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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: Dr. Rachel Draelos Shares Her Vision Of AI In Healthcare

May 10, 2024 David Schwartz

Following a few GrepBeat updates and reminders, this week’s episode of The Friday Nooner really got going with a “reintroduction” to GrepBeat Pete—who is both definitely real and definitely the […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]