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Better Know A Sponsor: JDW: The Charlotte Agency

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Hello Ignite Charlotte, we meet again.

We’re JDW: The Charlotte Agency, a full-service agency that dabbles in marketing, advertising and public relations, based right here in Charlotte. We mainly work with new and small businesses, and our favorite niche is the startup tech entrepreneurs. We love working with those who have interesting, quirky and exciting ideas.

We like to think of ourselves as interesting and quirky people.

That is what attracted us to Ignite Charlotte in late 2009, the beginning. We met Bridget and Sam, felt their energy, and we were hooked. To think that we could help set the message and brand for an organization that is about finding local businesspeople speak about local ideas, we couldn’t pass it up. And just weeks from Ignite Charlotte 3, we couldn’t be happier.

Creativity breeds creativity. And being around passionate people who have good ideas, good things tend to happen. That’s why we hang around.

Thank you Ignite Charlotte for the awesome opportunity to make this event a keystone in the Charlotte creative community.

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What Happened at Ignite Charlotte 1?

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It was a cool summer night on August 4, 2010.

That night, Ignite Charlotte became a reality.

A group of hopeful volunteers set out to make a difference in the Charlotte community: their goal was to create a venue where quick talks, creative ideas, and passionate members of the community shared a stage.

The place? Neighborhood Theatre. The drinks? Plenty of them. The speakers? Nervous, excited, and maybe frightened.

Bridget B. Sullivan and Sam Fagan teamed up and thought that Ignite Charlotte could happen. They thought their team of volunteers could introduce something brand new into a city that is steadily climbing into the national limelight.

Well, August 4th came and it was time to see if they were right.

The 16 speakers were thrilled to see 250 people pack in the Neighborhood Theatre for the inaugural Ignite Charlotte (to be honest, the volunteers were probably a little more ecstatic than anyone else).

And the speakers rocked it! Patrick McLean, the very first speaker of Ignite Charlotte, explained where ideas came from. Bermon Painter talked about being a jack of all trades, and a master of many. And to cap it all off, David Wells spoke about using social media for the social good.

And the legacy continues…

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