites/taranurin/2021/04/14/molson-coors-buys-its-sixth-craft-brewery/?sh=fde7b942c168 My favorite part of the article …. “Is this the Forbes that writes about the billionaires?” he asked at the end of his interview, a

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