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Jim Roberts

Waking Up a Dormant Startup Ecosystem

Waking Up a Dormant Startup Ecosystem

I am often asked how we built the Wilmington North Carolina startup ecosystem in less than ten years. I was asked twice last week by cities in the Carolinas. According to the ecosystem author Brad Feld of Techstars, it can take 20 plus years to build a successful ecosystem to

CONTRIBUTOR THOUGHTS: 10 years later, Wilmington's startup ecosystem is buzzing

CONTRIBUTOR THOUGHTS: 10 years later, Wilmington's startup ecosystem is buzzing

Back in early 2021, Hypepotamus took a reporting trip up to Wilmington, North Carolina to better understand how startups are growing in the beach community. One of the ecosystem leaders of The Port City is Jim Roberts, Founder of the Network for Entrepreneurs in Wilmington (NEW) and the WALE Angel

Pendo is Turning Downtown Raleigh Pink While Rolling in the Green

Pendo is Turning Downtown Raleigh Pink While Rolling in the Green

The 2020 Innovate Raleigh conference, hosted by the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, brought together (virtually) some of the best North Carolinian entrepreneurs to celebrate the local ecosystem's 30-year history and look ahead to what the future might hold. Speakers included Cindy Eckert, CEO of The Pink Ceiling and