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Listen to the story audio here. Wilmington-based Genesis Block is looking to take ten local minority-owned businesses to the next level. It’s part of the coworking space and accelerator’s ambitious plan for the next three years. Founded by wife-and-husband team Tracey and Girard Newkirk, Genesis Block isn’t an incubator - where new business ideas coalesce into being. It’s an accelerator, which gets businesses over the difficult hurdle between proof of concept and a successful company. Girard describes it: “It’s kind of like an entrepreneurship entrepreneurship program, designed to give you the proper essential skills training to help your business grow. And then once you ve completed that program, there s funding on the other side of that to help you grow your venture and strengthen your venture.” ....