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How Chapel Hill’s Complete Breakfast Drives e-Commerce Growth

January 13, 2026 Michael Melton
 In 2018, Andy Ives and Cayley Pater launched Made Trade, an online marketplace for sustainable goods. Ives was an advertising specialist, while Pater had spent her career in both market […]
Monday Mix

Monday Mix: NC IDEA Grant Info Sessions, a Venture Strategy Panel, GRO Deadline, and More!

January 12, 2026 Katelyn Crespo
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 […]
Friday Fix

Friday Fix: A Scale Social Catch-Up, STEMZ, and In The Soup’s Winter Season

January 9, 2026 Katelyn Crespo
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 Friday […]
Triangle

Scale Social’s Runbin Dong on Engagement-Driven Marketing, Crossing $1M ARR, and Hikes Without Headphones

January 8, 2026 David Schwartz
GrepBeat last wrote about Scale Social in late summer of 2024. Scale Social is a Triangle-based startup helping businesses turn authentic customer engagement into marketing material. For this piece, we […]
In The Soup

In The Soup: Back to Basics! Getting Started on Your Founder Journey

January 7, 2026 Katelyn Crespo
Happy In The Soup 🍲 Wednesday! Hosts Jenn Summe and Melissa Crosby are back for the first episode of 2026 and our winter season! We are so excited to bring you a […]
Elsewhere

Winston-Salem’s STEMZ Builds Tech-Enabled Flower Markets

January 6, 2026 Michael Melton
In 2018, having spent her career in floral design, Amy Dunlap was ready for a change. She began considering a move into flower farming but quickly realized there was no […]
Monday Mix

Monday Mix: One Million Cups, Spring Grant Cycles, and More!

January 5, 2026 Katelyn Crespo
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 […]
Friday Fix

Friday Fix: New Years Traditions with GrepBeat

January 2, 2026 Katelyn Crespo
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 Friday […]
Housekeeping

GrepBeat’s 2025 In Review

January 1, 2026 David Schwartz
Happy 2026, everybody. By now, if you’re a diligent GrepBeat reader, you’ve seen a few of our looks back at what we can now call “last year” (2025). We posted […]

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