Over the last year-and-a-half since its conception, In The Soup has brought on many experienced ecosystem leaders and supporters across the Southeast to address the most pressing topics facing North Carolina’s early-stage startup founders.

And to no one's surprise, most of the topics still hold up today.

That's why we're introducing a new series for In The Soup—under The GrepBeat Podcast—that packages up and reheats previous episodes relevant to specific founder needs.

In this week's reheated pack of soup, we're getting founders prepared for conference season, where you'll want to be ready for the flurry of startup pitches, investor networking opportunities, and more that are going to make up this next stretch on your calendar.

In PART ONE of this package, you'll catch the episodes on:

• The Importance of Storytelling for Startups w/ guests Jason Gillikin of Earfluence and David Delaney Mayer of Elemmir
• Metrics That Matter For Growth w/ guests Kevin Mosley of Jurassic Capital and Dan London of Adwerx
• Presentation Tips and Tricks w/ guests Dr. Sarah Glova of Reify Media and Lauren Goodell of Zinnia