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Charlotte’s Joyntly Aims to Improve Behavior, Leadership Skills at Work

September 8, 2026 Kaitlyn Dang

A Charlotte startup wants its customers to use their solution as little as possible. Built on years of behavioral scientific research, Joyntly helps managers learn and apply essential soft leadership […]

Monday Mix: NEW’s Investor BUZZ IN with our GrepBeat Happy Hour, and Much More!

September 7, 2026 Katelyn Crespo

Welcome back to your Monday Mix for the week of September 7th! This is a big week for us at Team GrepBeat as we head to the coast for a […]

Friday Fix: ConvergeSouth, Fizz Studio, a QuantumBloom Catch-Up, and More!

September 4, 2026 Katelyn Crespo

We cover as much startup- and tech-related content as we can here at GrepBeat.com—but we know you can’t always catch it all in the course of your week. On the Friday Fix, […]

QuantumBloom Co-Founders on Proving STEM Retention Infrastructure, Expanding Reach, TopGolf and Thrifting Dates, and 4:45am Workouts

September 3, 2026 David Schwartz

GrepBeat last wrote about QuantumBloom in May of 2024, when it was still known as Launched2Lead. QuantumBloom is an Apex-based startup providing evidence-driven, employer-supported STEM talent retention and readiness infrastructure. For this […]

Ask A Shop Owner Helps SMB Owners Answer Hard Questions With Relevant Expertise

September 2, 2026 Temiloluwa Alagbe

Originally from Akron, Ohio, Ron Nussbaum left the Marines in 2010 and spent the next thirteen years working in residential construction. Along the way, he moved to Emerald Isle and […]

Chapel Hill’s Fizz Studio Makes Data Visualization Accessible to the Blind

September 1, 2026 Hail Zulueta

Doug Schepers has spent much of his career making the web better for people who experience it differently. As a longtime staff member at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), […]

Startups From the Southeast (and Beyond) Converge in Winston-Salem

August 31, 2026 David Schwartz

Last Thursday and Friday, startups from North Carolina, the broader Southeast, and even elsewhere (we even spoke to some Canadian founders) gathered at Winston-Salem’s Biotech Place for the 10th iteration […]

Monday Mix: LiLa, Strength in Numbers, Test Flight Pitch Practice, and Much More!

August 31, 2026 Katelyn Crespo

Welcome back to your Monday Mix for the week of August 31st! This week has everything from pitch practices in the RTP and important deadlines at UNCW, so be sure […]

Friday Fix: Koolbridge Energy, Path Intelligence, The Download, and More!

August 28, 2026 Katelyn Crespo

We cover as much startup- and tech-related content as we can here at GrepBeat.com—but we know you can’t always catch it all in the course of your week. On the Friday Fix, […]

The Download: Erkang Zheng, Founder and CEO, Ariso

August 27, 2026 Brooks Malone

Erkang Zheng is the Founder and CEO of Ariso, where he is building AI to help individuals and organizations unlock their full potential through personalized insights and collaboration. A repeat founder, he […]