In The Soup

In The Soup Has Moved to The GrepBeat Podcast!

If you're looking for advice for early-stage founders from North Carolina ecosystem leaders, don't fret! In The Soup [https://grepbeat.com/in-the-soup/] will continue in your earbuds through The GrepBeat Podcast [https://pod.co/the-grepbeat-podcast], where we will continue to share the latest and greatest stories, advice, and news for the tech startup communities—all from one place. The podcast includes several of our shows every week. Not sure what they are? Give it a listen and find out for yourself. See you over at The GrepBeat Podcast [https://pod.co/the-grepbeat-podcast]!

Holiday Special: New Goals for the New Year!

Have you been too busy prepping for the holidays that you forgot to set some goals for the new year? Do you need even more resolutions to think about? In this special holiday edition episode of In The Soup 🍲, hosts Jenn Summe of Primordial [https://primordial.io/] and Melissa Crosby of Colopy Ventures explore the different kinds of new year resolutions you can pick up whether in your professional or personal life. They're joined by a few Triangle ecosystem leaders and founders to talk about how they plan to ring in the new year. On today's final episode of the year, Haley Huie of NC State, Parker Mayes of Inbound Revenue and Allison Wood of Davinci Education break down their goals for 2025. And per the words of Melissa in this episode, I can't believe that 2025 is a real year.

All Things North Carolina Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

In this final episode for the fall season of In The Soup 🍲, hosts Jenn Summe and Melissa Crosby are actually sitting down with a experienced ecosystem leader to talk about all things NC entrepreneurial ecosystem. They discuss how much the ecosystem has grown, what makes our ecosystem different and what is next for the ecosystem's future. For this live edition of In The Soup, they sat down with Jay Bigelow, the head of founder engagement at CED (Center for Entrepreneurial Development) [https://studio.podcast.co/colopy-ventures/in-the-soup/episode/all-things-triangle-ecosystem/cednc.org], who has not only been with the entrepreneurial support organization for over a decade, but has also been a part of the ecosystem's history for over 30 years.

Importance of Building a Graduate Talent Pipeline with Local Universities

Happy In The Soup 🍲 Wednesday! For their penultimate episode before the end of the fall season, hosts Jenn Summe of Primordial [https://primordial.io/] and Melissa Crosby of Colopy Ventures discuss why startups should think about creating a talent pipeline with graduates from local universities. The Triangle is home to some of the nation's top research universities and high-performing technical community colleges. That's why our hosts are joined by experienced graduate talent pipeline builders, Haley Huie of NC State's Entrepreneurship Clinic and Jared Sokolsky of Chapel Hill-based Well, to talk about the importance of utilizing these high potential talent coming out of these schools.

Finding Perfect Product Feedback as an Early Stage Company

Another Wednesday, another episode of #InTheSoup 🍲! In today's episode, hosts Jenn Summe of Primordial Ventures [https://primordial.io/] and Melissa Crosby of Colopy Ventures are talking about what kind of and how to utilize product feedback as an early stage company. They especially ask the question of how does feedback change and evolve as your company changes and evolves. On to answer these questions are Jonathan Rollman of ProdUx Design [https://www.produxdesign.com/about/] and Scot Wingo of previously Spiffy [https://www.getspiffy.com/].