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Month: April 2021

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Couplet Care Addresses Health Equity By Designing Bassinet For New Mothers

April 15, 2021 Suzanne Blake
The current bassinets in use at hospitals are used by new mothers, so why aren’t they designed for them? This was a question a UNC Chapel Hill researcher asked herself, […]
Triangle

Shipmint Helps Ecommerce Companies Better Understand Their Shipping Costs

April 15, 2021 Audrey Selley
“Everyone loves doing taxes”—would be a false statement. Doing taxes all by yourself is laborious, which is why so many people prefer letting companies like TurboTax do it for them. […]
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Vote For The Inaugural Greppy Awards! Here’s All The Info You’ll Need

April 13, 2021 Audrey Selley
[Editor’s Note: If you’re cool with SPOILERS, here’s a recap of all the winners of the inaugural awards.] GrepBeat is proud to announce the inaugural Greppy Awards, aka The Greppys, […]
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The Friday Nooner: “Pete” NFT And Greppys Nominees; Guest Jesse Midgett

April 9, 2021 Audrey Selley
In today’s episode of The Friday Nooner, Joe returns from his week-long, internet-less family vacation to join Pete in discussing the bidding winner of GrepBeat’s “Pete” NFT and nominees for […]
Triangle

Protect3d Co-Founders Tackle The Problem Of Protecting Sports Injuries

April 8, 2021 Suzanne Blake
As former Duke football players, the co-founders of Protect3d—Kevin Gehsmann, Clark Bulleit and Tim Skapek—started their company after discovering the incredible benefits of 3D-printed custom protective devices for their teammates. […]
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GrepBeat Auctions Off “Pete” NFT To Benefit The NC Museum of Art

April 6, 2021 Suzanne Blake
Picture this: you forever have sole digital ownership of “Pete,” a technology-infused piece of art depicting GrepBeat’s very own Managing Editor Pete McEntegart.  “The Pete,” up for auction on OpenSea, […]
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The Friday Nooner: March Mugness Winner Revealed, Guest Vickie Gibbs

April 2, 2021 Audrey Selley
With GrepBeat Godfather Joe Colopy on a well-deserved vacation, Kevin Mosley— Joe’s partner at Jurassic Capital and the host of GrepBeat’s Exit Stories—joined Pete as co-host. Watch the full episode […]
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Durham’s Cocoa Cinnamon Cuts Down Nets In Inaugural March Mugness

April 2, 2021 Pete McEntegart
How sweet it is! Durham’s Cocoa Cinnamon defeated fellow Bull City coffee shop Guglhupf in the Coffee Championship to win the inaugural March Mugness tournament, sponsored by Fourscore Business Law. […]
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Sageworks Founder Stars In ABC Show Helping Ex-Inmates Launch Businesses

April 1, 2021 Suzanne Blake
When Brian Hamilton was around 8 years old, he became an entrepreneur without even realizing it. Growing up in Milford, Conn., Hamilton began cutting lawns and shoveling snow from driveways. […]
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Durham’s Snthesis Smooths The Path Between Data Collection And Analysis

April 1, 2021 Audrey Selley
Being organized is important. For a scientist running experiments in a lab, keeping track of the 100,000 samples that can be done per day is a headache. And worse, spending […]

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