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Fanny Slater with Fanfare Catering and Danielle Boisse with Manifest Design

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Fanny Slater-Fanfare Catering

From handcrafted lunches to homemade dinners, Fanfare is your resource for all things FOOD.  Specializing in one-of-a-kind gourmet sandwiches, Fanny adds unique flare to your everyday fare.  Forget the turkey on white and let me take you into a world where Balsamic Fig Jam meets Orange-Whipped Goat Cheese.

This is not your typical catering company, this is an “ENTREE-preneur“ on a mission to nourish the stomachs and hearts of Wilmington.

Where does the inspiration for her scratch-made cooking come from?  The moments that make up her life are a feast of cherished culinary encounters.  Fanny believe that each person carries their very own anthology of deliciously rich memories and that in order to honor those experiences—they must be brought back to life.  This passion for recreating those tastes of childhood influences her culinary vision.  With well-seasoned techniques and an epicurean flare, Fanny’s recipes recast her nostalgic classics and transform them into sophisticated fare.  Or Fanfare, as she like to call it.

No food memory left behind.

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Danielle Boisse- Manifest Deisgn

Danielle Boisse is an Interior Designer for Manifest Design located in historic downtown Wilmington. She is a motivated young professional who four years ago picked Wilmington on a map. Danielle graduated with her Bachelor of Science Degree in Interior Design and a concentration in Sustainable Design from Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts. Danielle specializes in custom design work such as window treatments, bedding, tile design, and millwork. Danielle loves building relationships with her clients and helping to create an emotional connection between a client and their home and/or business. In her spare time Danielle enjoys spending time at the beach, being outdoors, traveling, and playing with her dog Cooper!

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Lindsay Smith with Greene Resources and David Spetrino with Plantation Building Corporation

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Lindsay Smith-Greene Resources

Lindsay Smith, Director of Client Development for Greene Resources, is a Georgia native. She received her BS degree in Business from Auburn University, with concentration in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations. She moved to Wilmington, NC, 3 years ago in partnership with a payroll company in Hickory NC.  She had the opportunity to become a part of the Greene Team a little over a year ago and is truthful in saying that this is the most fulfilling job she has ever had.  Lindsay is involved in Wilmington as a Stephen Minister with First Presbyterian Church, Wilmington Symphony Board of Directors, Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, North Brunswick Chamber of Commerce, Lower Cape Fear Human Resources Association , volunteer for Alzheimers NC and The Ministering Circle.  Greene Resources is an employment solutions company that helps companies locate land and develop the talent critical to the success of their organizations. We offer solutions that produce results, provide accountability, mitigate risk, and maximize the return on your investment. Raleigh native, Gary Greene, started Greene Resources in January of 2000.  The drive to start Greene Resources was more of a customer service-driven decision than an entrepreneurial-driven decision.

This vision has led to a growing list of client partners as well as both local and national recognition, including Entrepreneur Magazine’s 100 Hottest Companies in America.  Today, Greene Resources is an award-winning employment solutions company with a mission of creating life-fulfilling moments within the careers of its clients, applicants and staff. Greene Resources sought the opportunity to expand and serve the Wilmington market in 2012 through a partnership with A&B Personnel, later to become Greene Resources, Wilmington division. Greene Resources is committed to delivering services to their customers that reflect a deep understanding of their goals, their requirements and their culture. Whether it’s recruiting, pricing or simply servicing their needs, Green’s creative and flexible approach is unique and non-traditional.

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David Spetrino- Plantation Building Corporation

Dave Spetrino is the President of Plantation Building Corporation, a full service home builder based in Wilmington, NC. Dave has been building custom homes along with major renovations in the Wilmington area since 1997. He has more than eighteen years of experience in the construction, real estate, and development industries. Their offices are located in the Historic District, but their projects are located in Northern Brunswick County, New Hanover County and Southern Pender County. Dave lives with his wife Kathy, their two boys, Nic and Lane, and their ‘schnoodle’ Molly.

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Carmin Black with HALF UNITED Foundation and Douglas Tarble with the Small Business Center at CFCC

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Carmin Black-HALF UNITED

Carmin Black is one of the founders of HALF UNITED. Carmin and her brother Christian started HALF UNITED, a socially conscious business based here in Wilmington that sells accessories for men and women and then gives HALF of all of their net profits to feed children in need. These two started their business with $200 and the dream of fighting and ending hunger. As a former journalist herself, Carmin loves that she gets to not only feed children in need, but share their stories of triumph with HALF UNITED supporters and customers world wide. To date, HALF UNITED has given away over 100,000 meals to children in Wilmington, Fiji, Cambodia, Haiti and Liberia. They are sold in shops all over town as well as nation wide in Nordstrom and in North East Barnes and Noble campus stores.

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Douglas Tarble- The Small Business Center at Cape Fear Community College

Douglas Tarble is a native New Englander, born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island in 1950. He received his BS in Management Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, in 1973 and his MBA from Iona College in 1976. He has 20 years of manufacturing management experience with large and small companies including the Clairol Division of Bristol Myers and a division of RJR Nabisco. In 1991 he became the General Manager of a US division of a Canadian packaging company in Rochester, NY.  He also owned and operated his own small business, a general contracting company specializing in insurance restoration repairs, from 1994-2007 before relocating to southeastern NC and joining Cape Fear Community College.

He has been married to his wife Lynn for 40 years and resides in Bolivia, NC. They have one son, Michael who is married and lives in Wilmington, NC with his wife and their 5 year old son, Aiden.

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David Benford and Brian Moxey with Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage

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David Benford

David has lived in Wilmington since 1988 and became involved in Real Estate in 1989.  He has owned a company, sold, and developed real estate.  His current role allows him to direct several departments within the organization and his vision has been a game-changer for the forward direction of Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage.

David is married and has two sons—one had graduated from Ole Miss and the other is a junior at Auburn.  His hobby is politics, at local, state, and national levels.

Brian Moxey

Brian came to Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage 5 years ago from their parent company, Realogy.  His role is to bring in new revenue opportunities for the company, both from individual agents as well as new markets.

Brian is the company’s Ironman—several times over—and continues to compete in triathlons near and far.  Brian was nominated for Philanthropic Volunteer of the Year for 2013, primarily for his sponsorship of the annual Dolphin Dip at Surf City, now in its’ 12th year, whose proceeds all benefit Hope for the Warriors.

Website: http://www.seacoastrealty.com/

Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/company/coldwell-banker-seacoast-realty

Twitter: https://twitter.com/InsideSeaCoast

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/seacoastrealty

Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/+ColdwellBankerSeaCoastAdvantageWilmington/posts

Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/insideseacoast/

 

Councilman Kevin O’Grady and Joan Loch Co-Owner of Crescent Moon NC

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Kevin O’Grady/ Wilmington City Councilman

Downtown Wilmington resident Kevin O’Grady was elected to a four-year term on Wilmington City Council in 2009 in his first stab at elected office in Wilmington. He was re-elected for his second term in 2013.  A retired attorney, O’Grady serves on the council’s Evaluation, Vision 2020, and Cape Fear Public Utility Authority. His priorities on council include downtown historic preservation, trying to improve standards in downtown nightlife and protecting the quality of life in existing neighborhoods. O’Grady formerly served on the boards of the Historic Wilmington Foundation and Wilmington Downtown Inc. He is past president of the Residents of Old Wilmington.

Website: www.wilmingtonnc.gov/city_council/council_members/kevin_ogrady

Joan Loch/Crescent Moon NC

Joan is co-owner of Crescent Moon at 24 N.Front along with her husband Mike Loch, currently full time dock master at Wilmington Marine Center.  She is also a member of the Downtown Business Alliance and current chairperson of the Bring It Downtown marketing initiative.  She has an extensive business and consulting background, but has found her love in retail with marketing and selling hand craft from American artists. Read more of their bio on the About Us page of www.crescentmoonnc.com.

Website: www.crescentmoonnc.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CrescentMoonNC

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crescentmoonnc

Captain Doug Springer with Wilmington Water Tours and Alan Smith

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Captain Doug Springer/Wilmington Water Tours

Captain Doug Springer and his wife Diane Upton returned to Wilmington in 2004 to pursue their dream of life on the water.  Doug graduated in Marine Technology from Cape Fear Technical Institute in the early 1970’s.  After working in the Gulf of Mexico, and on the waterways of South Carolina for about six years he joined the U.S. Air Force as a computer specialist and earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from the University of West Florida.  After many years in the computer industry, and their children well on their own, Doug and Diane returned to their favorite city and back with their family of friends.  They soon formed NE Cape Fear Charters and Exploration and put their beloved 36′ Wilard Vega Trawler to work.  After three years of running a successful charter business, a large number of returning and enthusiastic customers provided the confidence in the belief that a water based tour company designed to serve the Cape Fear River basin at large was needed and thus “Wilmington Water Tours, Inc.” was born.

Doug is also deeply committed to Cape Fear River Watch a local grass roots organization with a mission to improve and protect the water quality of the Cape Fear River Basin. He served as the Executive Director for Cape Fear River Watch, Inc. from July of 2007 to January of 2010 while also doing duty as the Cape Fear RIVERKEEPER ®. The organization has grown to allow for a dedicated ED allowing Doug to focus on the duties of the RIVERKEEPER.

Alan Smith

Alan Smith volunteers for such organizations as: Residents of Old Wilmington, Cape Fear Sail and Power Squadron, Cape Fear River Watch, Historic Wilmington Foundation, Domestic Violence Shelter, Interfaith Hospitality Network, and Cape Fear Men’s Club.

Alan has been a Downtown Wilmington resident since 1998. He retired from Navy submarine service and the Central Intelligence Agency. Alan has children and grandchildren here and in Northern Virginia. He cherishes a sense of community within Wilmington and the personal connectedness that comes from involvement with diverse service and “quality of life” organizations. Alan enjoys being in a place where children and grandchildren love to visit and share experiences with boating, beaches and the good life in the historic district.

 

Kurt Taylor with Next Glass and John Charlesworth with Stealz

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Kurt Taylor/Next Glass

Next Glass eliminates the risk of bad wine selections for consumers, merchants and restaurants. Using patent pending science and technology, Next Glass is analyzing tens of thousands of wines (about 98% of the available US market) and using the resulting data to create the world’s first Wine Genome Cellar.

Website: www.nextglass.co

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kurtbtaylor

Twitter: www.twitter.com/nextglass

Facebook: www.facebook.com/NextGlass1

John Charlesworth/Stealz

John Charlesworth is co-founder and CEO of Stealz. He graduated from Elon University in 2010 with a B.S. in Business Administration (marketing concentration). The co-founders of Stealz are all high school friends who reconnected after college. There are 4 founders, each with a unique background (accounting, sales, marketing, technology). They sold their first venture in Q1 2013. In starting and selling that company, they came up with the idea for Stealz.

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/stealz-inc-

Twitter: www.twitter.com/getstealz

Facebook: www.facebook.com/getstealz

Tom Pechar with Synergy HomeCare, and Phil Clark and Julie Lancaster with OmniStar Financial

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Tom Pechar/Synergy HomeCare of Wilmington

Home Care is a second career for Tom Pechar.  Prior to starting Synergy HomeCare of Wilmington he had a long and successful career in the non-profit arena, working as chief executive for professional regional theatres around the country.  When he is not busy building the Synergy HomeCare business and brand, he keeps his toes in the theatre and arts world in greater Wilmington by writing a monthly theatre preview column for Livin’ Out Loud magazine.

Phil Clark and Julie Lancaster/OmniStar Financial Group

Since 1989, Phillip L. Clark has been dedicated to serving individuals and small businesses through the process of comprehensive planning. More than ten years ago, Phillip had a vision to create a firm that would focus solely on the needs of its clients through fee-based services. Today, OmniStar Financial Group operates as a Registered Investment Advisory Firm and provides asset management and comprehensive financial planning. In addition to his role as a Registered Investment Advisor Representative, Phillip played a key role in developing the firm’s proprietary AAMP (Asset Allocated Managed Portfolios) program which is used in conjunction with each client’s Investment Policy Statement. Phillip currently holds his Series 63, and 66 registrations and the Registered Financial Consultant (RFC) designation. Having more than two decades in the financial services industry, Phillip is recognized by his peers as a highly skilled and innovative advisor.Julie Lancaster, Wealth Advisor, has been helping clients achieve financial wellness since 1990. She joined OmniStar Financial Group in 2013 to expand her practice through the eyes of true independence and unbiased wealth management. Prior to joining OmniStar, Julie graduated from Wake Forest University in 1989 and began her career at First Union Bank (now Wells Fargo Advisors) as a Retail Investment Specialist in Charlotte, NC. For the next several years, she trained as an investment associate at Merrill Lynch, and in 1994 was hired as Vice President, and Premier Banking Financial Advisor at Bank of America Investments. She was recruited to join SunTrust Investments in 2006, as Vice President, and Private Financial Advisor for SunTrust Private Wealth Group. Julie holds multiple securities and insurance licenses, and in 2012, earned the designation of National Certified Paralegal (NALA) with expertise in Estates, Wills and Trusts, Bankruptcy Law, and Commercial Law. In addition, she continuously improves her knowledge base by attending several advanced financial planning industry meetings throughout the year.

 

Bob Dorf Featured on Wilmington Business Radio

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Bob DorfWilmington Business Radio had a chance to speak with Bob Dorf recently during the CED Tech Venture Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Bob Dorf is likely the second most knowledgeable Customer Development expert on the planet, second only to its developer and Godfather, Steve Blank. Together the two spent nearly two years conceiving, outlining, drafting, rewriting, and revising the global bestseller, The Startup Owner’s Manual, now a business bestseller in the U.S. and many countries around the world.

A serial entrepreneur, Bob left a lucrative broadcasting job at the age of 22 because he had a passion to start his own company, which he did seven times over three decades. Bob’s track record as a founder, as he says: “two home runs, two base hits, and three great tax losses.”

Bob invested in and coached or advised more than two dozen startups over more than a decade. Seven of them IPO’ed, while six went “straight into the toilet.” In all, he says, “an incredible 42 year entrepreneurial education!”

In March, 2012, Bob published The Startup Owner’s Manual: A Step–By–Step Guide to Building a Great Company, along with Steve Blank. Two years of virtually fulltime research and development yielded his magnum opus: 608 page, painstakingly detailed guide is the most comprehensive, rigorous step–by–step roadmap that is guiding startup founders throughout the world. The Owner’s Manual offers parallel Customer Development pathways for companies in the web and mobile channels, as well as traditional physical goods and enterprise software startups; it also includes indepth web marketing tutorials.

Bob travels the world, helping startups, incubators, governments, and established corporations learn how to effectively deploy Customer Development process through speaking, workshops, and in intensive 8-10 week hands-on Startup Boot Camps. His training takes many forms, including speeches, workshops, and hands — on consulting.

He teaches Customer Development and Business Modeling in full-semester and week-long classes at Columbia Business School, where he is an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship, and has led training sessions at Tech de Monterrey, Mexico, Skolkovo Business School in Moscow, and many other places around the world. He’s counseled dozens of nonprofits probono as well, including the legendary Acumen Fund, a sustainable venture fund.
Bob lives in Stamford, Connecticut with his wife, Fran, a writer, therapist and thrice–published novelist. When he’s not speaking, teaching or writing, Bob is often found on his bicycle or his skis. But Bob’s proudest startup of all is daughter Rachel Dorf Gotler a PhD Psychologist who recently made him a grandpa.

The Startup Owners Manual