“I find a lot of people don’t know about the number of folks who are living in emergency departments because they don’t have any other place to go.” In this episode, we sit down with Ryan Blackledge, Vice President of Government and External Affairs at Cone Health, which opened its first Winston-Salem urgent care facility… Read More »Episode 73: Cone Health – Part One

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“Ninety percent of the startups fail. So, these are brave folks who are willing to go out there and take a major part of their life and put it behind the business.” Winston Starts, an admission-based accelerator in Winston-Salem, is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs successfully scale their businesses to new heights. They provide a development… Read More »Episode 72: Winston Starts

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STITCH Design Shop is an award-winning architectural and interior design firm based in Winston-Salem with offices across the state and a body of work expanding across the U.S. The premise the team lives by – “‘to find a better way,’ is something you can hear every one of our 23 employees saying on a regular… Read More »Episode 71: STITCH Design Shop

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“Important to me to unlock what’s already in them. It’s about putting a different frame around what people know, validating what people know, making connections between what people know, and putting that in the context of community work.” HandsOn Northwest North Carolina mobilizes people and organizations to inspire change within the community. Based in Winston-Salem,… Read More »Episode 70: HandsOn Northwest North Carolina

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COW is an award-winning UNC School of the Arts (UNCSA) short film about a cargo ship-piloting alien on his livestock abduction route confronted by an angry farmer who sneaks aboard the ship disguised as a cow, with a burning desire for vengeance. The film’s producer, Peter Arsenault, and directors Tristan Alkemper and Joe Appel, join… Read More »Episode 69: UNCSA’s Short Film “COW”

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More than seven million “Visitors come to Forsyth County and spend about a billion dollars annually. That’s money in cash registers of local businesses, and that generates $72 million in state and local taxes. It supports 7000 jobs.” Since 1983, Visit Winston-Salem, the official tourism marketing organization for Forsyth County, has invested a portion of… Read More »Episode 68: Visit Winston-Salem

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“People drive by every day and wave at Ronald, and they don’t really know what’s happening inside the building. The core of it is Ronald McDonald House provides a home away from home for families who have children receiving medical treatment.” Stephanie Beeman, Marketing Manager, and Jolyn Roberts, Chief Hospitality Services Officer, join us to… Read More »Episode 67: Ronald McDonald House Charities Piedmont Triad

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“The construction industry is going through a transition right now. For every 100 people that are leaving the construction industry, only seven are replacing them.” Jeff McDaniel, CEO and founder of Omniverus, a veteran-owned general contracting company in Winston-Salem, joins us to discuss his entrepreneurial journey, Omniverus’ focus on residential and commercial renovation, trade career… Read More »Episode 66: Omniverus General Contractors

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