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About David Schwartz
David is the Managing Editor at GrepBeat covering Triangle tech startups and entrepreneurs. Before pivoting to journalism, he worked for a London-based digital agency, where he wrote roughly one quarter of the content you see on the internet. Outside of work, David enjoys sports and movies a little too much.
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Book Club #2: “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” by Gabrielle Zevin

October 28, 2024 David Schwartz
Last Friday (October 25th), the GrepBeat Book Club reunited for a second in-person meeting. We loved seeing some of you return after our first meeting and were excited to welcome […]
The Friday Nooner

Friday Nooner: Heather McWhorter Joins Us To Talk About UNCW’s CIE (and Perms)

October 25, 2024 David Schwartz
On today’s edition of the Friday Nooner, GrepBeat Godfather Joe Colopy and Co-Host Extraordinaire Melissa Crosby started off with a bit of conversation about the goings-on at HQ. Specifically, this […]
The Friday Nooner

Friday Nooner: CED’s Jay Bigelow Joins Us Fresh Off Their 40th Birthday Bash

October 18, 2024 David Schwartz
On today’s Friday Nooner, GrepBeat Godfather Joe Colopy and his co-host Melissa Crosby (who was good enough to beam in remotely despite being on the tail end of a bout […]
The Friday Nooner

Friday Nooner: Wilmington Entrepreneur David Reeser On All Things OpiAID

October 11, 2024 David Schwartz
On today’s Friday Nooner, GrepBeat Godfather Joe Colopy and his sidekick Melissa Crosby recapped the GrepBeat and Primordial teams’ Thursday excursion to Wilmington. The teams headed down to The Wine […]
The Friday Nooner

Friday Nooner: Lab Logs’ Daniel Summers Talks Wilmington, Free Diving, and Astrophotography

October 4, 2024 David Schwartz
For today’s episode of the Friday Nooner, GrepBeat Godfather Joe Colopy and co-hosting maestra Melissa Colopy started off with some talk about storm-ravaged Western North Carolina, and some of the […]
Elsewhere

Friday Nooner: David Cummings Shares His Vision For Atlanta

September 27, 2024 David Schwartz
On today’s Friday Nooner, GrepBeat Godfather Joe Colopy and “Survivor” Melissa Crosby opened with a few words about Hurricane Helene and the storms pelting the Southeast (and the very nice […]
Triangle

Business of Software (BoS) Conference Wraps Up A Second Year In Raleigh

September 26, 2024 David Schwartz
This week, the Business of Software (BoS) Conference convened at Raleigh’s Martin Marietta Center for the second year running. Previously based in Boston, the event relocated to Raleigh on the […]
The Friday Nooner

Friday Nooner: Mark Littlewood On All Things Business of Software

September 20, 2024 David Schwartz
On today’s Friday Nooner, hosts Joe Colopy (aka the GrepBeat Godfather) and Melissa Crosby opened things up with some discussion about a few miscellaneous goings-on around the Triangle. These included […]
Triangle

GrepBeat’s 2024 Startups To Watch: Meet This Year’s Honorees

September 20, 2024 David Schwartz
On Thursday night, GrepBeat hosted its fourth annual “Startups To Watch” event, showcasing and honoring some of the most promising early-stage startups from around the Triangle. We welcomed a crowd […]
Triangle

Raleigh’s Scale Social Turns Customer Experience Into Influencer Marketing

September 17, 2024 David Schwartz
Runbin Dong was helping his mother run a dumpling shop when he experienced first-hand how inaccessible social media marketing could be for a small business. The dumplings were no issue; […]

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