Durham's ShopBot Tools Named a "Company to Watch"

Our friends at ShopBot Tools, makers of the ShopBot CNC system and Maker Faire:NC sponsor, made it onto the Council for Entrepreneurial Development's list of "North Carolina Companies to Watch."

"The main thing about them is that they're here. They're locally run and they're not branches of other larger companies. They're basically North Carolina born and bred," Rose said. "It's a broad portrait of the kinds of entrepreneurs that are creating jobs and value in North Carolina."

Great job! Keep being awesome!

Source: The Herald-Sun

These People "Get It" Business Profile: Spoonflower

Spoonflower - These People "Get It"Just in the few weeks that I've been working on the MakerFaire:NC project I've already met and virtually met dozens of fascinating people and businesses!  The word is definetly spreading quick around North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia! Woot!

One of the businesses I've discovered by virtue of my role here is Mebane, NC's Spoonflower.  The outfit has been featured all over the web and print publications including Craft, ReadyMade, the New York Times, Make, and more.  It's a bit of a miracle that I hadn't heard of them before now.

Spoonflower prints custom fabric on demand for anybody from any design you create or offer for sale on their site.  They're a community too so, like industry stalwart Etsy, you can sell your designs and products right from their own way-cool site.  The community feeling really comes across in their contests and theme projects. Go check 'em out and print yourself some awesome customized bed sheets or what-have-you.