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Charlotte’s Franzy Is Democratizing The Franchising Market

September 25, 2025 Michael Melton

A few years ago, Alex Smereczniak was trying to franchise a business and realized that the franchising industry had a problem: the middleman. Many prospective franchisees rely on brokers to […]

Exit Stories: Building Independently w/ Jonathan Crook

September 25, 2025 Katelyn Crespo

Welcome back to Exit Stories and thank you for joining us for the fourth episode of our fifth season! On today’s episode, host Kevin Mosley is sitting down with Jonathan […]

Photos From The “Bootstrapping Bronto” Launch Event At GrepBeat HQ

September 24, 2025 David Schwartz

On Tuesday evening, Joe Colopy (aka the GrepBeat Godfather) hosted friends, family, coworkers, and others from around the community to celebrate the launch of his new book, “Bootstrapping Bronto: The […]

In The Soup: Common Mistakes First-Time Founders Make

September 24, 2025 Katelyn Crespo

Happy In The Soup 🍲 Wednesday! Hosts Jenn Summe and Melissa Crosby are back with another episode, this time all about the common mistakes first-time founders make! There is all kinds of […]

Southern Pines-Based Clara Copilot Brings Clarity To Intelligence Operations

September 22, 2025 Taylor Motley

During her time as a special operations civil affairs team commander for the U.S. Army, Alex Moffitt was thrown into a high-stakes situation navigating the Army’s role amid the Somali-Kenyan […]

Monday Mix: Bootstrapping Bronto Book Launch, a Market Potential Session, and Charlotte Networking

September 22, 2025 Katelyn Crespo

Start your week off right by tuning into your curated Monday Mix: a look at the week ahead in GrepBeat and the North Carolina tech communities. This show is a part […]

GrepBeat’s 2025 Startups To Watch: Meet This Year’s Honorees

September 19, 2025 David Schwartz

On Thursday night, GrepBeat hosted its fifth annual “Startups To Watch” event, showcasing and honoring some of the most promising early-stage startups from around—for the first time—the entire state of […]

Friday Fix: Hive Science, Msg2AI, and Ultisim

September 19, 2025 Katelyn Crespo

We cover as much startup- and tech-related content as we can here at GrepBeat.com—but we know you can’t always catch it all in the course of your week. On the Friday […]

Ultisim Co-Founder and Chairman Richard Boyd Talks Digital Twins, Pythagoras, and Making Grappa

September 18, 2025 David Schwartz

GrepBeat last wrote about Ultisim in the fall of 2022. Ultisim is a Chapel Hill-based startup leveraging a team of experts in AI and simulation to create digital twins and learning simulations […]

Exit Stories: Building the Brand w/ Allison Wood

September 18, 2025 Katelyn Crespo

Welcome back to Exit Stories and thank you for joining us for the third episode of our fifth season! On today’s episode, host Kevin Mosley is sitting down with the […]