Taylor Motley

Duke Student’s Startup Connects Students And Faculty For Babysitting

October 14, 2025 Taylor Motley

On college campuses, students are often looking for opportunities to babysit, and many faculty are in need of babysitters to watch their children. Duke University student Sydelle Bernstein founded the […]

Southern Pines-Based Clara Copilot Brings Clarity To Intelligence Operations

September 22, 2025 Taylor Motley

During her time as a special operations civil affairs team commander for the U.S. Army, Alex Moffitt was thrown into a high-stakes situation navigating the Army’s role amid the Somali-Kenyan […]

Durham-Based Brook Provides AI Receptionists For Businesses

September 11, 2025 Taylor Motley

Brook started during a casual lunch at M Sushi in Durham. The team from RozieAI, a startup that uses AI to develop customer experiences for brands, was having lunch with […]

Charlotte’s Just Her Rideshare Provides Safe Rides and Community for Women

August 28, 2025 Taylor Motley

Kimberly Evans had always been cautious of using rideshare apps. When she continued to read news articles about women being victims of crimes while using popular rideshare platforms, she felt […]

With Zinnia, A Charlotte Founder Uses AI To Build Human Connection in Sales

August 26, 2025 Taylor Motley

Lauren Goodell spent nearly a decade in enterprise sales, managing accounts for companies like Microsoft and Salesforce. When she left the sales industry, she wanted to create the tool she’d […]

Charlotte’s Capwave Helps Founders Secure Seed Funding

August 18, 2025 Taylor Motley

After helping startups raise over $400 million in Series A and B funding through her own startup, ZWANET, Charlotte Ketelaar recognized that there was a lack of tools available to […]

Wilmington-Based The Wall Printer Efficiently Prints Images on Walls

August 7, 2025 Taylor Motley

Paul Baron has spent his career as an entrepreneur taking products manufactured across the world and marketing them in the United States—from a baby bottle made in Austria to a […]

Chapel Hill’s NeoPay Cuts Transaction Fees for Small Businesses

August 4, 2025 Taylor Motley

Across the United States, small businesses are at the heart of local communities. However, these same businesses face a lot of challenges, and one is the need to pay card […]

Wilmington Entrepreneur Produces Sports Apparel Based On Real-Time Trends

July 30, 2025 Taylor Motley

There are constantly new trending topics in sports, whether it is Luka Dončić being abruptly traded to the Los Angeles Lakers or the University of North Carolina hiring Bill Belichick […]

Charlotte’s Tesslate Provides Intuitive AI For No-Code Software Development

July 24, 2025 Taylor Motley

Manav Majumdar and a few friends were working on building an AI model for their portfolios when they developed their first model that supported UI development. They posted the open […]