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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...
Three Wilmington area startups +1 local WALE startup pitched today at the South’s largest investor conference
GREAT job by Wilmington area startups in their virtual presentation at the CED Venture Connect Conference in Raleigh.
Day one -
Charles Davis of EasyVote...
New episode of 3 Sips of Advice video podcast with RTP Capital President Mark Friedman
Happy Thirsty Thursday everyone ! Just making it under the wire.
We have a new episode of the 3 Sips of Advice video podcast. This...
What do entrepreneur support orgs like Network for Entrepreneurs in Wilmington (NEW) do for startups?
I asked a simple question on Twitter on Tuesday and I was shocked by the lack of response.
"What are the 5 main things that...
Wilmington startup OpiAid presents May 4 at South’s largest investor event
CED is the largest and oldest entrepreneur support org for 35 plus years.
Their annual venture capital conference has been moved to virtual.
Wilmington's startup OpiAid...
250 jobs with state of North Carolina
North Carolina to hire 250 to trace contacts of those exposed to coronavirus
https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/nc-to-hire-250-to-trace-contacts-of-those-exposed-to-coronavirus/19074101/?fbclid=IwAR29YXgOB3q71Zp98MxSltCVbd0aTxgSSnF01LamsU4yyv-z5eKZnfD-u6I
GREAT news for Wilmington , TWO local startups WIN the NC IDEA micro grants
Fantastic POSITIVE NEWS for the ecosystem
https://ncidea.org/nc-idea-foundation-awards-total-of-160000-to-sixteen-north-carolina-startups/
3 Spark Design – Vale, NC
AstraHive – Winston-Salem, NC
Double 20 Games – Raleigh, NC
EleVate – Winston-Salem, NC
FishingLicense.us –...
NC rIOT is hosting an important virtual event on May 14 about getting your IOT product to market in new business climate
Our friends who help Internet of Things product companies are hosting this virtual event on May 14th at 1 PM.
According to Invite:
Join RIoT for...
The Raleigh tech news writes about the real impact of nCino cloud software – WRALTechWire story
Yes nCino has a real impact on business and the banking industry distribution of federal funds.
Very impressive company with impressive Wilmington leadership.
https://www.wraltechwire.com/2020/04/24/wilmington-unicorn-ncino-processes-over-30b-in-paycheck-protection-loans/
The HUGE news for the Wilmington startup ecosystem – NextGlass / Untappd gets big strategic investment – Wilmington Business Journal has the story first
HUGE news as the local entrepreneurs and active angel investors win
Read more at link -
https://www.wilmingtonbiz.com/investors_pour_money_into_next_glass%3B_new_ceo_named/2020/04/23/investors_pour_money_into_next_glass%3B_new_ceo_named/20284
GREAT news from N.E.W. – We have a new video podcast called 3 Sips of Advice – watch now
Good morning
We have some fantastic news. Since we can't have events, we have created SHORT video podcasts called "3 Sips of Advice " and...