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Have you been too busy prepping for the holidays that you forgot to set some goals for the new year? Do you need even more resolutions to think about?

In this special holiday edition episode of In The Soup 🍲, hosts Jenn Summe of Primordial and Melissa Crosby of Colopy Ventures explore the different kinds of new year resolutions you can pick up whether in your professional or personal life.

They're joined by a few Triangle ecosystem leaders and founders to talk about how they plan to ring in the new year. On today's final episode of the year, Haley Huie of NC State, Parker Mayes of Inbound Revenue and Allison Wood of Davinci Education break down their goals for 2025.

And per the words of Melissa in this episode, I can't believe that 2025 is a real year.

In this final episode for the fall season of In The Soup 🍲, hosts Jenn Summe and Melissa Crosby are actually sitting down with a experienced ecosystem leader to talk about all things NC entrepreneurial ecosystem. They discuss how much the ecosystem has grown, what makes our ecosystem different and what is next for the ecosystem's future.

For this live edition of In The Soup, they sat down with Jay Bigelow, the head of founder engagement at CED (Center for Entrepreneurial Development), who has not only been with the entrepreneurial support organization for over a decade, but has also been a part of the ecosystem's history for over 30 years.