The Download

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. […]

Richard Boyd is a serial entrepreneur, tech consultant, celebrated author and sought-after speaker on virtual worlds, computer gaming, machine learning and human/computer interfaces. The Co-Counder and CEO of Carrboro-based artificial intelligence and machine learning company […]

Alex Osadzinski is a lifelong lover of technology with a passion for building, growing and managing teams and companies. He was early at six startups and then most recently spent three years in senior roles […]

Ray Carey is currently the CEO of ArchiveSocial, a platform that empowers and protects open dialogue by archiving the social media sites for more than 2,500 public agencies ranging from New York City and the […]

Mark Bavisotto is an entrepreneur with a passion for innovative technology solutions, startups, entrepreneurship, and education. He’s the Co-Founder of Raleigh-based Successive Technologies and Co-Founder and CEO of the Triangle-based Startup Summit. 1. What is […]

Karl Murphy is the Co-Founder and President at Get Spiffy Inc., where he runs sales and operations nationally. Spiffy evolved out of an entrepreneurial project at Carolina Auto Spa, a local chain of traditional car […]