The Friday Nooner

This Friday  BotBuilt  Founder & CEO  Brent Wadas  sat down with GrepBeat. By utilizing robots to construct the framing of houses, Durham startup BotBuilt makes house construction easier for builders and reduces construction costs, ultimately helping to alleviate the housing shortage.

On today's Friday Nooner, mpro5 North America President and CEO Mark Self joined the GB crew. Having recently opened an office in Raleigh, mpro5 is a leader in customized mobile workforce and field service management software solutions. As a fundraising, sales and marketing strategist, Mark has led teams at early-stage B2B companies including Vector Textiles, OpenRange Land, ExLattice and Entigral...

Nothing like a new Friday Nooner to start the year off. Tune in to watch GrepBeat chat with  Jesse Jones , the founding lawyer at  Fourscore Business Law . Based out of the Research Triangle, they make business approachable and efficient for entrepreneurs and business owners. Prior to launching Fourscore, Jesse worked for several law firms, including Smith Anderson, Forrest Firm and Morris, Nicols...

House of Blueberry  COO  Katherine G Manuel  is chatting LIVE with the folks at GrepBeat this Friday. House of Blueberry, a Raleigh-based company, is the leading digital fashion house in the Metaverse. Since it began in 2012, Blueberry has grown to over 400,000 customers and sold over 20 million digital assets.

NC IDEA Senior Director Amy Bastian chatted with the folks at GrepBeat last Friday. (Minus Jackie because she was sick.) Through their powerful combination of competitive grants and programs, and a network of strategic partners, NC IDEA is committed to supporting entrepreneurial ambition and economic empowerment in North Carolina. Amy leads the organization's grant programs for entrepreneurs, incl...

Built Story Co-Founder Brian and Alexina Alonso chatted live with GrepBeat this Friday. The husband-and-wife duo launched Durham startup Built Story, which operates as a marketplace for self-guided tours. Earlier this year, the company was one of 50 Latino-founded startups selected by Google for the company's Google For Startups Latino Founders Fund.

Givefinity  Co-Founder  Amy Gardinier  joins us for this week's Friday Nooner.  Holly Spring startup Givefinity offers a volunteer tracking mobile app. The app makes it easy for anyone to give back, gain experience, and be the change in their community. Prior to launching Givefinity alongside her husband, Amy worked as a special event coordinator for JDRF International.  Loaded: 6.74%

On this week's Friday Nooner, Jamie Jones, who is the director of Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship, joins the GrepBeat crew. Duke I&E serves students across Duke, connecting them to courses, co-curricular programs, mentoring, resources, community, and intellectual leadership. Additionally, Jamies teaches at Duke's Fuqua School of Business, and she co-founded Impact Engine, an investment...

Security Journey  Co-Founder  Chris Romeo  is chatting LIVE with the GrepBeat crew this Friday. Chris is a lifelong cybersecurity professional who embarked on an entrepreneurial path. In 2016, he launched the cloud-based platform Security Journey, which teaches developers how to improve security in their own companies. Earlier this year, the company was acquired by Pittsburgh-based  HackEDU .

David Gardner chatted LIVE with the GrepBeat crew. With over 35 years of experience creating and building software technology companies, David has become one of the Triangle's most active angel investors. He is a serial entrepreneur, writer, advisor, and early-stage fund manager. His work includes coaching and mentoring startup founders, plus managing a free accelerator with the Town of Cary. Davi...

Raleigh Founded  Director  Lauren Romer  is chatting LIVE with GrepBeat this Friday!  Raleigh Founded is a missioned-power co-working space and office suites designed to empower, foster and cultivate companies that produce long-term growth and positive social impact. Members have access to all four of their locations: Gateway, Warehouse, Centennial, and Capital Club. Lauren is also a licensed real...

Stashpad Co-Founder and CEO Cara Borenstein is chatting LIVE with GrepBeat this Friday! Durham-based Stashpad is the developer's notepad, aiming to be the fastest note taking experience ever. With it, users can save their snippets, thoughts, and notes, which are instantly searchable and automatically organized. Prior to launching Stashpad, Cara was a software engineer at Twilio Inc.

Executive Director of RIoT  Tom Snyder  chatted with GrepBeat. RIoT is a non-profit driving the Internet of Things economy by bringing together entrepreneurs, established companies, universities, government officials, non-profits and IoT enthusiasts. Tom is also an advisor at  OpiAID , as well as an Adjunct Lecturer at  North Carolina State University .

Executive Director of the  American Underground   Tim Scales  is chatting with GrepBeat this Friday!  The American Underground is a startup hub and community of entrepreneurs, providing content, connection, and a healthy workspace. Tim was previously AU's Director of Growth. He also worked for the Caktus Group.

  Haley Huie , the Director of NC State Entrepreneurship Clinic, talked with GrepBeat on this week's Friday Nooner. Haley has been working with the NC State entrepreneurial team for the past seven years. She also teaches courses designed to promote entrepreneurial thinking and heads up the K-12 summer program. Prior to her current position, she was the Director of Experiential Learning at NC State...

Getting back to it! Wild Earth CEO  Ryan Bethencourt  is speaking with GrepBeat this Friday. As seen on ABC's "Shark Tank," biotech startup  Wild Earth  is developing clean, high-protein pet foods that are healthy and environmentally friendly. In 2022, the company plans to launch new plant-based cat and dog food. Its fungi-based products require fewer resources than farm animals to deliver the sam...

Allstacks Co-Founder & CEO Hersh Tapadia is chatting LIVE with the folks of GrepBeat. Based in Raleigh, Allstacks is a predictive analytics platform for software organizations. The company is an NC IDEA award recipient and was a part of Techstars Austin 2018. Before Allstacks, Hersh co-founded CertiRx Corporation, which develops and commercializes platform technology for authenticating and ver...

Founder & CEO of Green Places Alex Lassiter is chatting LIVE with the folks of GrepBeat, plus tech reporter Chantal Allam , this Friday. Raleigh startup Green Places makes sustainability something every business can achieve by simplifying impact and providing easy tools and solutions from climate experts. Launched in 2021, the startup can calculate a company’s carbon footprint in less than 60...

Cloud Giants CEO & Founder Kelly Pfrommer is chatting LIVE with the folks of GrepBeat, plus tech reporter Chantal Allam. Based in Cary, Cloud Giants is a Salesforce Consulting Partner that helps organizations maximize their investment in the world’s #1 CRM platform. Kelly built a team of problem solvers who guide organizations through the most complex business challenges their own teams are fa...

Todd Olson, Pendo CEO and Co-founder, is chatting LIVE with the folks of Grepbeat this Friday! Pendo is a product analytics platform that helps software companies develop products that resonate with customers. Some of the world's leading software companies and digital enterprises—such as Verizon, OpenTable, and LabCorp—use the platform. Before Pendo, Todd worked at Rally Software Development, whic...

BlueRecruit CEO Rich Camacho is chatting live with the folks of GrepBeat, plus tech reporter Chantal Allam. The BlueRecruit platform is the future of skilled trade talent. Job seekers create profiles that highlight their experience, certifications, and licenses. Employers can then execute targeted searches for their individual talent needs. Prior to launching Blue Recruit, Rich worked at Alliance...

K4 Connect Co-founder & CEO Scott Moody is chatting live with the folks of GrepBeat, plus Triangle entrepreneur (among other things) Sarah Glova. Raleigh's K4Connect is a mission-centered company that integrates the latest advances in technology to serve and empower older adults and those living with disabilities. The company has raised over $25M in venture capital including investors like Int...

Pete, Joe and GrepBeat Report Suzanne Blake talks Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s ever evolving Twitter takeover before welcoming featured guest Matt Williamson. Matt recently launched Plum CoOwnership, a platform to make vacation homeownership more accessible to the average American family. However, he is no stranger to the Triangle tech scene. Matt was an early employee at Durham-based Bronto Software, th...

Pete, Joe and Chantal discussed recent developments on the Triangle tech scene before welcoming featured guest Written Word Media CEO and Founder Ricci Wolman.

Pete, Joe and Jackie talk about how the Triangle benefits from the global shift to remote work before welcoming featured guest Alexa Rose Carlin, the founder and CEO of Women Empower X.