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MyMatR (John Starke) vs ZW LLC (Robert Fu): Let the Tweener Madness Begin!
Welcome to the first-ever Triangle Tweener Madness, where 8 startups compete for a $25K investment from the Triangle Tweener Fund! We kick off the competition with two...

8 Startups Competing for $25K Prize: This is Tweener Madness!
Welcome to Tweener Madness, the high stakes startup showdown where 8 promising companies go head to head for a $25,000 investment prize from the Triangle Tweener Fund....

Tweener Madness! Meet the Selection Committee: Michael Jones
Welcome to Tweener Madness, the high stakes startup showdown where 8 promising companies go head to head for a $25,000 investment prize from the Triangle Tweener Fund....

Tweener Madness! Meet the Selection Committee: Anthony Rotoli
Welcome to Tweener Madness, the high stakes startup showdown where 8 promising companies go head to head for a $25,000 investment prize from the Triangle Tweener Fund....

Tweener Madness! Meet the Selection Committee: Anil Chawla
Welcome to Tweener Madness, the high stakes startup showdown where 8 promising companies go head to head for a $25,000 investment prize from the Triangle Tweener Fund....

Tweener Madness! Meet the Selection Committee: Dave Neal
Welcome to Tweener Madness, the high stakes startup showdown where 8 promising companies go head to head for a $25,000 investment prize from the Triangle Tweener Fund....

Tweener Madness! Meet the Selection Committee: Jason Caplain
Welcome to Tweener Madness, the high stakes startup showdown where 8 promising companies go head to head for a $25,000 investment prize from the Triangle Tweener Fund....

Tweener Madness! Meet the Selection Committee: Tobi Walter
Welcome to Tweener Madness, the high stakes startup showdown where 8 promising companies go head to head for a $25,000 investment prize from the Triangle Tweener Fund....

Tweener Madness! Meet the Selection Committee: Randy Myer
Welcome to Tweener Madness, the high stakes startup showdown where 8 promising companies go head to head for a $25,000 investment prize from the Triangle Tweener Fund....

Tweener Madness! Meet the Selection Committee: Kevin Mosley
Welcome to Tweener Madness, the high stakes startup showdown where 8 promising companies go head to head for a $25,000 investment prize from the Triangle Tweener Fund....

Breaking News: Earfluence Walk West - Acquisition Chat with Jason Gillikin and Greg Boone
In this special edition of Triangle Tweener Talks, we’re breaking some big news: Walk West has acquired Earfluence! Jason Gillikin, founder of Earfluence (which produc...

$6m Seed, Exclusive Deep Dive: Isaac Park @ Keebler Health.
In this episode, Keebler founder, Isaac Park, shares some great best practices for how to get a seed raise done in the current environment.

Tweener Madness! Meet the Selection Committee: Jenn Summe
Welcome to Tweener Madness, the high stakes startup showdown where 8 promising companies go head to head for a $25,000 investment prize from the Triangle Tweener Fund....

Tweener Madness! Meet the Selection Committee: Lister Delgado
Welcome to Tweener Madness, the high stakes startup showdown where 8 promising companies go head to head for a $25,000 investment prize from the Triangle Tweener Fund....

Tweener Madness Selection Show (Recorded Feb 20, 2025 1pm ET)
In this episode we reveal the Tweener Madness "Exceptional Eight" - our eight triangle high-tech startups that 'made the cut' to move forward. Each company's founder ...

Tweener Madness! Meet the Selection Committee: Robbie Hardy
Welcome to Tweener Madness, the high stakes startup showdown where 8 promising companies go head to head for a $25,000 investment prize from the Triangle Tweener Fund....

Tweener Madness! Meet the Selection Committee: David Jones
Welcome to Tweener Madness, the high stakes startup showdown where 8 promising companies go head to head for a $25,000 investment prize from the Triangle Tweener Fund....

Tweener Madness! Meet the Selection Committee: Mahati Sridhar
Welcome to Tweener Madness, the high stakes startup showdown where 8 promising companies go head to head for a $25,000 investment prize from the Triangle Tweener Fund....

Tweener Madness! Meet the Selection Committee: Evan Shear
Welcome to Tweener Madness, the high stakes startup showdown where 8 promising companies go head to head for a $25,000 investment prize from the Triangle Tweener Fund....

Tweener Madness! Meet the Selection Committee: Nikin Shah
Welcome to Tweener Madness, the high stakes startup showdown where 8 promising companies go head to head for a $25,000 investment prize from the Triangle Tweener Fund....

Tweener Madness! Meet the Selection Committee: Zakiya Alta Lee
Welcome to Tweener Madness, the high stakes startup showdown where 8 promising companies go head to head for a $25,000 investment prize from the Triangle Tweener Fund....

Tweener Madness! Meet the Selection Committee: David Gardner
Welcome to Tweener Madness, the high stakes startup showdown where 8 promising companies go head to head for a $25,000 investment prize from the Triangle Tweener Fund....

Tweener Madness! Meet the Selection Committee: Mitch Mumma
Welcome to Tweener Madness, the high stakes startup showdown where 8 promising companies go head to head for a $25,000 investment prize from the Triangle Tweener Fund....

Tweener Madness! Meet the Selection Committee: Jan Davis
Welcome to Tweener Madness, the high stakes startup showdown where 8 promising companies go head to head for a $25,000 investment prize from the Triangle Tweener Fund....

Igor Jablokov: From a cave to IBM to Amazon/Alexa, then $160m+ at Pryon
If you ask Alexa who invented Alexa, she'll tell you it was Amazon.com. While that's kinda true, the Alexa foundation was developed by Igor Jablokov and his team at Y...

Jud Bowman: Founder at 18, Went From .COM bust to Unicorn and Much, Much More!
Few Triangle founders have experienced as many highs and lows as Jud Bowman. From launching his first startup as a high school student to navigating the dot-com bust, ...

Chris Evans: 80s Founder, 40yrs of Davinci (1st Windows Email) and Accipiter Unicorn Exit
Four teenage friends decide to build the world’s first Windows-based email program—and then go on to launch a second venture that scores a legendary dot-com outcome. I...

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,...
