Articles by Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

About Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

As a reporter at GrepBeat, Marco writes about startups and innovation and enjoys writing about entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds. He is a junior studying business journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Reach him at marco@grepbeat.com or on twitter @marcoquiroz10.

The Startup Factory May Be Gone, But Its Impact Continues

April 25, 2019 Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Almost three years after the Durham-based accelerator The Startup Factory shut down, at least half of the 35 companies it invested $6.64 million in are still operating. Based on a […]

Provident 1898 Co-working Builds On History Of Black Wall Street (PHOTOS)

April 23, 2019 Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Slideshow: In a region dominated by long-established co-working spaces such as Durham’s American Underground and HQ Raleigh and now the appearance of local offshoots of global giants like WeWork, newcomer […]

Green Stream Technologies Wins RIoT’s Second Accelerator Pitch Contest

April 11, 2019 Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Instead of its usual crowd of curious children, on Wednesday night Raleigh’s Marbles Kids Museum was filled with investors and entrepreneurs gathering for RIoT’s Pitch Night, the second that followed […]

Unbound Brings Coworking Back To Its Scrappy, Non-Corporate Roots

April 9, 2019 Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

As an increasing amount of large corporations move in to coworking spaces in cities across the country, some remote workers are looking for a freelancer-only space where they can thrive. […]

Never Miss A Word: EX-IQ’s NoteCast Lets You Save Podcast Snippets

April 2, 2019 Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Although he faced plenty of challenges during his 21 years in the military, when Chris Donohoe, the CEO of Raleigh’s EX-IQ, left the Army and went back to school for […]

Optimal Solar Headed To Hollywood For Backstage Capital Accelerator

March 26, 2019 Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Durham-based Optimal Solar starts a three-month journey today as one of six members of Backstage Capital’s accelerator in Los Angeles. The solar energy company is developing the energy efficient VIA […]

Squeedeal’s Sweepstakes With A Purpose Help Local Non-Profits

March 26, 2019 Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

When he founded the sweepstakes company Squeedeal, CEO and Founder Dolev Zaharony didn’t completely understand what he was getting into. But what he did know is that he wanted to […]

Code The Dream Is Diversifying Tech With A Focus On Giving Back

March 5, 2019 Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Sitting in a classroom in the basement of American Underground’s American Tobacco campus, eight of Code the Dream’s young programmers waited to present their apps to an eager audience last […]

Allstacks Helps Identify Development Bottlenecks Before They Snowball

February 21, 2019 Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Coming off of a $1.3M funding round in 2018, the Raleigh-based software company Allstacks is looking to make an impact at the CED Tech Conference next Monday and Tuesday (Feb […]

BruVue Brings Transparency To Tracking Beer Inventory

February 21, 2019 Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

With its easy-to-install sensors and intuitive beer metrics platform, the Raleigh-based beer data company, BruVue, is not just saving bar owners money but also the pain of measuring beer level […]