Frank Gruber

Biddeford-Saco Now Here's a guide to more than a dozen Maine doughnut shops

Donuts of Maine 🍩 🤤
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Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there! Thank you for your love, strength, and everything you do—seen and unseen. Today we celebrate you! 💐

Today's the day! 📅

Last chance for your Founding Member badge in the Established Network community.

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#RisingTide #InnovationTogether

Somewhat Frank: #0072 - TechCrunch's Sale, 23andMe, Lab-Grown Meats, and Bill Gates' AI-driven Future Vision - Somewhat Frank Podcast On this episode of the Somewhat Frank Podcast, Frank Gruber (X and IG: @FrankGruber), John Guidos (IG: jgoodtimes83), and Jen Consalvo (X: @noreaster) discuss the following topics:   - TechCrunc...

On the latest Somewhat Frank Podcast w/ Jen Consalvo & John Guidos we cover:

🚨 TechCrunch sold again
🍔 Lab-grown meat bans
🧬 23andMe troubles
🤖 Bill Gates forecasts AI's impact on jobs

🎧 Listen: soty.link/SWF72
📺 Watch: soty.link/SWFVid72
#podcast #technews #AI

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Monthly Innovation Circle (#TheMIC) hosted by Established Network. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. This virtual call series is where we host special guests, such as powerhouse Startup of the Year alumni and investors, and curate programming that celebrates, encourages, and strengthens our network. ...

Today, join us for the inaugural edition of the Monthly Innovation Circle (TheMIC) hosted by Established Network, featuring Travis Holoway (solofunds) & Erica Duignan Minnihan (Reign Ventures).

📅 March 20 | 🕒 3 PM ET
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It’s Opening Day for the Cubs and Dodgers from Tokyo this
morning. Go Cubs Go or should I say カブス、行け! ⚾

Established House The Established House at Austin, Texas is a gathering of startups, investors, entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs), and innovation enthusiasts.

Join us today at Established House in Austin, Texas for some lattes and conversations to energize your Friday afternoon - come by! ☕️🧋🍵
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#ATX #SXSW2025 #SXSW

Excited to return to Austin for #SXSW! Looking forward to seeing everyone, enjoying live music, & breakfast tacos. I'm hosting an event on Friday, March 7th with lattes to energize your Friday afternoon - come by! ☕️🧋🍵 est.us/housesxsw25 #ATX #SXSW2025

That was A-Mage-ing! 🏇

Startup of the Year Podcast: #0110 - Kathryn Finney Talks About Her Book “Build The Damn Thing: How to Start a Successful Business if You're Not a Rich White Guy” On this episode of the Startup of the Year Podcast, we hear an interview with Kathryn Finney that took place at SXSW. Kathryn is a longtime community contributor and she is the Founder and Managing General Partner of Genius Guild, a Chicago-based venture fund that invests in scalable businesses led by Black founders using innovation to build and promote healthy communities. She had a new book published last summer titled, “Build The Damn Thing: How to Start a Successful Business if You're Not a Rich White Guy,” that made the Wall Street Journal bestsellers list in its first week of release. Check out the book today at:   We also again mention an event that we have coming up on May 15 - 18, the SBA will host the second America’s Seed Fund Week. This series of virtual events connects startups and small businesses working on advanced technologies to the country’s largest source of early-stage funding. America’s Seed Fund serves as a springboard by providing over $4 billion in funding to early-stage startups and small businesses each year as innovators take their technology from R&D through to commercialization. Check out more about the event and register today at:   Lastly, we again shine a spotlight on one of the startups from our community and that company is PayBee, which  is an all-in-one fundraising events platform built for nonprofits hosting events in any format. Paybee’s event features provide you the ability to streamline your fundraising event planning, executing and follow-up using cutting edge technology tools. Go to to learn more! We invite you all to join our community today to access the support, expert advice, and resources you need to elevate your startup by going to:   Thank you for listening, and as always, please check out the Established website and subscribe to the newsletter at: Checkout Startup of the Year at: Subscribe to the Startup of the Year Daily Deal Flow: Subscribe to the Startup of the Year podcast: Subscribe to the Established YouTube Channel: *** helps diverse, emerging startups, founding teams, and entrepreneurs push their company to the next level. We are a competition, a global community, and a resource.   Startup of the Year is also a year-long program that searches the country for a geographically diverse set of startups from all backgrounds and pulls them together to compete for the title of Startup of the Year.  The program includes a number of in-person and virtual events, including our annual South By Southwest startup pitch event and competition. All of which culminate at our annual Startup of the Year Summit, where the Startup of the Year winner is announced, along with an opportunity at a potential investment. is a consultancy focused on helping organizations with innovation, startup, and communication strategies. It is the power behind Startup of the Year.  Created by the talent responsible for building the Tech.Co brand (acquired by an international publishing company), we are leveraging decades of experience to help our collaborators best further (or create) their brand & accomplish their most important goals.  Connect with us on Twitter - and Facebook -

This week I’m catching up with entrepreneur, VC, and author, Kathryn Finney on the podcast, and we talk about her new book, "Build the Damn Thing: How to Start a Successful Business if You're Not a Rich White Guy." It’s a good one and I hope you enjoy it!

Listen here: soty.link/Pod110

May the 4th be with you today, and always!

Thanks, Chris! I just signed up to check it out.

What’s the best bank for startups
these days? 🤔

Oh interesting— Bluesky after-hours gets spicy. 🫣

I’ve yet to see anyone nude on Bluesky.

Nice work!

Where did you see/hear this?

GM from the vet dentist.

Laundry would be clutch! Cooking and cleaning would be great too. 😄

First Republic Taken Over By JP Morgan After Regulators Shut It Down JPMorgan Chase has agreed to assume all deposits of First Republic bank as part of a deal inked with the FDIC.

Good morning, today is off to a wild start as JPMorgan is acquiring First Republic!
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2023/05/01/jpmorgan-chase-agrees-to-acquire-first-republic-banks-deposits-after-fdic-intervenes/

I saw a movie this weekend, it was super nostalgic & entertaining!

That does happen sometimes! 🐶

Woke up to the sound of rain hitting the roof of my house. 🌧️

How about you, what did you wake up to?

I’m glad I’m not alone in this matter!

Oh Plurk! Good one 😂

Hi, Alexis! Hope you’re having a good weekend thus far.

GM, BS! (Is that the correct abbreviation? 🤔 seems harsh)

Someone sent me an early birthday present. 🎁😮🕹️

I hope it has Tetris!

What do you hope it has?

I Cloned Myself With AI. She Fooled My Bank and My Family. Our columnist replaced herself with AI voice and video to see how humanlike the tech can be. The results were eerie.

Does this concern anyone?
Asking for a friend…

https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-cloned-myself-with-ai-she-fooled-my-bank-and-my-family-356bd1a3