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In The Soup: Identifying & Supporting The Core Functions Of Your Future CFO

February 26, 2025 Kaitlyn Dang
While working alongside early-stage founders, Primordial Ventures partner and In The Soup 🍲 host Jenn Summe has always been approached with the questions: “At what stage do I need a […]
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In The Soup: New Year, New Ways to Manage Your Mental Health as a Founder

February 12, 2025 Kaitlyn Dang
The last time In The Soup hosts Jenn Summe and Melissa Crosby covered mental health, they were joined by Doug Kaufman of Belongly for a special deep dive into the […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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In The Soup: Presentation Tips for 2025

January 22, 2025 Kaitlyn Dang
With a brand new year comes brand new opportunities to present your company. Whether you have just launched your startup or are looking to close another funding round, you always […]
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In The Soup: The Reality of Working with Government Contracts and Clients

January 15, 2025 Kaitlyn Dang
If your startup works within the e-commerce market, or you’re working on a new marketing software solution, your competition is comprised of other companies in those markets. But what do […]
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In The Soup: New Goals for the New Year!

December 11, 2024 Kaitlyn Dang
Have you been too busy prepping for the holidays that you forgot to set some goals for the new year? Do you need even more resolutions to think about? In […]
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In The Soup: All Things North Carolina Ecosystem

November 6, 2024 Kaitlyn Dang
In this final episode for the fall season of In The Soup 🍲, hosts Jenn Summe and Melissa Crosby are actually sitting down with a experienced ecosystem leader to talk […]
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In The Soup: Importance of Building a Graduate Talent Pipeline w/ Local Schools

October 30, 2024 Kaitlyn Dang
Happy In The Soup 🍲 Wednesday! For their penultimate episode before the end of the fall season, hosts Jenn Summe of Primordial and Melissa Crosby of Colopy Ventures discuss why […]
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In The Soup: Breaking Down What Pivots Are, How and When to Do Them

October 9, 2024 Kaitlyn Dang
It’s Wednesday, Wednesday, gotta get down on In The Soup 🍲 Wednesday! In today’s episode, hosts Jenn Summe of Primordial and Melissa Crosby of Colopy Ventures are taking a deeper […]

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