With a thriving community of thinkers, doers and makers, the Innovation Quarter’s vibrancy comes from its diversity—a broad mix of creatives, entrepreneurs, scientists, students and executives. Every day is flurry of activity from the Small Business Center Launch Challenge Showcase to Venture Café Winston-Salem’s Thursday…
When working a puzzle, it’s often helpful to start with the outside pieces, framing the image and providing some structure. In those moments when pieces fit together, a much larger, much clearer picture is revealed. This is a story of one of those moments. Karen…
From her glass box of an office that overhangs Turbine Hall in Bailey Power Plant, Karen Barnes gets a bird’s eye view of the burgeoning innovation community that gathers every Thursday night for Venture Café Winston-Salem. “In just two years, we’ve seen so much,” Barnes…
As a recent college graduate and being fairly new to Winston-Salem, I had heard the name Venture Café many times. Its programming is well-known for connecting innovators and entrepreneurs. I was very curious about the Thursday Gatherings, but also a bit apprehensive as a “newbie.”…
It’s been eight years since Bailey Park opened to the public in April 2015, and every year there are more events, more activity, more pups chasing frisbees, more students studying for finals in the sun. In the grand scheme of what the Innovation Quarter has…