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Graham Treakle Shares Lessons from a Triad Startup Weekend
Ecosystem, Entrepreneurship

Four Tips for Starting a Startup

November 23, 2015
Graham Treakle Shares Lessons from a Triad Startup Weekend Graham Treakle is no stranger to startups. For the past two years, he has run operations for a startup called Pass the Plate, an app that makes charitable giving easy by helping users make and track…
Ecosystem

How Winston-Salem Made Itself Into a Top 10 Digital City in 2015

November 6, 2015
More than a few eyebrows were raised recently when Winston-Salem officially gave itself the motto of “City of Arts and Innovation.” That’s a lofty goal, after all. But, in reality, Winston-Salem has been long recognized as a leader in both the arts and innovation. For…
Keith Vest, founder of The Variable.
Entrepreneurship

“Reformed” Ad Agency Moves to Plant 64

October 6, 2015
If you ask Keith Vest how to solve a problem, you’ll likely get an answer that reveals his bent toward unconventional creativity. Vest is president of The Variable, a “reformed ad agency” that will be moving its operations to Wake Forest Innovation Quarter this summer.…
Ecosystem

Innovation Engine Joins the Innovation Quarter Community

October 6, 2015
There is a new kid on the innovation block. The Center for Design Innovation (CDI), a new Wake Forest Innovation Quarter tenant, celebrated the grand opening of its new facility on Sept. 23. Located on a four-acre tract at 450 Design Avenue off Rams Drive,…
Arts, Community, Lifestyle

Innovation & Cinema: Film Conversations

October 2, 2015
Lawren Desai was interested in starting a film series. The owner of a/perture cinema in downtown Winston-Salem, Desai admired Science on Screen, which began in 2005 at the Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline, Massachusetts. In that series, movies serve as jumping-off points for experts to…
Community, Ecosystem

Robot Fun Run Connects Kids to STEM

June 2, 2015
“Three, two, one, Lego!” was the mantra voiced again and again by Andy Kraft. Kraft, program manager of K-12 social studies for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, served as the master of ceremonies and play-by-play announcer at the third Robot Fun Run Community Challenge, held June 19…

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