The Friday Nooner returned today after a one-week break for Thanksgiving. GrepBeat Godfather Joe Colopy was joined by co-hosts Melissa Crosby and Kaitlyn Dang and the trio discussed Christmas decoration timing. More specifically, Joe revealed that his distaste for pre-Thanksgiving Christmas trees is… um… fiercer than we realized.
Yours truly checked in with the weekly update on GrepBeat.com, where this week we had a fresh edition of the Monday Mix, a thorough recap of the winners at the NC Tech Awards, and a fresh startup feature on Charlotte-based Abra (now part of the Primordial portfolio). We also announced our new “Rising Stars” event and the corresponding page at GrepBeat.com (which you should all check out).
The main event was an interview with Victoria Fritz, who beamed in from D.C. Victoria is the Founder and CEO of Chapel Hill-based Baby Bumps—a startup that connects couples with surrogates (sort of like “Hinge for surrogacy,” as she once framed it for us). She filled us in on her personal journey, the need for Baby Bumps, and how the service is helping couples—with a brief foray into Friends talk in the middle.
Watch the full episode on LinkedIn here or on Facebook here.
