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 on Wilmington and other southeastern cities. Ushering in its latest season, Start Up is entering a new chapter. “This season is about toughness, humility, flexibility and resilience. We are seeing average Americans doing […]
WHAT’S UP WITH WILMINGTON, NC? THE SMALL CITY WITH SURPRISINGLY STRONG STARTUP ROOTS
It only takes a few moments of scrolling through Twitter or browsing the news in 2021 to be hit with a slew of “moving out of SF”-type headlines. As the pandemic made work from home — and work from anywhere — a reality for many industries, people have fled coastal tech-heavy cities like San Francisco, […]
Who Is The Next Big Startup In Wilmington?
In working with entrepreneurs throughout North Carolina over the last 20 years, I have always heard about the FOMO of angel investors and venture capitalists described like this….While investors hate losing money in a startup deal that doesn’t work out, what they REALLY hate is looking foolish by missing the winning startup deal in their […]
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 there. From the number of jobs to how many workers in that specific field and even opportunities for growth all of these factors can make you realize how great that city […]
NEW Receives Ecosystem Grant To Start Entrepreneurship Program
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 of the NC IDEA ECOSYSTEM grant. NEW partnered with the University of North Carolina Wilmington’s Center for […]
Fostering A Startup Ecosystem
A study recently revealed that the startup ecosystem in Wilmington is growing, showing that the region’s entrepreneurs and support systems are gaining recognition on a global scale. Startup Genome, a research and policy advisory organization, ranked Wilmington tied in the 90-100 spot in its “Top 100 Emerging Ecosystems” study. “As startup culture and entrepreneurship spreads […]
Postcard From Wilmington: Full Speed Ahead Despite Turbulent Waters
During my 20 years helping build five startup ecosystem organizations in North Carolina, I have heard that the true sign of maturity and success of a startup ecosystem is to have significant exits of local companies through acquisitions and IPOs. In the last seven years, Wilmington has made significant progress in the 30-year challenge of diversifying the […]
Southern Coastal Cities Need to Attract More Resources For Entrepreneurs and Tech Talent Will Follow
Friends in the southern entrepreneur ecosystem and economic development got into a discussion on a Spring pandemic day about a recent headline where a coastal city in the South was offering $2,000 to incentivize people with tech talent to move to the city. Is $2,000 going to attract the kind of talent that good tech […]
Sound Off: Fledgling Firms Need Fuel To Grow
Startups need capital for the fuel to be able to have explosive growth and begin large job creation, which is what the general public really cares about. The general public thinks of Shark Tank investors or the quirky, risk loving venture capitalists seen on the show Silicon Valley. In the real business world, it can take three months […]
Startups: Does Wilmington Have The Right Stuff?
Paul Singh is on tour, and all this week he’s in Wilmington. But Singh isn’t a singer-songwriter, or actor, or magician. He’s more of a preacher, and he’s preaching the gospel of entrepreneurship. The Washington, D.C.-based entrepreneur and venture capitalist has been all over the country this year, towing his Airstream travel trailer and visiting […]