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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 was packed to capacity.
#910 Day is designed to bring together entrepreneurs, leaders, and other change-makers to both highlight existing...
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 Beach event, held May 16 at Cape Fear Community College’s Union Station. The event, hosted by the Network for Entrepreneurs...
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 Entrepreneurs (WALE).
2013 marked the start of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, headed...
Network for Entrepreneurs in Wilmington
Our NEW events are on HOLD until further notice due to the pandemic.
1 Million Cups Wilmington
Virtual on Facebook starting April 1 and every Wednesday at 9 am https://www.1millioncups.com/wilmington-nc
Geo Owl Open Positions
Check LinkedIn for the details. https://www.linkedin.com/company/geo-owl-llc/jobs/
Apiture – FinTech Open Positions
While Live Oak Bank has just announced a HUGE venture capital fund for FinTech called Canapi, one of their original investments was a joint...
nCino Open Positions
nCino is also a homegrown FinTech startup as a spinout of Live Oak Bank (NASDAQ) and they are growing rapidly. Lots of open jobs...
UnTappd Open Positions
One of our homegrown startups is UnTappd and they have seven open jobs according to LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search/?keywords=untappd%20
Members of NEW from the OpiAid team are featured in local tv channel biz news
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - There’s not an app for it, yet, but a local startup is looking to take treating the opioid epidemic to...
Friends of NEW and local entrepreneurs help the citizens of ILM
Rebecca Trammel, who has been attending our events. is part of a team making life better for others by helping deliver meals to school-age...