Persistence pays off for two local startups that just won NC IDEA’s $50K seed grants
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Persistence and grit are two things that any successful startup founder possesses. For Abi Olukeye and Desmond Wiggan, those qualities paid off in a big way.
Olukeye’s startup Smart Girls HQ and Wiggan’s startup BatteryXchange, co-founded by Aubrey Yeboah, were recently announced as recipients of NC IDEA’s $50,000 seed grants.