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Month: November 2018

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Durham’s Precision Fermentation Helps Triangle Breweries Make Better Beer

November 29, 2018 Rebecca Ayers
Brewing beer is an art form of its own — the taste, the consistency and the color are all ways that a brewer can sense the quality of the beer. […]
Triangle

Led By 3 College Students, Vade Seeks To Redefine Parking

November 27, 2018 Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez
Vade’s three college student founders — Ritwik Pavan, Matthew Schaefer and Christian Burke — are betting that the future of technology isn’t so much in the software or hardware, but […]
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The Download: Matt Tormollen, CEO, Devada

November 27, 2018 Brooks Malone
Matt Tormollen joined Devada as its new CEO in April to guide the company’s expansion, including launching new developer-focused software capabilities and driving growth through expanded product lines, increased sales […]
News

NC State, Raleigh’s Malartu Team Up To Study Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

November 20, 2018 Rebecca Ayers
North Carolina State University and Raleigh-based Malartu have teamed up and received a two-year grant for more than $400,000 from the Kauffman Foundation to research insights about how entrepreneurs operate […]
Triangle

StrongKey Growing Durham Presence Under CEO Jake Kiser

November 20, 2018 Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez
Having half of your employees in Cupertino, Calif., and the other half in Durham might be a nightmare for some companies, but for StrongKey’s CEO Jake Kiser it’s an opportunity. […]
Triangle

Bringing Fire to the ‘Shark Tank’: Cary’s RewardStock Lands Deal with Mark Cuban

November 19, 2018 Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez
Around 50 friends, family and members of the Triangle’s startup community huddled in the basement of Durham’s American Underground Sunday night to watch RewardStock’s CEO, Jonathan Hayes, land a deal […]
Triangle

Whoever Said ‘Bigger is Better’ Obviously Hasn’t Met Raleigh’s Betabox

November 15, 2018 Jacquelyn Melinek
Sean Newman Maroni, the CEO of Betabox, Inc. and an NC State product, was just named to the 2019 Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list for education. With operations out of […]
Eric Masters
Triangle

Meet… Eric Masters, MATI Energy CEO

November 15, 2018 Tricia Lucas
After 20 years in marketing leadership roles that include Coca-Cola—one of the best-known brands in the world—Eric Masters is at the helm of Durham beverage startup, MATI Energy, as CEO. […]
News

Toss The Keys—Spiffy Announces Agreements with 13 Big Car Brands

November 14, 2018 Pete McEntegart
Durham’s Get Spiffy already makes getting a car wash or oil change pretty easy—you book them on the Spiffy app, and they come to your parked car while you’re at […]
Guest Opinion

It’s Cool, Triangle, We Didn’t Want Amazon Anyway

November 13, 2018 Joe Procopio
I’ve kept my mouth shut on whether the Triangle would or should land Amazon HQ2 since the day the possibility was announced. If you had asked me, I would have […]

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