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People of the Innovation Quarter: Meet Scott Rushing

Sun pours in the glass windows of Scott Rushing’s office in 525@vine. I find the director of research information systems for Public Health Sciences fiddling with a golf putter in his office against the backdrop of some pretty amazing clouds visible out the window that…

Entrepreneurship

5 Secrets to Start-Up Company Success

What does it take to launch and grow a start-up? Local biomaterials company KeraNetics—a global leader in purified keratin medical products for wound care and tissue regeneration – is a prime example of an invention that spun out of a research laboratory at Wake Forest…

Arts

Black Horse Studio: Innovation and the Art of Photography

It’s snowing at home in cozy Winston-Salem. But Lee Runion and Jennifer Bostic could care less: they are on a 50-foot yacht floating in the Gulf of Mexico, right off the coast of sunny Florida. The weather couldn’t be better, and the view isn’t bad…

Entrepreneurship

Why Winston-Salem and Women Entrepreneurs Make Good Partners

The demographics of entrepreneurship are changing. More and more, women are taking the lead. There are over 11 million women-owned businesses in the U.S., a number that has increased by 45 percent over the past nine years. Over that same span, the number of women-owned…

The ABCs of Early Learning: Innovative Child Care at MudPies Downtown East

Holding hands, Nikki Pridgen and her 5-year-old daughter Ayanna walk into MudPies Downtown East. A teacher stands in the hallway decorated with artwork created by little hands, greeting each child enthusiastically by name as they enter the building. As Pridgen watches, Ayanna puts her belongings…

The atrium of Inmar's building in the Innovation Quarter.

Ecosystem, Entrepreneurship

Inmar’s Center for Brand Excellence Supports Emerging Brands

You’re standing in the grocery store, shivering in front of the dairy section. Picking out yogurt is taking much more time than it usually does because you’re facing a sudden and unexpected decision. Do you buy the same brand you have for years, or go…

Community

People of the Innovation Quarter: Meet Jennifer Chan-Huang

Some of the questions we ask for the People of the Innovation Quarter may sound easy, but they’re actually quite difficult to answer. Take this one, for example. I asked Jennifer Chan-Huang, “What personal accomplishment makes you the most proud?” Jennifer thinks deliberately. The pause…

Arts, Community, Event Recap

Innovation & Cinema Screening June 2016

A recap of an Innovation & Cinema movie screening on June 16, 2016 in Bailey Park in the Innovation Quarter.

Juneteenth Festival – Honoring Sacrifice, Celebrating Community and Learning to Pay It Forward

May 21, 1865. A Union Cavalry chaplain stands in the front of the African Moravian church—which will be named St. Philips Moravian Church in 1914—reading an important proclamation. St. Philips was founded in 1822 as a place of worship for enslaved African Americans in Salem,…