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Suzanne profiles startups and innovation for GrepBeat. Before working at GrepBeat, Suzanne attended UNC Chapel Hill, obtaining a degree in journalism and political science. Previously, she wrote for CNBC, QSR Magazine, FSR Magazine and The Daily Tar Heel.
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Five Startups Pitch Their Businesses at the Andrews Launch Accelerator Demo Day

August 31, 2022 Suzanne Blake

Five early-stage ventures had the chance to pitch their startups to the broader Triangle entrepreneurial community Tuesday evening during the Andrews Launch Accelerator Demo Day at Raleigh Founded’s Warehouse location. The NC State accelerator is […]

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UNC’s Director Diversity Initiative Looks To Boost Women, Minorities On Boards

August 30, 2022 Suzanne Blake

There’s a troubling elephant in the room. Which room specifically? The boardroom. Among North American companies, only 27 percent of board seats were occupied by women in 2022.  And that figure was just 12.5 percent […]

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Kramden Institute Battling Digital Divide One Refurbished Computer At A Time

August 30, 2022 Suzanne Blake

The Kramden Institute is not the organization it once was. In fact, it’s better. What began as a father-son project in Durham by Mark and Ned Dibner to refurbish and fix old computers to donate […]

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Backed By $700K Grant, NCCU’s Beefed-Up CEED Program Spurs Entrepreneurship

August 25, 2022 Suzanne Blake

As back-to-school season commences, Durham’s North Carolina Central University (NCCU) has a mission to provide even more students with the education, training and support to become entrepreneurs who can foster wealth creation in Black communities. […]

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Shop Local: Raleigh’s Constellation Digital Partners Acquires Durham-Based WalletFi

August 24, 2022 Suzanne Blake

Raleigh-headquartered banking solution startup Constellation Digital Partners purchased Durham-based fintech startup WalletFi, the two companies announced yesterday.  The intra-Triangle acquisition brings WalletFi’s subscription management platform and transactional analytics into Constellation’s growing transactional data intelligence offerings […]

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RTP-Based Zaloni’s Data Platform Acquired By Charlotte-HQ’d Truist

August 23, 2022 Suzanne Blake

As part of a broader data-management strategy, Truist will acquire a proprietary data platform and a number of key employees of the RTP-headquartered startup Zaloni, the companies announced on Monday. Charlotte-based Truist—which was formed in […]

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TruStacks Spinout Is Cornerstone’s Solution To Simplify Software Delivery

August 23, 2022 Suzanne Blake

Wake Forest-based TruStacks has a bold goal: solve problems with software delivery within the next five years. But it’s one that co-founders Gary Shaffer and Jared Patrick, who spun out the startup from their consulting […]

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Mother-Daughter Duo Launch Hibiscus Beverage Line With Egyptian Flavor

August 18, 2022 Suzanne Blake

A mother-daughter duo have turned their personal love of hibiscus into a successful beverage line. Growing up, Gina El Kattan, a current Duke MBA student, and her mother Amal Soliman always had hibiscus in the […]

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Duke Senior And His Two Brothers Getting “Real” About Sports Viewing Experience

August 18, 2022 Suzanne Blake

Three brothers teamed up to create a platform they believe will transform the community experience of live sports viewing as we know it. It was in February of 2020 that the idea for Real all […]

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Town of Cary Makes Like A Startup In RIoT’s Accelerator Program

August 16, 2022 Suzanne Blake

The Town of Cary made history this summer for entering the RIoT Accelerator Program (RAP) not as an early-stage company looking to grow, but instead as a town looking to improve its community through the […]

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