2022 – Page 3 – GrepBeat

Carrboro’s Silverquicken Brings The Magic To Middle School Education

November 8, 2022 Suzannah Claire Perry

In the early days of the pandemic, many parents shared a puzzling feeling. Stuck with kids at home in quarantine, they couldn’t stand to hear another episode of Gravity Falls, […]

Exit Stories: Ascend’s Christine Nicodemus On The Pandemic’s Silver Lining

November 8, 2022 Suzannah Claire Perry

This week’s guest on Exit Stories—hosted by Jurassic Capital’s Kevin Mosley—is Christine Nicodemus, the co-founder of Charlotte-based edtech startup Ascend Goals. Nicodemus, a graduate of Wake Forest University, co-founded Ascend […]

Friday Nooner: Security Journey’s Chris Romeo Traces Path To Successful Exit

November 4, 2022 Suzannah Claire Perry

On this week’s episode of the Friday Nooner the team again talked ForeverGrep, GrepBeat’s cool new swag store, as Joe reveals his new “Pete” shirt. Real estate was a re-occurring […]

Durham Newcomer Qodeo Is A ‘Dating App’ Matching Entrepreneurs To Investors

November 3, 2022 Suzannah Claire Perry

If you have ever been on either side of an investment, you know firsthand how hard it is to find the right partner. Durham newcomer Qodeo is helping investors and […]

The Download: Melissa Phillippi, Co-Founder & CEO, WorkDove

November 1, 2022 Brooks Malone

Melissa Phillippi is Co-Founder and CEO of WorkDove. Helping people be great and the organizations they support thrive is what motivates and inspires Melissa on a daily basis. It’s also […]

Exit Stories: Karly Pavlinac On WAAM And The Cake Resume Heard Round The World

November 1, 2022 Suzannah Claire Perry

On this week’s episode of Exit Stories, host Kevin Mosely interviews WAAM founder and NC State grad Karly Pavlinac. Sleeping behind her parents’ couch to make ends meet, Pavlinac founded […]

The Friday Nooner: David Gardner Talks VC Investing, Move To Durham

October 28, 2022 Suzannah Claire Perry

This week, the GrepBeat team was joined by David Gardner, general partner at Cary’s Cofounders Capital, a founder or co-founder of lucky-number-seven successful startups and an angel investor in Cary’s […]

Let There Be Light! Durham’s Solar Unsoiled Makes Solar Energy Cleaner

October 27, 2022 Suzannah Claire Perry

Led by Duke Environmental Engineering PhD grad Michael Valerino, Durham-based Solar Unsoiled is building a brighter future for solar energy by optimizing an oft-neglected but nonetheless important process: cleaning solar […]

Exit Stories: Ryan O’Donnell On How EmployUS Survived Covid Hiring Freezes

October 25, 2022 Suzannah Claire Perry

This week’s Exit Stories features guest Ryan O’Donnell—NC State grad, EmployUS co-founder and World Record Holder. The latter was for collecting a record 559,885 pounds of food in 18 hours […]

Brit Import mpro5 Finds Triangle Home For Its Workflow Management Software

October 25, 2022 Suzannah Claire Perry

From Kent in the U.K. to Raleigh, workflow management software mpro5 is expanding from Europe to North America with a Triangle-based executive team. Mark Self, a Raleigh-based entrepreneur who has […]