The GrepBeat Podcast

Happy In The Soup 🍲 Wednesday! Today hosts Jenn Summe and Melissa Crosby are back from their seasonal break to bring you a holiday special. Throughout our fall season, we asked our founders "what do you like to do to recharge over the holidays?" Tune in here to find out the answers, and we will see you back for our new season in January! Thank you for joining us for this episode of In The Soup ,...

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 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...

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 the Triangle/Wilmi...

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 Exit Stories and thanks for joining us for this episode! On today’s episode, host Kevin Mosley is talking to Shiv Narayanan , the former CMO of Wild Apricot and founder of How To SaaS , a growth advisory firm that helps private and growth equity-backed companies actually get results from their marketing budgets. After leading Wild Apricot through its own exit, Shiv took the pattern...

Happy In The Soup 🍲 Wednesday! Today hosts Jenn Summe and Melissa Crosby are joined for this live finale episode by Lauren McCullough of Tromml , an AI sales platform dedicated to automotive aftermarket sales, to talk about her experience doing the GPS-free, all-women off-road Rebelle Rally race that tests both endurance and teamwork. Lauren shares how the rally pushed her limits, what it taught...

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 the Triangle/Wilmi...

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 Exit Stories and thanks for joining us for this episode! On today’s episode, host Kevin Mosley is back in conversation with John Fogg of Robinson Bradshaw for part 2 of his legal advice for founders. John shares hard-won lessons on formation, IP, and equity, what to do early, what to avoid later, and how to think strategically about legal timing. It’s a great conversation on buildi...

Happy In The Soup 🍲 Wednesday! Hosts Jenn Summe and Melissa Crosby are joined by Allison Wood of DaVinci Education and Robin Crorie with Aviation Software Inc. to chat about a topic that is evergreen: the founder break up. Sometimes when you build a business, tensions can rise and emotions can flare! It can be difficult to navigate, but our guests have come in with their best advice for what to d...

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 now 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 the Triangle/W...

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 Exit Stories and thanks for joining us for this episode! On today’s episode, host Kevin Mosley is in conversation with John Fogg of Robinson Bradshaw , whose career spans from the first dot-com boom in Silicon Valley to advising today’s Southeast startup founders. John shares hard-won lessons on formation, IP, and equity, what to do early, what to avoid later, and how to think stra...

Happy In The Soup 🍲 Wednesday! Hosts Jenn Summe and Melissa Crosby are joined by Jared Sokolsky , CFO of Well , and Peter Meath , COO of RecoveryPlus. Health —to unpack the signals that it’s time to bring financial leadership in-house. From fundraising milestones and investor expectations to company complexity and rapid growth, they explore what those inflection points look like for early-stage s...

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 now 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 the Triangle/W...

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 Exit Stories and thanks for joining us for this episode! On today’s episode, host Kevin Mosley is in conversation with Aviva Rosman of BallotReady . When Aviva co-founded BallotReady in 2015, it wasn’t meant to be a startup—it was supposed to be a side project to make sense of her local Chicago ballot. But what started as a tool to help friends navigate down-ballot races grew into...

Happy In The Soup 🍲 Wednesday! Hosts Jenn Summe and Melissa Crosby are joined by Lindsay Freeman Avagliano of  CivicReach and Shruti Shah of Symphonic Capital to talk about what it really takes to build and lead a remote-first startup. From managing teams spread across time zones to intentionally building company culture without an office, they share their experiences navigating the modern landsc...

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 now 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 the Triangle/W...