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It’s the Final Countdoooown 🎶 5 days to secure your spot to see a $5k pitch competition, network with our startup ecosys...
27/05/2025

It’s the Final Countdoooown 🎶 5 days to secure your spot to see a $5k pitch competition, network with our startup ecosystem, be a part of informative panels, and more!

is less than two weeks away, and our discounted tickets will only be around for the remainder of May! As a little encouragement for you we’ve added code FINAL2025 for 25% off your ticket at checkout. 🐝 there or be 🟦! Get your ticket at the link in bio!

Please join us in welcoming GrepBeat's newest Multimedia Producer, Katelyn Crespo! 🎉She will be spearheading all things ...
21/04/2025

Please join us in welcoming GrepBeat's newest Multimedia Producer, Katelyn Crespo! 🎉

She will be spearheading all things media content and using her years of design experience to bring you all the juiciest, techiest content we can think of. Keep an eye out for her design niches and make sure to connect with her!

Welcome aboard, Katelyn!

🤔 When running a burgeoning new startup, you might often wonder how to get the word out to masses about this innovative ...
05/03/2025

🤔 When running a burgeoning new startup, you might often wonder how to get the word out to masses about this innovative new solution you’re building. After all, there are only so many networking happy hours and pitch competitions you can attend.

That’s why in today’s episode of 🍲, our hosts are joined by PR pros who have spent years on both sides of this marketing avenue.

Mikaya Thurmond is the CEO of (which is also our gracious sponsor for this season!) and was previously a news anchor for WRAL.

Kristen Baileys (Burghardt) is the Co-Founder and CEO of Raleigh’s .eat.love.box, which has been featured on numerous media sites, including Oprah Daily, The Food Network and Southern Living.

Listen to today's episode, and subscribe to hear more from your favorite podcast platform with the link in our bio! 🔗

Happy Grep-mas, everyone! 🎄✨The Colopy Ventures team celebrated the last day in the office before the holiday break with...
20/12/2024

Happy Grep-mas, everyone! 🎄✨

The Colopy Ventures team celebrated the last day in the office before the holiday break with a white elephant gift exchange and some cookie decorating! 🍪

We'll be back in the office after New Year's, so we hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday!

20/12/2024

Like all other good things, some must come to an end. This Friday will constitute as the LAST live Friday Nooner episode for the foreseeable future. But it's not all bad news!

On top of it being our holiday special episode, it'll also cap off the almost four-year anniversary since the FIRST EVER Friday Nooner episode, which premiered on January 8th 2021. There will be TFN trivia for real Friday Nooner fans, some insights and plans shared by the GrepBeat crew and some fun holiday videos to tune into to get you in the merry spirit right before the holidays.

Tune in for the last time this Friday and (oh man you guessed it again!) at noon! Did we mention that a special guest to GrepBeat will be making his final debut? �

06/12/2024

With the holidays around the corner, some may say that the greatest gift of all is the gift of life. And that's what this week's Friday Nooner guest is trying to support with her company BabyBumps.

Victoria Fritz is the Founder and CEO of the Chapel Hill-based startup, which is a high-end, exclusive surrogacy organization that connects parents to potential surrogates via a "match-making" technique similar to dating apps. As a mother-to-be via surrogacy herself, this app particularly prioritizes surrogates first and recognize them "for delivering the most precious gift."

Before founding this company, Victoria was a Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident Physician after she graduated from UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine with her doctorate. She left her residency early following a new-onset Type 1 Diabetes diagnosis, which led her to the idea of surrogacy later in her life.

Tune in this Friday to hear her amazing story!

22/11/2024

Curious about what it takes to grow and foster a startup hub full of a community of entrepreneurs? Tune in to this week's , where we welcome Tim Scales, executive director of Durham's American Underground (AU)!

As one of eleven Google for Entrepreneurs tech hubs in North America, the AU offers a global network of resources and mentors to support high-growth, scalable startups in a creative, energetic and inclusive workspace.

Before his time at the AU, Tim previously founded a successful marketing company and an unsuccessful tech startup and learned a lot from both opportunities. He earned his MBA from Duke University.

15/11/2024

Another week, another Friday Nooner episode to come! And this week's guest brings a new and interesting perspective on what you can achieve beyond what you majored in in undergrad.

Emily Foster is the Founder of Raleigh-based Alpacasews, an online e-commerce merchant that once only sold handmade plushies, but now sells dozens of cute and unique stuffed animals—ranging from cows to baby Bigfoots.

Emily was once a meteorology major at NC State, and began making plushies as a form of stress relief. Now after going viral on TikTok, she has closed 3 successful fundraising campaigns and funded thousands of plushies—all based off of her own drawings and handmade designs.

08/11/2024

As a nicer end to this seemingly stressful beginning of the week, we are happy to welcome Annie Combs of Raleigh-based ECPC Travel on to this week's episode of The Friday Nooner, which takes place this Friday at, well, noon!

ECPC (Eco-Conscious, People Centered) Travel originates from Annie's master's capstone idea, where she created a theoretical tourism business model that would strengthen locals’ economic power in struggling ecotourism destinations to increase funds for environmental conservation. ECPC Travel, as a company, developed a set of transparent criteria to spotlight businesses and communities committed to more sustainable tourism practices.

Annie has been an advocate of climate, eco-conscious, and biology fields since 2014, so she will definitely have much to say about eco-friendly and easy peasy (will definitely be a topic to discuss of the name was intentional) eco-conscious travel recommendations.

01/11/2024

Another week, another Friday Nooner to celebrate the first of November! Wait, it's already November...?

On this week's episode to kick off the penultimate month of the year is Rachel Cash, CEO and Founder of ELROI. This Durham-based startup provides a data privacy management solution for consumers and enterprises in order to bring data privacy protection back into the hands of people. Rachel and this company work with leading data providers to ensure that
data meets the highest standards of quality and compliance.

Rachel is also an attorney licensed in Michigan, specializing in data privacy, therefore making her the perfect candidate to speak on the importance of data privacy in this already unstable data collecting world.

25/10/2024

As we have started expanding our coverage into Wilmington, we couldn't have done it without the help of Heather McWhorter, director for the Center of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) at UNC-Wilmington. That's why we are excited to welcome her on this week's Friday Nooner episode!

Heather has a wealth of experience working with small businesses. Before settling at the beach, she has worked with Penn State College and Penn State University to develop their small business programs and support their entrepreneurs. She also lead an initiative formed to stimulate tech entrepreneurship in NC for SBTDC.

Obviously, we might have much to talk about this Friday. Tune in!

18/10/2024

To help celebrate the Council for Entrepreneurial Development's (CED) 40th birthday—on top of attending their birthday bash—we are excited to welcome back Jay Bigelow, head of founder engagement, to this week's Friday Nooner!

If you haven't heard of Jay and what he and CED are doing for the entrepreneurial ecosystem here, this Friday is a great time to hear all about it!

Jay has been a part of CED's 40-year history for about 12 years of it, working to organize local and national expertise to provide guidance, mentorship and capital to the area's budding companies. Jay has also been on NC IDEA's grant review committee for over 11 years, so safe to say he knows a bit about how to help startups.

Tune in live this Friday!

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