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Book Club

Book Club Review: “Microserfs” by Douglas Coupland

October 13, 2025 David Schwartz
Last Friday (October 10th), the GrepBeat Book Club got together for an eighth meetup, keeping up with our new every-second-Friday-of-every-second-month schedule (a classic scheduling format). We had a lighter-than-usual turnout, possibly because […]
Wilmington

GrepBeat Goes To The Beach For A Happy Hour In Wilmington

October 10, 2025 David Schwartz
On Thursday afternoon, Team GrepBeat (and sister Team Primordial) cruised coastward for a fall happy hour in Wilmington. We set up shop at Wilmington Brewing Company (where the in-house pumpkin […]
Triangle

Business of Software (BoS) Conference’s Third Year In Raleigh

October 9, 2025 David Schwartz
This week, the Business of Software (BoS) Conference descended on Raleigh for the third year running. Having taken place the last two years at the Martin Marietta Center in Downtown […]
Triangle

Business of Software Returns To Raleigh Next Week

September 30, 2025 David Schwartz
Last year, as the Business of Software Conference wrapped up its second year in Raleigh, CEO Mark Littlewood sung the praises of the “lots of people who are building here.” […]
Book Club

Photos From The “Bootstrapping Bronto” Launch Event At GrepBeat HQ

September 24, 2025 David Schwartz
On Tuesday evening, Joe Colopy (aka the GrepBeat Godfather) hosted friends, family, coworkers, and others from around the community to celebrate the launch of his new book, “Bootstrapping Bronto: The […]
Triangle

GrepBeat’s 2025 Startups To Watch: Meet This Year’s Honorees

September 19, 2025 David Schwartz
On Thursday night, GrepBeat hosted its fifth annual “Startups To Watch” event, showcasing and honoring some of the most promising early-stage startups from around—for the first time—the entire state of […]
Triangle

Ultisim Co-Founder and Chairman Richard Boyd Talks Digital Twins, Pythagoras, and Making Grappa

September 18, 2025 David Schwartz
GrepBeat last wrote about Ultisim in the fall of 2022. Ultisim is a Chapel Hill-based startup leveraging a team of experts in AI and simulation to create digital twins and learning simulations […]
Triangle

GrepBeat Is Now Officially A Nonprofit

September 11, 2025 David Schwartz
Today we are excited to announce to the public, and our beloved readership, that on September 3rd, GrepBeat officially became a nonprofit entity. This company got started just over seven […]
Wilmington

NEW’s Second Annual #910 Day Packs Ironclad Brewing In Wilmington

September 11, 2025 David Schwartz
On Wednesday evening, Jim Roberts and the Network for Entrepreneurs in Wilmington (aka NEW) hosted folks from around the Wilmington and broader North Carolina entrepreneurial ecosystem for the second annual […]
Triangle

Student Entrepreneurs Gather At RTP For GrepBeat’s Inaugural “College Night”

September 10, 2025 David Schwartz
On Tuesday night, with support from NC IDEA Engage, the GrepBeat team had the privilege of hosting students interested in entrepreneurship for our inaugural “College Night.” The event took place […]

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