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Lauren is a reporter and summer intern at GrepBeat. She is currently enrolled at UNC-Chapel Hill and will start her junior year in the fall. She has written for The Daily Tar Heel and loves to play tennis.
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Raleigh’s Cadence Cash Announces New Product And Executive On Juneteenth

June 19, 2023 Lauren Zola
Cadence Cash is a Raleigh-based fintech platform founded in January of this year that helps small businesses—especially those owned by minorities and women—access capital quickly. Business owners can get access […]
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Bid The Beat Aims to Make Concert Tickets Cheaper, More Accessible

June 13, 2023 Lauren Zola
A self-proclaimed “concert junkie” named Alex Lepp founded her startup Bid the Beat, which connects fans with artists and venues. Bid the Beat is a Holly Springs-based concert bidding platform. […]
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Written Word Media Partners With UK-Based Hello Books, Including Equity Stake

June 13, 2023 Lauren Zola
Durham-based Written Word Media, a marketing platform for authors and publishers, has announced a strategic partnership with the UK-based publishing platform Hello Books that includes Written Word Media taking a […]
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MICRO Grant Recipient Algorhythmic Labs Offers New Way To Teach Kids Music

June 8, 2023 Lauren Zola
An experienced public school music teacher and self-taught coder has built Hillsborough-based Algorhythmic Labs to use AI to allow students to learn music on a computer in a gamified way.  […]
Triangle

Ecommerce Startup Led By Actor-Turned-Entrepreneur Opens Triangle Office

June 6, 2023 Lauren Zola
Triangle native Cooper Harris was buying shoes on her phone when she got the inspiration for her startup, Klickly. Frustrated by the hassle of other ecommerce sites, which she said […]
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OpenPlains’ Platform Aims To Prevent Flooding From Wrecking Communities

June 6, 2023 Lauren Zola
A new environmentally savvy startup, Durham-based OpenPlains, aims to help save buildings and homes from being destroyed due to flooding. Although it’s a part of nature, you don’t want flooding […]

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