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Eye On The Ball: Durham’s Ver Coaching Trains Athletes’ Vision With VR

February 6, 2025 Tori Newby

Athletic training is often thought of mostly as a matter of physical fitness. But entrepreneur Mike Halpert felt that there was a missing piece: vision training. Halpert said he understands […]

In The Soup: The State of Climate Tech in a New Trump Administration

February 5, 2025 Kaitlyn Dang

With any new presidential administration comes the possibility of executive orders and policy decisions that will rapidly impact major industries. Amidst our latest transition—to the second Donald Trump administration—some of […]

Cary Startup’s Fusion Sensors Turn Fire Detection Into Fire Prevention

February 4, 2025 Tori Newby

When you smell something burning in your kitchen, you know to take the bread out of the toaster or the pie out of the oven before anything catches fire. But […]

Monday Mix: Discover New Rising Stars, Learn About State of the Region

February 3, 2025 Kaitlyn Dang

We all know that nothing ever really slows down for startups, and in these particular days, it can be even harder to keep up with important deadlines and events in […]

Durham-Based Argoneta Is Designing Underwater Habitats

January 30, 2025 Aidan Lockhart

In 2021, Ivan Francis spent 24 hours in Key Largo, Florida—25 feet underwater. He stayed in Jules Undersea Lodge, an underwater hotel and one of the few true underwater habitats […]

“Keurig for Pills”: Wilmington Startup Builds Automatic Medication Dispenser

January 29, 2025 Tori Newby

After his 97-year-old grandmother was hospitalized from accidentally taking too much of her prescribed medication, Wilmington resident AJ Trelease came up with an idea for an automatic medication dispenser. The […]

In The Soup: Cultivating Company Culture in the First Days

January 29, 2025 Kaitlyn Dang

How important can culture be to your company, compared to building out your product or discovering your customers? That’s what In The Soup (a show under The GrepBeat Podcast) hosts Jenn Summe […]

Look Like You: Charlotte-Based Fashivly Curates Personalized Style Shopping

January 28, 2025 Tori Newby

After 10 years in the fashion industry, Ashlyn Greer started her own styling company to help customers feel their best. A few months into the Covid-19 pandemic, a friend of […]

Monday Mix: NC IDEA Grants are Open, and Rising Stars is Close

January 27, 2025 Kaitlyn Dang

We all know that nothing ever really slows down for startups, and in these particular days, it can be even harder to keep up with important deadlines and events in […]

Henderson’s HTI Repurposes Laptops—With Purpose

January 23, 2025 Maddie Policastro

With just the click of a button, anyone on the internet can unlock a wealth of vital resources like job applications and affordable online schooling. Those resources, however, are useless […]