Kaitlyn Dang

GrepBeat Teams With Raleigh-Durham Startup Week For Extra-Happy Hour

April 10, 2024 Kaitlyn Dang

GrepBeat capped the first day of Raleigh-Durham Startup Week (RDSW) on Tuesday with a packed-to-the-gills Happy Hour. The capacity crowd was treated to their first drink free thanks to our […]

In The Soup: How To Manage Both Businesses And Babies

April 10, 2024 Kaitlyn Dang

Since April is Stress Awareness Month, In The Soup hosts Jenn Summe from Primordial and Melissa Crosby (Colopy Ventures) chat with founders about how they manage their stress while managing […]

Durham-based nvend Wants To Reduce The Wasting Of… Waste

April 4, 2024 Kaitlyn Dang

Led by Founder Andrew Joiner and other experts in public policy and in energy markets, Durham-based startup nvend is striving to help bioeconomy companies aggregate data and information faster to […]

In The Soup: Lessons Learned From Working With VCs

April 3, 2024 Kaitlyn Dang

Happy Wednesday and happy In The Soup day! Taking investment from VCs or PEs can be a tricky process, especially when you don’t know what to look out for. That’s […]

In The Soup: Being A Female Founder In Male-Dominated Spaces

March 27, 2024 Kaitlyn Dang

We are back with another episode of In The Soup! Since it’s the last week of March, hosts Jenn Summe of Primordial and Melissa Crosby wanted this episode to go […]

In The Soup: How To Network Effectively

March 13, 2024 Kaitlyn Dang

Conference season is revving up in the Triangle, with CED’s Venture Connect starting next Wednesday. In The Soup will be taking a one-week break to celebrate the summit, but don’t […]

CED’s Venture Connect Summit Returns With New Location, Fun New Elements

March 12, 2024 Kaitlyn Dang

Show us an early-stage startup founder, and we’ll show you someone who’d probably like to connect with potential investors. For decades in the Triangle, one of the very best times […]

RTP-based Spiffy Gets Even Shinier With Acquisition Of Texas-Based NuVinAir

March 7, 2024 Kaitlyn Dang

Since its formation 10 years ago, RTP-based Spiffy has grown into its position as the leading mobile automotive maintenance and detailing company. Having performed over two million services and counting […]

In The Soup: The Importance Of Advisory Boards When Raising Seed Rounds

March 6, 2024 Kaitlyn Dang

Happy March and happy In The Soup Wednesday! In today’s episode, hosts Jenn Summe and Melissa Crosby are continuing their conference season theme by talking with investors on the importance […]

Face First: How A Duke MBA Student Is Disrupting Identity Verification

March 5, 2024 Kaitlyn Dang

In September of 2023, a data breach bedeviled MGM Resorts, one of the largest international hospitality and entertainment companies, resulting in the exposure of thousands of customers’ personal data. The […]