Change of Direction and Leadership

Since 2012, The Charlotte Regional Fund for Entrepreneurism (CRFE) has worked with the City of Charlotte, Charlotte Chamber and its entrepreneur community to progress building the local entrepreneurial ecosystem.  From ecosystem research, supporting local partners and events, and bringing programs like the MIT Venture Mentoring service to our community, CRFE’s accomplishments would not have been possible without the active engagement of the Charlotte entrepreneurship community.

Over the next 12 months, CRFE will evolve into InCLT Labs. InCLT Labs will be applying entrepreneurial principles, collaborating with the City of Charlotte and community entrepreneurs, and executing with entrepreneurial spirit across several defined program areas such as minority and women small business capacity-building, smart cities innovation, entrepreneur mentoring, and ecosystem support through grant-making.

As part of this new direction, Keith Luedeman will serve as the interim Executive Director of InCLT Labs.

Keith is a successful entrepreneur and recently exited from his company GoodMortgage.com.  He has agreed to do the interim roll in a volunteer capacity.  Please join us in thanking the previous Executive Director Walt Frye for his service to CRFE and welcoming Keith into this new role.

We are excited about inCLT Labs and will be sending out more information in the upcoming months.