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Tweener Madness: The Exceptional 8 Round 4 is here! Marla Amplification VS Build-A-Bookie
Episode 79
Round 4 of Tweener Madness is here and it’s the final matchup of the Exceptional 8. Marla Amplification vs. Build-A-Bookie
One is building American-ma…
6 months, 1 week ago
Tweener Madness: The Exceptional 8 Round 3 is here! Druid Agriculture VS HuVia Technologies
Episode 78
Round 3 of Tweener Madness is here. With a spot in the next round on the line, Druid Agriculture and HuVia Technologies go head-to-head in a high-sta…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Tweener Madness: The Exceptional 8 Round 2 is here! Iguana Cyber VS HAM
Episode 77
Round 2 of Tweener Madness is here. With a spot in the next round on the line, Iguana Cyber and HAM (Hierarchical Agent Memory) go head-to-head in a …
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Tweener Madness: The Exceptional 8 Begins! Round 1: Utilyst VS BeneDoc
Episode 76
8 founders. One bracket. $25,000 on the line. Welcome to Tweener Madness 2026, the high-stakes startup competition where North Carolina’s most promis…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Tweener Madness 2026: Meet the Exceptional 8
Episode 75
This episode kicks off Season 2 of Tweener Madness and sets the stage for what’s ahead. You’ll get:
The evolution of Tweener (from list → fund → state…6 months, 3 weeks ago
How Pendo’s Evan Inscoe Is Building the Future of Go-To-Market Engineering
Episode 74
What does a go-to-market engineer actually do, and why is this role suddenly showing up everywhere?
In this episode, we unpack one of the fastest-evol…
7 months ago
A New Chapter for North Carolina Startups: Scot Wingo and Robbie Allen on NC IDEA's #Ecosysteming Podcast
Episode 73
This episode is a special one. We’re replaying NC IDEA’s Ecosysteming Podcast episode featuring Scot and Robbie following the announcement of the new…
7 months, 1 week ago
From Duke Football to 3D-Printed Medical Devices: How PROTECT3D Scaled Mass Customization with Kevin Gehsmann
Episode 72
In this episode, we unpack how a college capstone project turned into a scalable system for custom-fit 3D-printed bracing, moving from “hours in CAD”…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Will AI Kill SaaS? Triangle Founders Want to Know! We Deep Dive Into the SaaSageddon with Joe Mancini, GP at Front Porch Ventures
Episode 71
This episode is a big one. There’s a lot of noise right now around AI, venture, and whether SaaS is fundamentally broken. Public markets are re-ratin…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Announcing: NC IDEA and Tweener Fund Partnership
Episode 70
We started the Tweener List in 2015 with the idea of local founders paying it forward to help amplify and support our local startup ecosystem. Based …
8 months ago