April 2024 – GrepBeat

Looking To Design Your Dream House? Holly Springs’ Anewgo Can Help

April 30, 2024 Tori Newby

Buyers of newly constructed homes may have all sorts of preferences: a pool, a screened-in porch, granite countertops or eggshell-colored walls. However, a home that fits all of the requirements […]

Chapel Hill’s RxLink Reduces Patient Sticker Shock For Prescription Drugs

April 30, 2024 Tori Newby

J.B. Powell had focused his career on patient engagement and education in the healthcare industry, and he noticed that the top problem patients encountered when accessing medications was affordability. He […]

Grep-a-palooza 3 Agenda

April 30, 2024 Pete McEntegart

Grep-a-palooza returns for its third year on Tuesday, June 4, at the Durham Convention Center. The full-day conference will focus on early-stage tech startups in the Triangle. We couldn’t put […]

Friday Nooner: Dr. Jared Pelo On How To Make ‘Bionic’ Men And Women

April 26, 2024 Pete McEntegart

Pete’s on vacation in Myrtle Beach this week, but that doesn’t mean he couldn’t join the GrepBeat Godfather for this regularly scheduled episode of The Friday Nooner, sponsored by Whitley […]

Phaxtec Taking Big Swing By Making Biodegradable Plastic Substitute

April 25, 2024 Cooper Metts

From drinking beer alone, people on average consume 10 microplastic particles a week, according to a World Wildlife Fund and University of Newcastle study. The study further shows that the […]

In The Soup: How To Manage Mental Health As A Founder

April 24, 2024 Kaitlyn Dang

To wrap up Stress Awareness Month, hosts Jenn Summe of Primordial and Melissa Crosby are back with another In The Soup episode to talk about how to manage your mental […]

Ex-Corning Team With Decades Of Experiences Launch AI/ML Startup

April 23, 2024 Cooper Metts

Bruce Lee’s quote, “Be formless, shapeless, like water,” inspired Robert Fu two years ago when naming his startup. ZW LLC—Fu’s B2B SaaS startup based in Chapel Hill—stands for “zen water,” […]

The Download: Chris Stoecker, Managing Director, Silicon Valley Bank

April 23, 2024 Brooks Malone

Chris Stoecker is a managing director with Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). In his current role, he focuses on relationship management with early- and growth-stage companies throughout North Carolina, South Carolina, […]

Friday Nooner: Look No Further, It’s Givebacks CEO Will Bowen

April 19, 2024 Pete McEntegart

Grammar nerds will especially enjoy this week’s episode of The Friday Nooner—sponsored by Whitley Recruiting—with its discussion of the difference between farther/further. (Pro tip: Think of the “far” in “farther” […]

Upswing Offers Virtual Assistance For Nontraditional College Students

April 18, 2024 Tori Newby

Melvin Hines was one of only 68 people in his high school class of 250 to graduate. In Hines’ hometown in rural southern Georgia, not many students went to college, […]