The Friday Nooner

Pete, Joe, and Chantal talk CNN+ shutdown and Pete's parody Twitter account before welcoming featured guest Chris Heivly. You may know him best for co-founding MapQuest, his current venture Build The Fort, or of course, one of the organizers for Raleigh-Durham Startup Week.

Pete, Joe and Chantal talk Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s public offer to buy Twitter for about $43 billion before welcoming featured guest Bill Spruill, CEO of Raleigh fintech Global Data Consortium.

Pete, Joe and Chantal talk about CED’s 2022 Venture Connect, the big-money exit by Raleigh’s Global Data Consortium, and the first Black woman to be confirmed on the Supreme Court (Ketanji Brown Jackson, who went to Chantal’s high school in Miami). They welcome featured guest Scot Wingo, founder of RTP-based Spiffy, an on-demand, mobile car care service for individuals and car fleets nationwide. 

Pete, Jackie and Innovate Raleigh's Clark Rinehart talk the potential formation of Amazon's first US worker union before welcoming featured guest Sharat Nagaraj, CEO of celito.

Pete, Joe and Jackie talk about the rising home and rental prices in the Triangle area before welcoming featured guest Leigh-Kathryn Bonner, founder & CEO of Durham's Durham's Bee Downtown.

Pete, Joe and Chantal talk UNC professor and serial entrepreneur Jim Kitchen being on board Jeff Bezos’ upcoming Blue Origin space launch before welcoming Alex Krawchick, founder and CEO of Klearly.

Pete, Jackie and Chantal talk about Elon Musk’s new daughter and the U.S dollar possibly going digital via a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) before welcoming Meghan Corroon, co-founder and CEO of Clerdata.

Pete, Joe and Chantal talk big tech companies reopening their offices, Lovesac bean bags, and hybrid work models before welcoming featured guest Sue Mecham, CEO of NALA Membranes.

Pete, Joe and Chantal talk Google cutting wages for new employees in the Triangle area and the impact on local tech companies from Russia invading Ukraine, before welcoming featured guest Hunter Young, head of capital at CED. Launched in 1984, CED is a North Carolina non-profit organization that focuses on connecting regional entrepreneurs with resources to launch a successful business.

Pete, Joe and guest co-host Chantal Allam talk about when—or whether—most employees will return to a physical office before welcoming Paul Clark, co-founder & managing director of VentureSouth. VentureSouth is a network of angel groups in the Carolinas that invests in startups throughout the Southeast.

Pete, Joe and guest co-host Chantal Allam talk about tech-related ads for Sunday’s Crypto Bowl—oops, we mean the Super Bowl—before welcoming featured guest Anil Chawla, founder and former CEO of ArchiveSocial.

Pete, Joe and guest co-host Chantal Allam talk the debate surrounding a four-day workweek before welcoming David Cummings, an Atlanta-based tech entrepreneur who has founded 10 companies, including Pardot and SalesLoft. He is the CEO and founder of investment company Atlanta Ventures, as well as the founder of Atlanta Tech Village, the fourth largest tech entrepreneurship center in the United Stat...

Pete, Joe and guest co-host Chantal Allam talk about the big issues at the top: whether sending a Calendly link is rude and the grittiness of startups before welcoming Billy Marshall, president and CEO of ServiceTrade.

Pete, Joe and guest co-host Chantal Allam talk Durham startup Wrangle's recent closed funding round of $2M and what The Office characters they would be before welcoming Krista Covey, president of RTP incubator First Flight Venture Center.

Pete, Joe and guest co-host Brooks Malone talk North Carolina Secretary of State numbers that show that new business starts in North Carolina before welcoming Krista Covey, president of First Flight Venture Center. Sadly, she was not able to make it on until the very end, but no worries, she'll be back next week.

Joe and Pete share "gifts" they'd like to give the Triangle tech startup ecosystem as we head into 2022 before cueing up GrepBeat's exclusive short films: It’s a Wonderful GrepBeat  and  ‘Twas The Night Before GrepMas.

Pete, Joe and guest co-host Chantal Allam talks about today’s Triangle Business Journal stories on Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney before welcoming guest Kelly Rowell, president and CEO of the Council for Entrepreneurial Development.

Pete, Joe and guest co-host Vickie Gibbs talk the impact of Google and Apple coming to the Triangle on the startup community before welcoming Kurt Merriweather, head of product and partnerships at The Diversity Movement. The Raleigh-based company helps organizations advance their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts.

Pete, Joe and guest co-host Chantal Allam talk pop culture and the DogPhone, a device that lets you video chat with your dog—sort of—before welcoming guest Leigh Day, Chief Marketing Officer at Red Hat.

Pete, Joe and guest co-host Lauren Ohnesorge talk Pendo's recent $110M secondary investment before welcoming guest Fred Stutzman, founder and CEO of app and website blocker Freedom.

Pete, Joe and guest co-host Lauren Ohnesorge talk local startup game-changers and the importance of safely sharing data before welcoming guest Ashwin Machanavajjhala, president and chief scientist of Tumult Labs.

Pete, Joe and guest co-host Chantal Allam talk Facebook rebranding to "Meta" and the future of gaming before welcoming guest Eva Doss, president and CEO of venture development organization The Launch Place.

 Pete and guest co-host Chantal Allam fend off Joe’s pop-in from Florida before welcoming guest Rachael Classi, the CEO of Durham-based subscription toy rental startup Tiny Earth Toys.

Pete, Joe and guest co-host Chantal Allam talk happy hours, royalty deals and podcasting during pandemics before welcoming guest Sonja Ebron, the CEO of Durham’s Courtroom5.

Taking a page out of "The View," Pete and Joe welcome both a guest co-host (Chantal Allam) and a guest (Melissa Phillippi). This episode was recorded live on Friday, Oct. 8, 2021.