There’s something electric about entrepreneurs who build businesses born from personal struggle. They don’t just understand the problem — they’ve lived it, cursed it, and finally cracked it.
This Week: Travel was John Foley’s first passion so a career in the airline industry was natural. The smiles on the faces of the people he met while circling the globe shaped the person he is today. After studying medicine and graduating from North Carolina State University with a Bachelor of Science degree, Foley began a 20-year career as a kidney dialysis technician. He even donated a kidney to a patient he was treating in Durham NC. In his latest chapter, Foley is a realtor and and town commissioner leading Pittsboro NC forward during a time of remarkable change.
In our last show Beth Yerxa, founder and executive direction of Triangle Art Works, shared the important ways her organization helps artists commercialize their work — increasingly throughout the region.