Articles by Pete McEntegart

About Pete McEntegart

I've worn many hats, but my current chapeau* is as Managing Editor of GrepBeat, which covers the Raleigh-Durham tech scene, especially tech startups. Sign up for our Tuesday-Thursday email newsletter at grepbeat.com. Hope to see you around the Triangle! (*chapeau is French for "pretentious")

Friday Nooner: Some Fun Facts About Opine CEO Akash Ganapathi

May 17, 2024 Pete McEntegart

We learned several things about today’s Friday Nooner guest, Akash Ganapathi, the Co-Founder and CEO of Durham-based Opine. (We first profiled the startup in February and they’re in the portfolio […]

Friday Nooner: The Chickens Come Home To Roost With Element451’s Ardis Kadiu

May 3, 2024 Pete McEntegart

It was a big episode of The Friday Nooner sponsored by Whitley Recruiting for those who had “Joe talking about his chickens” on your Friday Nooner bingo card. Surprisingly, the […]

Grep-a-palooza 3 Agenda

April 30, 2024 Pete McEntegart

Grep-a-palooza returns for its third year on Tuesday, June 4, at the Durham Convention Center. The full-day conference will focus on early-stage tech startups in the Triangle. We couldn’t put […]

Friday Nooner: Dr. Jared Pelo On How To Make ‘Bionic’ Men And Women

April 26, 2024 Pete McEntegart

Pete’s on vacation in Myrtle Beach this week, but that doesn’t mean he couldn’t join the GrepBeat Godfather for this regularly scheduled episode of The Friday Nooner, sponsored by Whitley […]

Friday Nooner: Look No Further, It’s Givebacks CEO Will Bowen

April 19, 2024 Pete McEntegart

Grammar nerds will especially enjoy this week’s episode of The Friday Nooner—sponsored by Whitley Recruiting—with its discussion of the difference between farther/further. (Pro tip: Think of the “far” in “farther” […]

Friday Nooner: What’s In A Name With IDEA Fund’s Zakiya Alta Lee-Hill

April 12, 2024 Pete McEntegart

It’s been a long and busy week in the Triangle tech startup ecosystem that we capped—as usual—with an episode of The Friday Nooner sponsored by Whitley Recruiting. This week’s third […]

Friday Nooner: Archie O’Connor Talks Raleigh-Durham Startup Week

April 5, 2024 Pete McEntegart

This week’s Friday Nooner—sponsored by Whitley Recruiting—provided a look into the near future, at least once the GrepBeat Godfather finished talking about his chickens. (A new chick was allegedly eaten […]

Friday Nooner: Startup School In Session With DiffyQ’s Susan Mahlburg

March 29, 2024 Pete McEntegart

Welcome to the Good Friday edition of the Friday Nooner—though in truth, any Friday with a new Nooner episode is a good one. This week, Primordial’s Jenn Summe sat in […]

Friday Nooner: MuukTest’s Ivan Barajas Vargas Helps Us Recap Venture Connect

March 22, 2024 Pete McEntegart

With this past week’s Venture Connect 2024 now in the books, it’s no surprise that we discussed it plenty on this episode of The Friday Nooner sponsored by Whitley Recruiting. […]

A Handy Cheat Sheet To The Startups Presenting At Venture Connect 2024

March 19, 2024 Pete McEntegart

If you’re prepping for the best that the Triangle tech startup ecosystem is bringing to the Venture Connect summit, you’ve come to the right place. More than 120 startups will […]