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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 immersive technologies like virtual reality and mixed reality, to train workers. Skillmaker.ai won the Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) Venture...
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 NC IDEA reviewer, Jim has contributed to several entrepreneurial ecosystems and now focuses on supporting Wilmington’s rapidly growing startup scene. Tune in to discover what...
Six years ago, a new entrepreneur support org was formed with something to prove with very few resources. I created a gathering of friends and potential sponsors to try to recruit an expansion of a coworking space to the coast of North Carolina as a potential home for entrepreneurs.
Oddly enough, that gathering of 57 professionals was not successful in...
Carolina Beach Worker Training Startup Nets Success
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,...
Ecosysteming The Blueprint for a Thriving Entrepreneurial Ecosystem w/ Jim Roberts | Ep. 10
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...
Emerging from the Shadows, Wilmington Ecosystem Org NEW Moves Beyond Comfort Zone on 6th Birthday
Six years ago, a new entrepreneur support org was formed with something to prove with very few resources. I created a gathering of friends...
Television docuseries ‘Start Up’ will put Wilmington entrepreneurs in the spotlight this fall
The Emmy Award-nominated docuseries, Start Up, highlights the struggles and victories of entrepreneurs across the United States. In its upcoming ninth season, it will focus...
Congrats to Tru Colors Brewing on HUGE investment from Molson Coors – Forbes Magazine
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...
Tough Love for the Entrepreneurs Can Hack the Complacent Startup Ecosystem
The startup ecosystem is a living and growing organism that most cities are trying to add to their modern economic development strategy for job...
One of Wilmington’s success stories, Lapetus Solutions is growing international sales to Asia
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...
THREE Wilmington startups chosen for largest investor conference in the SOUTH
After we pushed our members to apply through our newsletter, Wilmington had the most applications of any city outside of Raleigh / Durham for...
UNBELIEVABLY positive coverage of Wilmington entrepreneur ecosystem from Atlanta media
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...
The Most Underrated Tech Cities
There are many factors that make a city underrated. And chances are that most of those factors are good reasons for you to move...