The Download

Amanda Levinson is the Co-Founder and COO of NeedsList, a tech company creating solutions for a new era of global crises. NeedsList was the U.S. winner of Visa’s Everywhere Initiative in the Social Impact Category, […]

Maari Casey is an ad-agency art director turned freelancer turned entrepreneur. After leaving the full-time agency, she began freelancing and discovered a void between the quickly growing talent pool of freelance consultants and clients looking […]

A legendary figure in the video game industry, Dr. Michael Capps—the CEO of Raleigh-based AI startup Diveplane—previously served as president of Cary’s Epic Games. Epic created two of the most successful blockbuster video games ever […]

Former eBay and Channel Advisor executive Michael Jones stepped into the CEO role at Durham-based Spoonflower in January, heading a company putting a 21st-century spin on a once-dominant North Carolina industry: textiles. Spoonflower is a […]

Wade Fulghum serves as the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Commercialization for NC State University. He leads the office whose mission is to facilitate the commercialization of innovative research discoveries that seek to address the […]

Deb Woods, the CEO of Morrisville-based ShiftWizard, is a seasoned software executive with a passion for working with customers and driving strategic direction. Her experience includes working with domestic and international customers in identifying marketing […]

Ed Byman is the founder and CEO of Raleigh’s Global Value Commerce. He has been in the golf industry since 1974. After a successful collegiate career at the University of Connecticut, he played professional golf […]

Jason Widen is the Co-Founder of Forward Impact, whose mission is to unleash the impact potential of next-generation entrepreneurial leaders. This work includes supporting community-based strategies to develop and scale high-impact entrepreneurs including Raleigh Founded […]

Courtney Tellefsen is a Cary native and founder and CEO of The Produce Box.  She set out 13 years ago on a mission to support local farmers and help change our food system one table […]

Ricci Wolman is founder and CEO of Durham-based Written Word Media, a book discovery platform that connects authors and readers. Ricci has over 15 years of experience building online audiences using data-driven customer acquisition techniques. […]