Think of all the text we see on any given day in countless forms on our computers and phones—a virtual fire hose of words. It’s hard to recall what we saw a few hours ago, never mind a few days, weeks or months ago. And trying to go back to find something in particular? Good luck.

When one of her therapy clients began crying and Tasha Holland-Kornegay, zoned out and unaware, realized she didn’t have a clue why, it was a defining moment for her. It was the moment that forced Holland-Kornegay to admit she was burned out, and that this burnout was keeping her from helping her clients.

One Cary-based family is looking to bring something more to the plant-based food market.

Dojo Fresh Founder Oliver Pau spent most of his career in environmental management consulting, but as he looked ahead to his future more than a year ago, he started to think about what the next chapter could hold. He wanted to try something new, something he really enjoyed—and see if he could make a business out of it.

Humans have been using cannabis for around 2,000 years and up until around 100 years ago, it was widely used as a natural therapeutic.

But the process for medical marijuana treatment has been anything but standardized. There’s very little science-based research on how to prescribe it to patients. Doctors typically decide that medical marijuana is the best treatment option, give patients a medical marijuana card and leave it up to the patient to choose their own therapeutic.

CHAPEL HILL – Named one of the most innovative universities in the world by Reuters, it’s no surprise that Carolina is home to hundreds of startups and growing businesses.

In the past six decades, nearly 800 companies have been founded by Tar Heels taking their ideas from classrooms and research labs to the marketplace to earn a profit, make a social impact and create jobs.

But a thriving business doesn’t just happen overnight.

That’s where Launch Chapel Hill comes in. A startup incubator and coworking space on Franklin Street, the program is helping local entrepreneurs and young businesses get their ideas off the ground.

What if there was a way to hear your great-great-great grandmother tell the story of her upbringing and all the most pivotal moments in her life? Now, with Chapel Hill-based startup Audible Ancestry, there will be a way to hear those priceless stories—both today and for future generations—in their own voices.

City News Beat founder Greg Morey’s vision is to build the “next CNN”.

And thanks to Launch Chapel Hill, he believes he’s well on his way to realizing his dream.

On Friday, Morey joined nine other startups as part of an open house celebration at Launch Chapel Hill’s downtown headquarters on Rosemary Street, welcoming its 2019 spring cohort to its business accelerator.

The goal: to turn early-stage businesses into self-sustaining enterprises – in just 16 weeks.

When a startup business can succeed outside of its shared workspace at Launch Chapel Hill, Dina feels like dancing in her office.

After all, she’s done it before. The Launch program manager partied in the Rosemary Street building in 1992, back when the now-thriving business incubator was a nightclub, and she was a freshly minted MBA graduate. She and colleagues from the nation’s top business schools trained in the space by day to prepare for overseas assignments – she was on her way to Poland – and returned at night to drink and dance.

“It was my first time in Chapel Hill,” says Dina, a New Orleans native whose eyes survey the sunny, brightly colored office that bears no trace of its seedy past. “There was something about this place, about Chapel Hill itself. I always hoped to return.”