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: Nimble Energy’s Jeff Soplop Talks Clean Energy And Surfing

January 12, 2024 Pete McEntegart

On this week’s episode we learned that all Nimble Energy Founder/CEO Jeff Soplop needs is some tasty waves, a cool buzz and an insider’s knowledge of the energy market, and […]

Friday Nooner: SchedulePop’s Overnight Success A Decade-Plus In The Making

January 5, 2024 Pete McEntegart

The Friday Nooner gang returned for 2024 with guest Ben Wingrove, who is the Founder and CEO of Raleigh-based SchedulePop, a scheduling software platform that was named to our 2023 […]

Friday Nooner: 2023 Holiday Special

December 22, 2023 Pete McEntegart

The Friday Nooner closed out its 2023 programming today with a holiday special. It included the world premieres of the soon-to-be-classic song Grep The Halls; and the new GrepBeat holiday […]

GrepBeat’s Top Stories Of 2023

December 21, 2023 Pete McEntegart

We turn the page on another year here at GrepBeat by taking our annual look at the top stories of 2023, as defined by most views. True to our mission, […]

Friday Nooner: Car Talk With Tromml’s Lauren McCullough

December 15, 2023 Pete McEntegart

This week’s Friday Nooner might as well have been an episode of Car Talk, covering everything from classic British cars of the 1950s to Honda minivans from the 2010s. That’s […]

December 2023 GrepBeat Happy Hour

December 15, 2023 Pete McEntegart

GrepBeat hosted a holiday-themed Happy Hour on Thursday, Dec. 14, at the Lonerider location in Durham thanks to our great sponsor, Fourscore Business Law. In honor of the season, the […]

Friday Nooner: Keebler Health’s Park Explains Why Our AI Summary Is Wrong

December 8, 2023 Pete McEntegart

Are you smarter than an AI designed for a first-grader? That was (sort of) the question that today’s episode set out to answer. GrepBeat Godfather Joe Colopy has souped up […]

Friday Nooner: LoanWell’s Bernard Worthy On The “Squarespace For Lenders”

December 1, 2023 Pete McEntegart

Joe may be back down to one Vespa after selling his yellow scooter this week, but The Friday Nooner must go on. Fortunately the gang was joined by a great […]

Friday Nooner: Revcast’s Eric Boduch Joins The Show On Greps-Giving

November 17, 2023 Pete McEntegart

This week’s guest on The Friday Nooner (sponsored by Big Pixel) is no stranger to either the Triangle tech scene or startups in general. Eric Boduch’s most recent role is […]

Friday Nooner: Made Trade’s Cayley Pater Talks Home Goods, Potato Wedges

November 10, 2023 Pete McEntegart

This is THE Friday Nooner episode for anyone interested in either sustainably produced home goods or fried potato wedges. It has something for pretty much everyone else, too. Our guest […]