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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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In The Soup: How And When To Start An Early-Stage VC Fund (Live Edition)

May 29, 2024 Kaitlyn Dang
In this special, penultimate episode of In The Soup, hosts Jenn Summe and Melissa Crosby are actually sitting down to speak with a very local VC (as in local to […]
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In The Soup: Leveraging Open-Source AI vs. Building Your Own Custom Models

May 22, 2024 Kaitlyn Dang
Happy In the Soup Wednesday! In this week’s episode, hosts Jenn Summe of Primordial and Melissa Crosby of Colopy Ventures are chatting with some artificial intelligence (AI) experts about when […]
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In The Soup: What To Look For When Finding Legal Representation

May 1, 2024 Kaitlyn Dang
Happy Wednesday and happy In The Soup day! Since May 1 is “Law Day,” hosts Jenn Summe of Primordial and Melissa Crosby of Colopy Ventures sit down with local attorneys […]
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In The Soup: How To Manage Both Businesses And Babies

April 10, 2024 Kaitlyn Dang
Since April is Stress Awareness Month, In The Soup hosts Jenn Summe from Primordial and Melissa Crosby (Colopy Ventures) chat with founders about how they manage their stress while managing […]
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In The Soup: Lessons Learned From Working With VCs

April 3, 2024 Kaitlyn Dang
Happy Wednesday and happy In The Soup day! Taking investment from VCs or PEs can be a tricky process, especially when you don’t know what to look out for. That’s […]
In The Soup

In The Soup: How To Network Effectively

March 13, 2024 Kaitlyn Dang
Conference season is revving up in the Triangle, with CED’s Venture Connect starting next Wednesday. In The Soup will be taking a one-week break to celebrate the summit, but don’t […]
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In The Soup: How To Pitch A Startup When The Business Is Complex

February 28, 2024 Kaitlyn Dang
Conference season is revving up in the Triangle, so it’s the perfect opportunity for In The Soup hosts Jenn Summe and Melissa Crosby to discuss some tips on how to […]
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In The Soup: Unpacking Company Culture With Nicole Haight And Chris Geiss

October 4, 2023 Jackie Sizing
On this episode of “In The Soup,” host Jenn Summe and her sidekick Melissa Crosby unpack company culture. They are joined by experts Nicole Haight, the Chief People Officer at […]

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