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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...
Over 70% of small biz applied for federal loans, how are you being resilient?
Tracey Newkirk did a nice job talking resilience on Wilmington Business Journal podcast this week. Tune in to that on their Facebook page or...
LaunchBio is the only monthly event for startups in NC bigger than NEWilm – April 16
While they are a national org with Durham office, they are hosting an important webinar April 16
https://www.launchbio.org/feature/webinar-race-for-a-cure
National Speed Car Shop in Wilmington is hiring performance consultant on sales team
National Speed is in the WALE Angel Network portfolio and also part of the George Taylor family of businesses https://nationalspeedinc.com/careers/#op-387536-performance-consultant-central-sales-team
GrepBeat Live podcast – Episode 2 NEXT Friday, April 17 for Entrepreneurs
I liked episode one with friends and past speakers from IDEA Fund Partners, Bull City Venture Partners and CoFounders Capital. Episode 2 has more entrepreneurs...
Since JOBS are the HOT topic on this site, here is a guide to find your next career post pandemic
A guide from our friends at WRALTechWire on finding a new job
https://www.wraltechwire.com/2020/04/09/how-do-you-find-a-job-in-this-virus-crisis-3-experts-offer-advice/
Wilmington based Greenlight Ventures announces new telemedicine product w NC Medical Society
Wilmington's Greenlight Ventures forms partnership with the NC Medical Society for new telemedicine product during virus pandemic
(Transparency: Keith Markfield of Greenlight Ventures is a...
Wilmington NC based Bitty and Beau’s Coffee Shop gets the federal loan with Live Oak Bank
Great example of leadership by Live Oak Bank
https://www.foxnews.com/media/coffee-shop-receives-loan-through-sba-program
One of the WALE Angel Network portfolio companies in the news, VitalFlo
VitalFlo is featured in GrepBeat this morning.
https://grepbeat.com/2020/04/09/vitalflo-and-wellistic-meeting-new-health-challenges-caused-by-covid-19/
A new Wilmington based podcast by investor Steve Vafier with George Taylor
One of best recent speakers was investor Steve Vafier and he has a new Carolina Stories podcast with portfolio entrepreneur George Taylor. Listen now...
Nice presentation of new Epidemic Tracker site by entrepreneur Devon Scott at 1 Million Cups Wilmington
Serial entrepreneur Devon Scott has a new web site called Epidemic Tracker that he presented Wednesday at 1 Million Cups Wilmington, watch here
https://www.facebook.com/1mcWilmingtonNC/videos/2590960644558738/?vh=e&d=n