Sparked by a need for her kids to have summer activities to keep them happy and healthy, Crazy Running founder Robyn McElwee drew from her creativity and track and field background to design games for all kids to have fun. From there the first official program was run at Hanes Park in Winston-Salem during the summer of 2009.

Since 2005, president and co-owner Jamie Bartholomaus and the team at Foothills Brewing have made and sold craft beer to Winston-Salem residents and visitors, and around the southeast. Today, in addition to two breweries, they also roast their own coffee – responsibly sourcing the world’s top beans from three continents to provide our customers with the finest tasting coffee produced in the Carolinas.

A Pitch Over Pizza event at the Center for Entrepreneurship at Wake Forest in Winston-Salem propelled Leah Wyrick, founder and CEO of Three Strands Recovery Wear, on her entrepreneurial journey. She launched the company in 2018 after seeing first-hand the complications her mother endured after a mastectomy. Leah became inspired to help others that may have a similar experience due to the lack of advancements in today’s surgical bras.