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Tony Atti and How Phononic Was Founded During the 2008 Financial Crisis| PART 1 of 2
In this episode (Part 1), we cover the origin story. Tony walks through the decisions, failures, and inflection points that led to Phononic’s founding: leaving the Nor...
Brice Englert on How TradePending Scaled: Pricing, Sales, and Growing the TAM | PART 2 of 2
In Part 2 of the conversation with Brice Englert, we move from origin story to execution and scale. We cover:Pricing without overthinking: how TradePending set pricing...
Brice Englert on Building TradePending: From “No”s to Product-Market Fit in Auto Tech | PART 1 of 2
In this episode (Part 1), Brice shares the early story: how the idea formed, how he got the first version built, what the market told him at the beginning, and what he...
Triangle Startup Venture Funding, Valuations & Deal Terms
In this special solo episode of Triangle Tweener Talks, Scot goes beyond the two-part Tweener Times report to walk founders through what the data actually means in pra...
Mike Doernberg: From ReverbNation to PlayMetrics, Spinoffs, PE, and a Lifetime of Building in the Triangle
In Part 2 of this two-part deep dive, Triangle Tweener Talks host Scot Wingo sits down with legendary Triangle founder Mike Doernberg to explore his journey on scaling...
Mike Doernberg on Tweener Talks: The Early Chapters of a Multi-Exit Triangle Founder
In Part 1 of this two-part deep dive, Triangle Tweener Talks host Scot Wingo sits down with legendary Triangle founder Mike Doernberg to explore the earliest chapters ...
Mark Flickinger, BIP Ventures, on the State of Startups 2025: How the Southeast Became a Venture Powerhouse
Mark Flickinger is the COO and General Partner at BIP Ventures, one of the Southeast’s most active venture firms. Based in Atlanta, Mark brings a rare dual perspective...
Navigating the AI Tsunami: A Founder's Guide with Greg Boone
From the world of tech startups to the high-stakes world of sneakers, Walk West CEO and founder Greg Boone is a serial entrepreneur with a unique journey. With a backg...
Dr. Doug Kaufman: The TransLoc Story, His Pivot to AI, and Why Every CEO Needs a Coach (part 2)
What happens after you sell a company you helped turn around?For Dr. Doug Kaufman, it’s a story of new ventures and hard-won lessons.In this second part of a two-part ...
Startup Life, Crisis, and Chaos: Psychologist Turned Serial Entrepreneur Dr. Doug Kaufman (part 1)
What happens when a classically trained psychologist leaves the world of academia to shift careers?For Dr. Doug Kaufman, it was to become a serial entrepreneur (obviou...
Written Word Media's Ricci Wolman on Immigrating to the US, Entrepreneurial Freedom, and the Paradox of Choice
From her upbringing in Johannesburg, South Africa, to a career spanning Wall Street, an Ivy League MBA, and the early days of e-commerce, Ricci Wolman’s journey is a a...
From Mebane to Ndustrial, Jason Massey is Building Sustainable Tech for the World’s Factories
What happens when a North Carolina native, seasoned by Silicon Valley and Wall Street, returns home to build a company that marries profit with purpose? For Jason Mass...
Eric Boduch: Revcast, 24 and Up, and Building the Next Generation of Triangle Startups (Part 2)
In Part 2 of our conversation with Eric Boduch, Pendo co-founder and CEO of Revcast, we explore the world of venture studios. Having left Pendo to pursue his vision of...
Eric Boduch: Pendo's Origin Story, Building a Brand, and Product in the Age of AI (Part 1)
From co-founding one of the Triangle's most successful tech companies, Pendo, to quietly building a new venture studio, Eric Boduch has a deep well of entrepreneurial ...
Jason Widen: From Raleigh Founded to Blue Co., Building Community and Creative Coworking
What happens when a seasoned entrepreneur spots a gap in the market and decides to take a risk on something entirely new? For Jason Widen, it’s led him from founding R...
Chris Heivly: MapQuest Co-Founder ($1.2B Exit), Triangle Startup Factory, Build the Fort, and More
Chris Heivly’s journey through the tech world is one for the books, literally - thanks to his deep-rooted love of maps. From his early days studying geography and comp...
Allstacks' Hersh Tapadia: Raising $20M+ and Redefining Productivity
If you ask someone what’s at the heart of a successful engineering team, the answer might involve tools, talent, or tech. But Hersh Tapadia, CEO and co-founder of Alls...
Engineering Entrepreneurs: NC State Eship and Triangle Legend Dr. Tom Miller
If you ask anyone about the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the Triangle, one name that keeps coming up is Dr. Tom Miller. Known as the champion of engineering entreprene...
Tweener Madness Championship! ZW vs InviteJet: Who Takes Home the $25K Tweener Fund Investment?
Who will be crowned champion of Tweener Madness and take home the $25K investment from the Triangle Tweener Fund?The championship features two radically different appr...
CivicReach or InviteJet? What Startup Advances to the Tweener Madness Championship?
Who’s Advancing from the Fabulous Four - CivicReach or InviteJet?Welcome back to Triangle Tweener Madness, the high-stakes startup tournament where eight companies go ...
