Swipeby, a local tech startup housed at Winston Starts, offers an app to facilitate curbside pickup for restaurants. Over the past year, the company has grown from working with dozens of restaurants in the Winston-Salem market, to scaling regionally and nationally through partnerships with chains like Firehouse Subs. Suddenly, as the Coronavirus outbreak unfolded, the Swipeby app was no… Read More »
Author: Ethanie Good
Swipeby Expands its Curbside Pickup App to Small Businesses
Wake Forest Baptist, Javara, and Oracle Launch COVID-19 Research Study
In an effort to better fight COVID-19 in multiple regions of the country, Wake Forest Baptist Health has joined forces with Javara Inc. – a leading integrated clinical research organization headquartered in Winston-Salem – to conduct a community-based research study of the novel coronavirus. As part of that effort, Wake Forest Baptist and Javara have collaborated with Oracle to develop… Read More »
Employment Law Q&A
We hosted a conference call on federal and state changes to employment law, paid sick leave, and FMLA due to COVID 19, led by Charlot Wood, an employment attorney with Bell, Davis, and Pitt. Listen Now The opinions expressed in this recording are for general information purposes and are not intended to be, and should… Read More »
British American Tobacco & Subsidiary Company Work to Develop COVID 19 Vaccine
British American Tobacco, the parent company of Winston-Salem based Reynolds American, is involved in COVID-19 vaccine research. BAT’s US bio-tech subsidiary, Kentucky BioProcessing (KBP), is developing a potential vaccine for COVID-19 and is now in pre-clinical testing. If testing goes well, BAT is hopeful that, with the right partners and support from government agencies, between… Read More »
Local Businesses Offer to Help During Covid-19
Mixxer Makerspace Invents Face Shield Prototype As the community planned to respond to the shortage of personal protective equipment needed to supply local hospitals, it was natural for people to turn to our local Mixxer Makerspace for ideas. While Mixxer is currently closed to slow the spread of COVID 19, executive director Alan Shelton activated… Read More »
Daily Update: Federal Bill Progress, Guidance for Manufacturers, and More
Senate Passes Relief Bill The Senate has approved a historic $2 trillion-dollar relief bill. On Friday, the bill will go to the House for a vote. President Trump plans to sign the measure once it makes it to his desk. The plan will deliver a much-needed injection of financial aid into an American economy that… Read More »