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Richard Holcomb: Using "Hillbilly Negotiating" to Create an Excel-lent Microsoft Deal
What happens when you grow up on a tobacco farm in rural North Carolina, turn down a million-dollar offer from Microsoft, and then build multiple groundbreaking softwa...
Todd Olson, CEO of Pendo: Pendo Founding story and What Makes Him Tick?
What drives someone to leave a cushy corporate role, start (and sometimes stumble at) multiple tech ventures, and finally build one of the Triangle’s most iconic unico...
Peter Zaitsev: Open-Source Entrepreneurship and the Percona Story
How do you grow a 350-person, globally distributed tech company—without outside venture funding? In this episode of Triangle Tweener Talks, we chat with Peter Zaitsev,...
Tina Tang: Finding Product-Market Fit, Raising Pre-Seed, and the Bristles.AI Story
How do you turn a simple “what if?” into a thriving venture—especially when you’re blending creativity, technology, and a dash of entrepreneurial courage?In this episo...
Robbie Allen: Automated Insights and Infinia ML (Exits) -> Bionic Health and Triangle Tweener Fund
How do you transition from corporate life to building a successful startup? What does it take to create a company culture where people genuinely enjoy working while na...
Dr. Joy Bhosai: Raising Millions and Revolutionizing Healthcare with Pluto Health
How can technology close the healthcare gaps that leave so many underserved? What does it take to build a startup that challenges the status quo while navigating the u...
Dr. Alison Fragale: Author of Likeable Badass and UNC Professor and Assistant Dean
What does it take to embrace your unique strengths, navigate the dynamics of power and status, and achieve the success you deserve?In this episode of Triangle Tweener ...
Dusan Babich: South Africa -> Device Magic (Double Exit!) -> New Startup
What does it take to bootstrap a company, achieve a private equity exit, and then score a second windfall with a double exit? In this episode of Triangle Tweener Talks...
Robbie Hardy: Her CI Technologies Exit, Women Investing in Women, and Upsetting the Table
Throughout her corporate consulting career in the 1980's, Robbie Hardy continued to rise in the ranks. However, according to Robbie, "I kept thinking there had to be s...
Jesse Lipson: ShareFile (Exit to Citrix) -> Raleigh Founded and Levitate
In 2005, Jesse Lipson founded ShareFile, which he bootstrapped until it was sold to Citrix Systems in 2011 - for $93M.So how did he do it?And what inspired him to star...
Jan Davis: Generation 1 Triangle Founder -> RTP Angel Fund + Carolina Angel Fund
According to her LinkedIn headline, Jan Davis has "doubled the size of three different businesses in different industries in three years or less as an operator."Amazin...
Alex Lassiter: Gather (Exit) -> GreenPlaces
As a Morehead Scholar UNC grad, and with a successful start to his career at Bain Capital, Alex Lassiter could have done anything next.He chose entrepreneurship, which...
Scot Wingo: Stingray -> AuctionRover -> ChannelAdvisor -> Spiffy -> Triangle Tweener Fund
Welcome to Triangle Tweener Talks, where we share stories from founders about how they got to where they are today. The first founder we’re hearing from is the man who...
