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Welcoming the New Neighbor: The 5 Ws of Sparq Labs

September 30, 2024

There’s a new kid on the block in the Innovation Quarter. The iQ recently announced the opening of Sparq Labs, the iQ’s newest amenity for life science companies. With its relationship to Sparq, the startup and small business launchpad, Sparq Labs may actually be less…

Greater Winston Salem Inc. Chamber of the Year Award

Community, Ecosystem, Entrepreneurship

Greater Winston-Salem Inc. What’s in a Name and Why Does It Matter?

August 26, 2024

News Flash: "Greater Winston-Salem Inc. (the organization formerly known as the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce) wins 2024 Chamber of the Year!" The Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE) may think that Greater Winston-Salem Inc. is the most outstanding chamber of commerce in the country,…

Community, Entrepreneurship

Mom-and-Pop Smoothie Shop Brings a Gnarly Flair to Entrepreneurship

August 20, 2024

What makes a good smoothie? It’s more than the right ingredients, though those are important. It takes experimentation, a willingness to tweak and try out new combinations, new ratios, to titrate the blend to get it just right. But when you do, the results are…

Ecosystem, Entrepreneurship

Healthtech Startup Brinter Completes Prestigious Tech Accelerator

August 5, 2024

If you thought graduation season was over, think again! While many people and institutions are starting to gear up for another school year, one Innovation Quarter tenant is celebrating a graduation of a different kind. In June, Brinter, a healthtech startup that is part of…

Community, Ecosystem, Entrepreneurship

Sparq-ing Entrepreneurs: Meet Austin Moody, Amplifier of Small Business

June 20, 2024

Austin Moody has built a business on helping small businesses, a passion that grew from roots early in his childhood. Small business is in his blood; it’s in his family. His grandfather started the Mayflower Seafood Restaurant on Peters Creek Parkway in Winston-Salem, which his…

Ecosystem, Entrepreneurship

7 Biotech Companies in Winston-Salem to Keep an Eye On

June 11, 2024

Over the last 20 years, Winston-Salem has been growing in reputation as a place where life science and biotech companies can grow and thrive, a reputation that was solidified earlier this year when the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded one of its first Regional Innovation…

Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship

Tipping The Scales: Women in STEM with Jennifer Byrne

May 20, 2024

Why Read More About Women in STEM Careers? What do you think of when you think of STEM careers? Do you think of doctors, researchers, astronauts? Are they men, women, young, old? On its face, this series of articles is about women in STEM careers.…

Entrepreneurship

Sparq-ing Entrepreneurs: Meet Aleigh Miranda, Advocate for Personal Evolution

May 10, 2024

If you don’t know Sparq, it’s a startup and small business launch pad located in the heart of Innovation Quarter at Bailey Power Plant, providing space and amenities to help companies that are getting their start. This series explores the diverse endeavors that get a…

Ecosystem, Entrepreneurship

How BMI OrganBank Is Changing the Kidney Transplant Equation

March 15, 2024

In a lesser recognized pocket of the Innovation Quarter, there’s a knot of research buildings forming one of the world’s foremost hubs of regenerative medicine. Here, both academic and commercial parties have formed a neighborhood of regenerative medicine—research that focuses on healing or restoring tissue…

Community, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship

Sparq-ing Entrepreneurs: Meet Cyatta Siler, the Visionary Behind IMAGES

February 23, 2024

To the cosmos–and beyond! That’s the vision of Cyatta Siler, executive director of IMAGES, an outreach ministry dedicated to bringing restoration to individuals, families and communities in the Piedmont Triad. No, she’s not a Space X wannabe. The cosmos she’s referencing is a universe where…

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Welcoming the New Neighbor: The 5 Ws of Sparq Labs

Greater Winston-Salem Inc. What’s in a Name and Why Does It Matter?

Mom-and-Pop Smoothie Shop Brings a Gnarly Flair to Entrepreneurship

Healthtech Startup Brinter Completes Prestigious Tech Accelerator

Sparq-ing Entrepreneurs: Meet Austin Moody, Amplifier of Small Business

7 Biotech Companies in Winston-Salem to Keep an Eye On

Tipping The Scales: Women in STEM with Jennifer Byrne

Sparq-ing Entrepreneurs: Meet Aleigh Miranda, Advocate for Personal Evolution

How BMI OrganBank Is Changing the Kidney Transplant Equation

Sparq-ing Entrepreneurs: Meet Cyatta Siler, the Visionary Behind IMAGES

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