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The Friday Nooner

The Friday Nooner is a weekly, live, half-hourish program in which the GrepBeat Godfather Joe Colopy and cohost talk all things Triangle tech every Friday at Noon (ET). Each week, they also welcome a guest. You can watch live on Facebook, YouTube, or LinkedIn. Or, if you are more of an audio learner, you can listen to the podcast version. Episodes will appear on this feed a few hours after they premiere. You can read about past episodes or watch the full archive on YouTube:

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00:42:11

Car Talk With Tromml’s Lauren McCullough

The Friday Nooner ·

2023/12/15

This week’s Friday Nooner might as well have been an episode of Car Talk, covering everything from classic British cars of the 1950s to Toyota minivans from the 2010s. That’s because our guest was Lauren McCullough, the CEO and Co-Founder of Chapel Hill-based Tromml, an ecommerce analytics startup geared to drop-shippers of aftermarket auto parts. (We first profiled Tromml last December.) We also discussed last night’s GrepBeat Happy Hour held at Lonerider’s Durham location and sponsored

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00:36:47

Keebler Health’s Park Explains Why Our AI Summary Is...

The Friday Nooner ·

2023/12/08

Are you smarter than an AI designed for a first-grader? That was (sort of) the question that today’s episode set out to answer. GrepBeat Godfather Joe Colopy has souped up a program for our internal admin site that uses ChatGPT to summarize GrepBeat stories in a few bullet points that are set at a first-grade level of reading comprehension. The results can be pretty cute. We then tried it live with the Sept. 21 profile story we wrote about Durham-based Keebler Health, the startup led by

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00:40:16

LoanWell’s Bernard Worthy On The “Squarespace For...

The Friday Nooner ·

2023/12/01

Joe may be back down to one Vespa after selling his yellow scooter this week, but The Friday Noonermust go on. Fortunately the gang was joined by a great guest: Bernard Worthy, the CEO and Co-Founder of Durham-based fintech LoanWell, a 2022 GrepBeat Startups To Watch selection. Bernard discussed how LoanWell—which bills itself as the “Squarespace for lenders”—pivoted from its B2C roots to its current B2B SaaS solution for community-based lenders; how the startup has benefited from the support

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00:40:51

The Celebration of Greps-giving, plus Eric Boduch

The Friday Nooner ·

2023/11/17

This week's Friday Nooner featured Eric Boduch, the founder of 24&Up, CEO of Revcast and the co-founder of local unicorn Pendo. Tune in to learn more about Eric's career, latest ventures, etc.

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00:37:50

Made Trade's Cayley Pater Talks Ethically Sourced Goods

The Friday Nooner ·

2023/11/10

Today, Made Trade CEO Cayley Pater joined the GrepBeat crew on the Friday Nooner. Eighteen years ago, Pater and Andy Ives met at a Fair Trade Club meeting at UNC-Chapel Hill. Much has happened to them since then including getting married and, over the past five years, turning their goal of creating ethically sourced goods into their own startup called Made Trade.

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00:39:38

Creating Marketing Videos With Syllaby’s Austin...

The Friday Nooner ·

2023/11/03

Austin Armstrong has built three million followers on social media who looked to his videos for tips on SEO and other ways to get their name and message out to the world more effectively. Less than a year ago, he turned that expertise into a startup, Durham-based Syllaby, an AI-aided platform to create video marketing content. That all makes Austin an ideal guest for this week’s episode of the Friday Nooner, sponsored by Big Pixel. Of course before welcoming Austin, the GrepBeat team had to

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00:37:11

Whomi's John Gordon on Mentoring and Career Development

The Friday Nooner ·

2023/10/27

Today, we chatted with John Gordon, the founder and CEO of Whomi, a local career development platform. John has been helping people shape their future for many years, working with esteemed companies such as Lenovo, Bose, GE and IBM to develop new strategies and open up new doors for their businesses.

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00:35:00

Resilient Ventures’ Keith Daniel on Transforming...

The Friday Nooner ·

2023/10/20

Where’s Pete? Nope, not at some random coffee shop in the Triangle. He has been sailing around the Caribbean with his family this past week. Joe and Jackie had to hold down the fort today on The Friday Nooner (sponsored by Big Pixel). They were joined by Keith Daniel, the co-founder and managing director at Resilient Ventures. It’s an early-stage capital fund that invests in African American founders of high-growth businesses. Based in Durham, Resilient Ventures’ mission is to close the wealth

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00:37:31

Tai Huynh Traces Acta’s Path From Student Project To...

The Friday Nooner ·

2023/10/13

A Facebook message that Tai Huynh sent to fellow UNC students while a first-year—seeking others interested in working on a project to use tech to help local governments—ultimately blossomed into Durham-based startup Acta Solutions, which we named to GrepBeat’s 2022 Startups To Watch list. That was one big takeaway from this week’s Friday Nooner, sponsored by Triangle dev shop Big Pixeland hosted by Pete and two other people who don’t even have a Wikipedia page. (OK, their names are Joe and

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00:38:13

Movement And Mindfulness With justb’s Belden Long

The Friday Nooner ·

2023/10/06

Attention spans can certainly be addled by Friday afternoon, so it was fitting that today’s Friday Nooner (sponsored by Big Pixel) welcomed guest Belden Long. She is the Co-Founder of justb, a movement and mindfulness platform designed for teachers to help elementary school-age students manage their energy and attention levels. [We first profiled justb in May.] We were also reminded today that Joe certainly doesn’t lack for focus on Vespas. He spent most of yesterday picking up his second

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00:40:56

Trying To Pick A College? Undecided’s Henry...

The Friday Nooner ·

2023/09/29

The Friday Nooner (sponsored by Triangle-based dev shop Big Pixel) returned with its regular crew in their customary spots today, though a few things were a little different. One change was easy to spot: Joe was tuning in from his iPad rather than his computer, so he had a totally different camera angle. Meanwhile Pete was wearing a red GrepBeat T-shirt per usual, but this wasn’t one of “his” but rather a new shirt he took out our box of swag—and was planning to put back in after the show

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00:34:18

Code The Dream’s Daisy Magnus-Aryitey And Our Robot...

The Friday Nooner ·

2023/09/22

Pete is in Ann Arbor, Michigan for an annual trip with his college buddies, but the Friday Nooner show (sponsored by Big Pixel) must go on. Pete, Joe and Jackie welcomed guest Daisy Magnus-Aryitey, the Co-Executive Director of Durham-based nonprofit Code The Dream, which offers free coding classes to students from under-represented background and also operates as a dev shop. Daisy’s first connection to Code The Dream was as one of its early students in 2015 before returning several years later

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00:39:54

Rankin McKenzie’s Robert McKenzie Talks “Startups To...

The Friday Nooner ·

2023/09/15

Fresh off last night’s “Startups To Watch” event, Team GrepBeat welcomed guest Robert McKenzie to this week’s Friday Nooner, sponsored by Big Pixel. McKenzie is the Co-Founder of Triangle-based Rankin McKenzie, which provides financial and accounting services including fractional CFOs and Controllers. Not coincidentally, Rankin McKenzie was one of our “Startups To Watch” sponsors. [Read all about the event here.] We dive deep into BBQ sauce wars—Eastern vs. Western—and wonder why NC TECH

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00:39:09

TSV Analytics’ Trevor Ferree Talks Social Media For...

The Friday Nooner ·

2023/09/08

Trevor Ferree, co-founder and CEO of TSV Analytics joined us this Friday. It's a social media analytics startup that focuses on optimizing social media for brands by incorporating social listening and content automation. TSV has participated in numerous local accelerator/grant programs, including RIoT Accelerator Programs, NC State Andrews Launch Accelerator and NC IDEA MICRO grant. This episode is sponsored by Big Pixel, a Triangle-based company that builds world class custom software and

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00:37:29

The Gang Returns From Summer Break With Our 100th...

The Friday Nooner ·

2023/09/05

The Friday Nooner came out firing in its first episode back from a summer hiatus—which just so happened to be the 100th episode in Friday Nooner history. The crew rang in the century mark in style with guest David Baxter, the “Chief Pixel” at Triangle-based dev shop Big Pixel, which is the show’s sponsor for the next 10 episodes. Pete, Joe and Jackie were a little worried about potential rust from the summer break, but it didn’t take long before they were bantering-slash-bickering just like

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00:41:08

DeShawn Brown Takes Show Into Summer Hiatus On High Note

The Friday Nooner ·

2023/06/12

GrepBeat welcomed DeShawn Brown, the Founder and CEO of Raleigh-based Coworks, as the final Friday Nooner guest before heading on a well-deserved (says us) summer hiatus. DeShawn recounted some “glory days” as an undergrad at NC State as it spun up its entrepreneurship program, and later spun things forward by explaining how the ongoing shift toward hybrid work environments presents a major opportunity for Coworks’ software platform for managing shared work spaces. Thanks again to our

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00:41:24

Grep-a-palooza 2 Recap With Spiffy's Scot Wingo

The Friday Nooner ·

2023/06/02

Our guest on Friday is local serial entrepreneur 🐧 Scot Wingo, who created ChannelAdvisor, Stingray Software and AuctionRover.com. He currently runs Spiffy, an on-demand car-care startup where trained technicians come to you. It is available in close to 50 markets. He also runs the Triangle Tweener Fund, which focuses on early-stage tech startups in the Triangle area..

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00:35:49

Talking AI And Home Design With Bristles’ Tina Tang

The Friday Nooner ·

2023/05/26

Tina Tang, co-founder and CEO of Bristles joined us this week on the Friday Nooner. Bristles is a Durham startup that offers a mobile app for DIY home and upcycling projects. As a systems engineer, Tina has graduate-level training in machine learning and computer vision from the University of Virginia. Additionally, she led Accenture's software delivery lifecycle and developed client-facing software.

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00:38:38

GroupUps' Yasin Abbak Saves Dentists $$ With Group...

The Friday Nooner ·

2023/05/19

This Friday we chatted with Yasin Abbak, Co-Founder & CEO of GroupUps (which is a continuation of his other company, The Convoy, which is a marketplace for SMBs). GroupUps helps dentists save more via group purchasing of equipment. Previously, Abbak led Fantasy Life, a free app giving the sports community a competitive advantage with advice, reports and the fastest breaking news alerts in the industry. He also co-founded and led New York-based Paired Media.

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00:38:24

Talking Rats And Grep-a-palooza Discounts With Jon...

The Friday Nooner ·

2023/05/12

Jon Birdsong, a partner at Atlanta Ventures, joined us on this week's Friday Nooner. Atlanta Ventures serves SaaS entrepreneurs in the Southeast through investment, education and community. Prior to his role, he served as CEO of the performance management platform WideAngle. Jon also has experience in marketing and leading company growth.

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