Explore five business resources in the Innovation Quarter that can help your business grow—from pitch practice to growth space. As Winston-Salem leads the nation in small business growth, many entrepreneurs in the Piedmont Triad are looking to capitalize on the resources of the City of…
Today, we’re revealing a whole new look for the Innovation Quarter. And with that new look, we’re unveiling a new logo, website and simplifying our name to Innovation Quarter. Here’s why. How Far We’ve Come Over the past several years, the Innovation Quarter has reached…
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…
It’s a Monday morning in May, and Haydee Thompson has had a full house of guests—a couple wrapping up their extended honeymoon and a family from Portugal visiting for graduation ceremonies at Wake Forest University. They all made their way here—East 3rd Street in downtown…
Building a collaborative ecosystem—a place where ideas grow, and businesses and people thrive—requires an unwavering vision and years of building and planning. It has been 25 years since Wake Forest School of Medicine and Winston-Salem State University moved a group of researchers into a former…
Lavender cocktails, half-price food and parties in the Coal Pit, whet your appetite and unwind at one of our five nighttime hotspots. The Innovation Quarter isn’t just home to a thriving 9 to 5 scene—we are also home to several late-night hangouts. If you work…
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…