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: The Pipes, The Pipes Are Calling From MyMatR’s John Starke

March 15, 2024 Pete McEntegart

In a Friday Nooner first, this week’s episode featured a live concert. Sort of. MyMatR Founder and CEO John Starke (briefly) played the bagpipes, which he does as part of […]

Friday Nooner: Nate Brascomb On How BCombs’ CRM Helps Nonprofits

March 8, 2024 Pete McEntegart

Warning: Alexa owners might want to be careful watching this week’s episode, especially around 13-15 minutes into the show, when GrepBeat Godfather Joe Colopy may or may not instruct your […]

Friday Nooner: New Sponsor Lee Whitley Talks Talent Recruiting For Startups

March 1, 2024 Pete McEntegart

It’s been a busy 24 hours at GrepBeat, what with putting tickets on sale Thursday for June 4’s Grep-a-palooza 3—score those Very Early Bird rates here—and hosting our first GrepBeat […]

Making The Most Of Leap Day With GrepBeat’s First Happy Hour Of 2024

March 1, 2024 Pete McEntegart

GrepBeat hosted its first Happy Hour of 2024 last night—which was Leap Day—at Bull McCabe’s in downtown Durham. The first round of drinks was courtesy of our great sponsor, the […]

Friday Nooner: Andrea Inokon On Cadence Cash Being A Family Affair

February 23, 2024 Pete McEntegart

After talking Nvidia’s rocket-ship rise, Techstars changes and the newly redesigned Toyota Prius that the GrepBeat Godfather drove to the office today, Joe and Pete welcomed this week’s guest. She […]

Friday Nooner: Peoplelogic’s Matt Schmidt On Using AI To Help Companies Scale

February 16, 2024 Pete McEntegart

The GrepBeat Godfather is out of town this week, but he still dropped in from the mountains of Medellín, Colombia, to join Pete and guest co-host Melissa Crosby for a […]

Friday Nooner: CliniSpan Health’s Dezbee McDaniel On Racial Health Disparities

February 9, 2024 Pete McEntegart

This week’s episode had something for everyone. For viewers who tune in for the greatest hits, the GrepBeat Godfather brought up his Vespa unsolicited less than 10 seconds into him […]

Friday Nooner: Guest Scott Brennen From UNC’s Center On Technology Policy

February 2, 2024 Pete McEntegart

Pete and Joe today welcome guest Scott Babweh Brennen, the Head of Online Expression at the UNC-based Center on Technology Policy. It was an especially fitting time to discuss potential […]

Friday Nooner: Arpio’s Doug Neumann Helps AWS Users Keep Their Data Safe

January 26, 2024 Pete McEntegart

Jackie is gone, but the Friday Nooner goes on. Pete and Joe did their best to run things on their own, and fortunately Jackie made a live guest appearance in […]

Friday Nooner: We Say Good-Bye To Jackie, Hello To CareYaya’s Neal Shah

January 19, 2024 Pete McEntegart

Today’s episode was bittersweet because we said goodbye to Jackie Sizing, aka “Jackie from GrepBeat,” on her last day at GrepBeat. Though we still hope to see her around the […]