March 2025 – GrepBeat

Monday Mix: A Shorter Week of Events Tucked In Between Two Busy Weeks

March 31, 2025 Kaitlyn Dang

Start your week off right by tuning into your curated Monday Mix: a look at the week ahead in GrepBeat and the North Carolina tech communities. This show is a part […]

Venture Connect 2025 — Highlights, Takeaways, And Photos

March 28, 2025 David Schwartz

The Center for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) held its annual Venture Connect summit this week in Downtown Raleigh. After occupying the Citrix Building in 2024, the conference moved to the Martin […]

Friday Fix: Live (On Thursday) From Venture Connect!

March 28, 2025 David Schwartz

We cover as much startup- and tech-related content as we can here at GrepBeat.com—but we know you can’t always catch it all in the course of your week. On the […]

GrepBeat Gets Happy For Several Hours At Venture Connect Founder Mixer

March 27, 2025 Kaitlyn Dang

GrepBeat capped off the first day of the Center for Entrepreneurial Development’s Venture Connect Summit with a packed-to-the-gills Founders Happy Hour last night at Flying Saucer Draught Emporium in Raleigh. […]

Wilmington’s Roshi Pairs College Students With Parents Seeking Instructors For Kids

March 26, 2025 David Schwartz

Following his senior year at UNC-Wilmington, Nico Mancuso opted to stay for the summer and wrap up a second degree (finance, following a first in economics) in the fall. He […]

In The Soup – Reheated: Prepping For Conference Season (Part Two)

March 26, 2025 Kaitlyn Dang

Conference season is now in session! And what better way to prepare for the next few weeks of networking and pitching than with a few reheated episodes of In The […]

Monday Mix: Venture Into Honest Talks, Connect Over Ideas, and Get Applying

March 24, 2025 Kaitlyn Dang

Start your Monday and conference season off right by tuning into your curated Monday Mix: a look at the week ahead in GrepBeat and the North Carolina tech communities. This show […]

Friday Fix: Startup Features, Conference Prep, And The Return Of GrepTank

March 21, 2025 David Schwartz

We cover as much startup- and tech-related content as we can here at GrepBeat.com—but we know you can’t always catch it all in the course of your week. On the […]

Raleigh’s CheQRboard Helps Zoos, Parks, & More Enhance Guest Experiences

March 20, 2025 Maddie Policastro

During his senior year at North Carolina State University, Brandon Kashani—a chemical engineering major—decided to take an entrepreneurship course. It was then that his startup, CheQRboard, began to take shape. […]

A Handy Cheat Sheet To The Startups Presenting At Venture Connect 2025

March 19, 2025 David Schwartz

CED’s Venture Connect 2025 is nearly upon us—and if you’re looking to do some final prep for the conference, we’re here to help. Following a kickoff party in the evening […]