This Week’s Featuring: Scot Wingo on Ecosysteming
Redefining entrepreneurship and economic development with Scot Wingo
This week, Tweener is taking a different spin. Our very own Scot Wingo was featured on Ecosysteming, the podcast from NC IDEA’s Thom Ruhe that explores North Carolina entrepreneurship and economic development.
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Listen/Watch Our Interview:
Scot Wingo is no stranger to the Triangle startup community. As General Partner of the Triangle Tweener Fund, Co-Founder & CEO of ReFiBuy.ai, and a longtime podcaster, he’s built, scaled, and exited multiple companies while championing the growth of our region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
In this episode of Ecosysteming, Scot shares:
🚀 His entrepreneurial journey and lessons learned
📊 The origins of the Triangle Tweener List and how it uncovered patterns in local growth
💸 Why he launched the Triangle Tweener Fund to invest in high-potential local startups
🤖 How his latest venture, ReFiBuy.ai, is tackling e-commerce’s toughest challenges with agentic solutions
🌱 What he believes the Triangle ecosystem needs to improve in order to thrive
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