December 2018 – GrepBeat

Teamworks Academy Helps College Athletes Transition From Field to Office

December 18, 2018 Pete McEntegart

Ashley Hughes connected on 86.4% (38-for-44) of the free throws she took during her four-year career with the University of Tulsa women’s basketball team, the second-highest mark in school history. […]

Entrepreneurs: Tell a Consistent Story, Or You Might Not Like The Ending

December 18, 2018 Tim McLoughlin

A few months ago, I was representing our venture fund, Cofounders Capital, at a monthly investor syndicate meeting. The meeting was made up of five local angel funds/networks, two local […]

Meet… Brad McGinity, 15Five Chief Revenue Officer

December 13, 2018 Tricia Lucas

In today’s market, a competitor can displace you in a matter of months, not years. Brad McGinity, the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at 15Five, and his crew know this. Technology combined […]

Sudsy Makes Spilling Shampoo In Your Luggage A Thing Of The Past

December 11, 2018 Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Since 7th grade, Khushbu Madhiwala had always wanted to be a dentist. But everything changed when she had the idea for Sudsy during her junior year at NC State. Two […]

The Download: Joe Sinsheimer, Wolfpack Investor Network

December 10, 2018 Brooks Malone

Joe Sinsheimer is the Managing Director of the Wolfpack Investor Network (WIN), the NC State-affiliated angel group. Sinsheimer has been involved in angel investing for 25 years. He has been […]

Lost Your Credit Card? Chill: WalletFi Will Keep Your Netflix Coming

December 6, 2018 Rebecca Ayers

Alain Glanzman found that whenever he lost a credit card, not only did he have to deal with the normal logistical issues of having it replaced, but he also had […]

Innovate Durham Wraps Up 12-Week Embedding With Demo Day

December 5, 2018 Pete McEntegart

This fall, Dr. Allison Mathews met a young woman who had fallen in love. But there was a complication: her partner was HIV-positive and didn’t have access to medication. Mathews […]

Bright Wolf Brings Teeth to Industrial IoT Solutions

December 4, 2018 Pete McEntegart

Bright Wolf, which bills itself as an “industrial connected product solutions” company, happens to have its headquarters in the same building in downtown Durham as GrepBeat, the old SouthBank location. […]

Teamworks HQ: Where The Walls Actually Talk

December 4, 2018 Pete McEntegart

The sports memorabilia collection that covers seemingly every wall, countertop, and exposed surface area at Teamworks’ Durham headquarters started innocently enough. A few years back, CEO Zach Maurides asked for […]

Machine Learning Symposium Aims To Put Buzzwords Into Action

December 3, 2018 Rebecca Ayers

Machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) weren’t always the hot buzzwords they’re known as today. But over the past decade, business leaders and entrepreneurs have come to realize the […]