Launch Chapel Hill Spring 2022 Startups Ready to Venture Out
Tasha Holland-Kornegay, CEO & Founder of WIRL, Wellness in Real Life
Originally Published: May 10, 2022
By Brock Pierce, Innovate Carolina
Photography by Brock Pierce, Innovate Carolina
On any given day at Launch Chapel Hill, you’ll find local entrepreneurs immersed in the daily grind, intently plugging away at vital work. One team huddled in a corner developing its technology. Another in a conference room bouncing around ideas: brainstorming, business planning and reviewing customer feedback. And, of course, founders engaged in pitch-prep sessions.
But for those who came out to the Launch Demo Day event one early May evening to hear from one of the most diverse sets of companies you’ll find anywhere, the startup accelerator offered a different kind of focus. This event was less about what the companies were doing, and more about where they’re going. If attendees arrived wondering, “What types of startups will we see,” they left pondering, “What types of startup haven’t we seen? And what will they do next?”
“I’ve been a part of every Launch Demo Day, and this one was particularly poignant: these covid years have been brutal, and this year’s Demo Day was our first in-person since 2019,” said Tim Flood, acting executive director and entrepreneur-in-residence at Launch Chapel Hill. “The teams’ excellence, commitment and success were great to see—even more so because. . . Read the entire article at https://innovate.unc.edu/launch-chapel-hill-startups-ready-to-venture-out/