The GrepBeat Podcast

We cover as much startup- and tech-related content as we can here at GrepBeat—but we know you can’t always catch it all in the course of your week. On the  Friday Fix , David Schwartz is here to help you catch up by briefly recapping the stories, podcasts, and events we cover each week. Find out more about GrepBeat and everything else we do from https://grepbeat.com . And be sure to subscribe to T...

Happy In The Soup 🍲 Tuesday! Today, hosts Jenn Summe and Melissa Crosby are joined by Dr. Shante Williams of Black Pearl Global Investments and Mahati Sridhar of Revolution Ventures . They are sitting down to chat about a topic we know is always on a new founders mind ➡️ once you've secured an investment, what is expected of you? How do you navigate being a portfolio company? These two investors...

We all know that nothing ever really slows down for startups, and in these particular days, it can be even harder to keep up with important deadlines and events in our fast-moving Triangle, Wilmington, and Charlotte ecosystems! That’s why, at the beginning of every week, we’ll be keeping you in the know with your own  Monday Mix : a curated look at the week ahead in GrepBeat and North Carolina's t...

We cover as much startup- and tech-related content as we can here at GrepBeat—but we know you can’t always catch it all in the course of your week. On the  Friday Fix , David Schwartz is here to help you catch up by briefly recapping the stories, podcasts, and events we cover each week. Find out more about GrepBeat and everything else we do from https://grepbeat.com . And be sure to subscribe to T...

Happy In The Soup 🍲 Tuesday! Today, hosts Jenn Summe and Melissa Crosby are joined by Runbin Dong of Scale Social and David Baxter of Big Pixel and Teela . They are chatting about a topic we see floating around the community often: how do you manage building a company with a family? With startups being famous for taking 100% of your brain space, how do you keep yourself available and present as a...

We all know that nothing ever really slows down for startups, and in these particular days, it can be even harder to keep up with important deadlines and events in our fast-moving Triangle, Wilmington, and Charlotte ecosystems! That’s why, at the beginning of every week, we’ll be keeping you in the know with your own  Monday Mix : a curated look at the week ahead in GrepBeat and North Carolina's t...

We cover as much startup- and tech-related content as we can here at GrepBeat—but we know you can’t always catch it all in the course of your week. On the  Friday Fix , David Schwartz is here to help you catch up by briefly recapping the stories, podcasts, and events we cover each week. Find out more about GrepBeat and everything else we do from https://grepbeat.com . And be sure to subscribe to T...

Happy In The Soup 🍲 Wednesday! We are so excited to be back for our Spring 2026 season. We are also excited to announce that this will be our last Wednesday episode for the foreseeable future, as In The Soup is moving to Tuesday mornings beginning next week! Keep an eye out in your feeds.  Today, hosts Jenn Summe and Melissa Crosby are joined by Brandon Kashani of CheQRboard and James Gieszelmann...

We all know that nothing ever really slows down for startups, and in these particular days, it can be even harder to keep up with important deadlines and events in our fast-moving Triangle, Wilmington, and Charlotte ecosystems! That’s why, at the beginning of every week, we’ll be keeping you in the know with your own  Monday Mix : a curated look at the week ahead in GrepBeat and North Carolina's t...

We cover as much startup- and tech-related content as we can here at GrepBeat—but we know you can’t always catch it all in the course of your week. On the  Friday Fix , David Schwartz is here to help you catch up by briefly recapping the stories, podcasts, and events we cover each week. Find out more about GrepBeat and everything else we do from https://grepbeat.com . And be sure to subscribe to T...

We all know that nothing ever really slows down for startups, and in these particular days, it can be even harder to keep up with important deadlines and events in our fast-moving Triangle, Wilmington, and Charlotte ecosystems! That’s why, at the beginning of every week, we’ll be keeping you in the know with your own  Monday Mix : a curated look at the week ahead in GrepBeat and North Carolina's t...

We cover as much startup- and tech-related content as we can here at GrepBeat—but we know you can’t always catch it all in the course of your week. On the  Friday Fix , David Schwartz is here to help you catch up by briefly recapping the stories, podcasts, and events we cover each week. Find out more about GrepBeat and everything else we do from https://grepbeat.com . And be sure to subscribe to T...

Welcome back to GrepBeat’s “The Side Quest!” Our show hosted by the GrepBeat Godfather  Joe Colopy  and  Sonali Sanjay  of  Primordial Ventures . This show chats all things NC Tech, and each week features a guest who dives deep into their very own side quest (startup or otherwise!). Today is the last episode of our first season, we'll be back on April 23rd! For this weeks' episode our hosts are jo...

We all know that nothing ever really slows down for startups, and in these particular days, it can be even harder to keep up with important deadlines and events in our fast-moving Triangle, Wilmington, and Charlotte ecosystems! That’s why, at the beginning of every week, we’ll be keeping you in the know with your own  Monday Mix : a curated look at the week ahead in GrepBeat and North Carolina's t...

We cover as much startup- and tech-related content as we can here at GrepBeat—but we know you can’t always catch it all in the course of your week. On the  Friday Fix , David Schwartz is here to help you catch up by briefly recapping the stories, podcasts, and events we cover each week. Find out more about GrepBeat and everything else we do from https://grepbeat.com . And be sure to subscribe to T...

Welcome back to GrepBeat’s “The Side Quest!” Our brand new series hosted by the GrepBeat Godfather  Joe Colopy  and  Sonali Sanjay  of  Primordial Ventures . This show chats all things NC Tech, and each week features a guest who dives deep into their very own side quest (startup or otherwise!) For this weeks' episode our hosts sat down with guest Nick Jordan of Smashing Boxes! He chats about all t...

Happy In The Soup 🍲 Wednesday! Welcome to the finale episode of the Winter 2026 season of "In The Soup!" As always, thank you so much for listening and continuing on this journey with us. We will be back for a very special episode on Wednesday, April 1st. After this, episodes will begin premiering on Tuesdays. We look forward to getting back in the soup then! Today, hosts Jenn Summe and Melissa C...

We all know that nothing ever really slows down for startups, and in these particular days, it can be even harder to keep up with important deadlines and events in our fast-moving Triangle, Wilmington, and Charlotte ecosystems! That’s why, at the beginning of every week, we’ll be keeping you in the know with your own  Monday Mix : a curated look at the week ahead in GrepBeat and North Carolina's t...

We cover as much startup- and tech-related content as we can here at GrepBeat—but we know you can’t always catch it all in the course of your week. On the  Friday Fix , David Schwartz is here to help you catch up by briefly recapping the stories, podcasts, and events we cover each week. Find out more about GrepBeat and everything else we do from https://grepbeat.com . And be sure to subscribe to T...

Welcome back to GrepBeat’s “The Side Quest!” Our brand new series hosted by the GrepBeat Godfather  Joe Colopy  and  Sonali Sanjay  of  Primordial Ventures . This show chats all things NC Tech, and each week features a guest who dives deep into their very own side quest (startup or otherwise!) This weeks episode features a face we've missed around here at GrepBeat HQ, former co-host of "The Friday...

Happy In The Soup 🍲 Wednesday! Hosts Jenn Summe and Melissa Crosby are joined by Anna Tharrington  of Hutchison Law and Cameron Long of Virnika to talk about a topic that can be a little sticky: how do you split equity between cofounders? It can be a difficult conversation to have, especially in the early days of your business, so how do you break the ice and have these conversations? Tune into o...

We all know that nothing ever really slows down for startups, and in these particular days, it can be even harder to keep up with important deadlines and events in our fast-moving Triangle, Wilmington, and Charlotte ecosystems! That’s why, at the beginning of every week, we’ll be keeping you in the know with your own  Monday Mix : a curated look at the week ahead in GrepBeat and North Carolina's t...

We cover as much startup- and tech-related content as we can here at GrepBeat—but we know you can’t always catch it all in the course of your week. On the  Friday Fix , David Schwartz is here to help you catch up by briefly recapping the stories, podcasts, and events we cover each week. Find out more about GrepBeat and everything else we do from https://grepbeat.com . And be sure to subscribe to T...

Welcome back to GrepBeat’s “The Side Quest!” Our brand new series hosted by the GrepBeat Godfather  Joe Colopy  and  Sonali Sanjay  of  Primordial Ventures . This show chats all things NC Tech, and each week features a guest who dives deep into their very own side quest (startup or otherwise!) This weeks episode features  Krista Covey of First Flight Venture Center . Krista chats all about things...

Happy In The Soup 🍲 Wednesday! Hosts Jenn Summe and Melissa Crosby are joined by Adam Schultz of Mindr and Runbin Dong of Scale Social to chat all about what they look for when hiring for the core team of their startup. They give their best tips, including bringing your new hire for a trial period and understanding how people fit into the puzzle that is your business. It's a great episode you won...