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The Week in 90 Seconds — June 16, 2023

June 16, 2023 Jackie Sizing
You’re busy. No, seriously, you are so busy. That’s why every week we put together a 90-ish second video to keep you up to date with what happened this week […]
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Bid The Beat Aims to Make Concert Tickets Cheaper, More Accessible

June 13, 2023 Lauren Zola
A self-proclaimed “concert junkie” named Alex Lepp founded her startup Bid the Beat, which connects fans with artists and venues. Bid the Beat is a Holly Springs-based concert bidding platform. […]
The Download

The Download: Alex Lassiter, Founder & CEO, GreenPlaces

June 13, 2023 Brooks Malone
Alex Lassiter is the Founder and CEO of Raleigh-based GreenPlaces, a platform to make achieving sustainability easy for all businesses. Prior to GreenPlaces, Alex co-founded Gather, an enterprise software startup […]
Triangle

Written Word Media Partners With UK-Based Hello Books, Including Equity Stake

June 13, 2023 Lauren Zola
Durham-based Written Word Media, a marketing platform for authors and publishers, has announced a strategic partnership with the UK-based publishing platform Hello Books that includes Written Word Media taking a […]
The Friday Nooner

Friday Nooner: DeShawn Brown Takes Show Into Summer Hiatus On High Note

June 9, 2023 Pete McEntegart
GrepBeat welcomed DeShawn Brown, the Founder and CEO of Raleigh-based Coworks, as the final Friday Nooner guest before heading on a well-deserved (says us) summer hiatus. DeShawn recounted some “glory […]
Triangle

MICRO Grant Recipient Algorhythmic Labs Offers New Way To Teach Kids Music

June 8, 2023 Lauren Zola
An experienced public school music teacher and self-taught coder has built Hillsborough-based Algorhythmic Labs to use AI to allow students to learn music on a computer in a gamified way.  […]
Triangle

Ecommerce Startup Led By Actor-Turned-Entrepreneur Opens Triangle Office

June 6, 2023 Lauren Zola
Triangle native Cooper Harris was buying shoes on her phone when she got the inspiration for her startup, Klickly. Frustrated by the hassle of other ecommerce sites, which she said […]
Triangle

OpenPlains’ Platform Aims To Prevent Flooding From Wrecking Communities

June 6, 2023 Lauren Zola
A new environmentally savvy startup, Durham-based OpenPlains, aims to help save buildings and homes from being destroyed due to flooding. Although it’s a part of nature, you don’t want flooding […]
The Friday Nooner

Friday Nooner: Grep-a-palooza 2 Recap With Spiffy’s Scot Wingo

June 2, 2023 Pete McEntegart
Fresh off yesterday’s day-long Grep-a-palooza extravaganza, a bleary-eyed GrepBeat team—minus the GrepBeat Godfather, who was off at his college reunion—got their game faces on for this week’s edition of the […]
TW90

The Week in 90 Seconds — June 2, 2023

June 2, 2023 Jackie Sizing
You’re busy. No, seriously, you are so busy. That’s why every week we put together a 90-ish second video to keep you up to date with what happened this week […]

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