North Carolina is in a good position to take advantage of long-term economic benefits from the development of environmentally sustainable offshore wind energy over the next two decades. North Carolina is in a good position to take advantage of long-term economic benefits from the development of environmentally sustainable offshore wind energy over the next two…
Part of our Global Entrepreneurship Week celebration Nov 13-19, 2023. Guest post by Mike Humphrey, Japan Skiing has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. I don’t know why my parents decided skiing would be our family sport. They were not avid skiers, and we didn’t live in a ski…
Michael Calvino filled the grinder on a recent Tuesday morning with his own Italian sweet sausage blend and turned the handle squeezing the meat into a milky white pig casing. Michael Calvino filled the grinder on a recent Tuesday morning with his own Italian sweet sausage blend and turned the handle squeezing the meat into…
Part of our Global Entrepreneurship Week celebration Nov 13-19, 2023. Starting a business the old way is hard On an Idea Friendly visit to Jackson County, Kentucky, I visited with a group of artists/entrepreneurs. This group had created a loose organization called the Jackson County KY Creative Community. They wanted to start businesses, but were…
The longer I’ve been around companies the more I believe the words “Planning” and “Decision” are seldom used in the same sentence! And the business fallout because of poor planning when making decisions is staggering. The effects of a decision gone bad tend to linger around for months or even years. It is a fact…
Recently, we announced the Weeping Radish’s plans to remain closed for at least the summer season of 2022. For local beer lovers and out-of-town aficionados alike, this news is simultaneously disappointing and exciting. Recently, we announced the Weeping Radish’s plans to remain closed for at least the summer season of 2022. For local beer lovers…
North Carolina knows how to do delicious. You wouldn’t know it from a list of our top exports. Official statistics show that our state is a leading supplier of manufactured products like medicine, chemicals, tobacco, aircraft parts and diesel engines. North Carolina knows how to do delicious. You wouldn’t know it from a list of…
