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By Jessica Maurer, posted May 7, 2021 MEMA’S CHICK’N’ & RIBS | MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESS MYRA MCDUFFIE, CO-OWNER| YEAR FOUNDED: 2017 | EMPLOYEES: 5. (Photo by Erin Costa) It’s been said that the road to success is always under construction, and the saying rings true for the McDuffie family.   James and Myra McDuffie opened MeMa’s Chick’n’ & Ribs in Burgaw in 2017, serving up classic Southern cuisine and smoked meats prepared from family recipes passed down from James’ mother, Mary, also known as MeMa.   The restaurant and catering service quickly gain...

Wilmington’s Cargo District continues to grow as companies join the area and others expand within it.   Transcend Bookkeeping & Finance outgrew its space at Coworx in the Cargo District, moving across the street to another district building in Suite 201 at 1607 Queen St.   Business partners and Transcend founders Jenna May and Thomas Bruin have watched as the Cargo District has also grown over the past couple years they’ve been there.   New businesses have been joining the district, an area that incorporates cargo containers into some of its buildings and includes parts of Queen...

In April, Massachusetts-based Thermo Fisher Scientific announced that it would purchase Wilmington-based PPD for $17.4 billion (Photo c/o PPD) The growth Wilmington-headquartered PPD Inc. has experienced in the Port City is an economic driver for the region, local economic development leaders say.   On top of the global contract research organization’s large tax base in New Hanover County and its 1,800 local employees, it can also lay claim to having a big role in spawning the region’s clinical research organization (CRO) cluster.   “Without PPD’s visionary leadership and lon...

By Scott Nunn, posted May 7, 2021 TECHNOLOGY | VANTACA BEN CURRIN, CEO| YEAR FOUNDED: 2017 | EMPLOYEES: 100 (Photo by Michael Cline Spencer) Wilmington’s best-known startup and another up-and-comer have similar beginnings: Both were created after established companies needed better industry-specific software systems.   Not satisfied with what was available on the market, both Live Oak Bank’s Chip Mahan and Community Association Management Services’ (CAMS) David Sweyer set out to develop their own systems.   As they brought in software developers, both realized their p...

By Johanna Cano, posted May 7, 2021 EMERGING COMPANY | SMARTFOX TECHNOLOGIES PHIL EVERHART, FOUNDER & PRESIDENT | YEAR FOUNDED: 2019 | EMPLOYEES: 1 (Photo by Michael Cline Spencer) When it comes to running a business, one important aspect is sales forecasting, which can help owners and leaders predict their revenue to plan for employee pay, operating expenses, buying more inventory and attracting investors.   Accurately forecasting sales, however, is easier said than done, according to Phil Everhart, who founded SmartFox Technologies as a solution to this issue.   “In 201...