Adam Shay

2014 has been a great year for the Wilmington startup and entrepreneurial community. There’s more momentum, activity and sense of community than at any point in my 10+ years in the area. And so I took the challenge the recap our community’s biggest year yet. Check it out below, and let us know what you’re excited about for Wilmington’s new year.   • Next Glass Next Glass built buzz all year for its scientific wine and beer recommendation app. The startup finally delivered on that buzz when it launched the app on November 20th. In a little over a month, 240,000...

What do the film and startup communities have in common? On the surface, it might not seem like much.    But a new event at Wilmington’s 20th Anniversary Cucalorus Film Festival shows that there is more overlap than you might think. Wilmington’s burgeoning startup scene prompted the first 10 x 10 Filmmaker and Entrepreneur Project, which challenged 10 filmmakers to make 5-minute films about 10 entrepreneurs over just five days, culminating in a public screening on the final day of the festival. (See four of those videos in this...

When Andrew Williams developed TacLace, a military-grade boot lacing system that speeds up boot strapping under enemy fire, it took three years of product iterations to get to market.    He lacked the resources, tools and collaboration often found in coworking and maker spaces. But it was an experience that inspired him to help make others’ paths smoother. In recent weeks, he opened Elite Innovations Makerspace, a first-of-its-kind facility in Wilmington. A grand opening celebration happens October 18. With 6,000 square feet of space, it contains all the tools that an entrepreneur needs to make a product quicker and cheaper, including an...

When Andrew Williams developed TacLace, a military-grade boot lacing system that speeds up boot strapping under enemy fire, it took three years of product iterations to get to market.    He lacked the resources, tools and collaboration often found in coworking and maker spaces. But it was an experience that inspired him to help make others’ paths smoother. In recent weeks, he opened Elite Innovations Makerspace, a first-of-its-kind facility in Wilmington. A grand opening celebration happens October 18. With 6,000 square feet of space, it contains all the tools that an entrepreneur needs to make a product quicker and cheaper, including an...