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BashBLOK Platform Makes Planning a Piece of Cake

BashBLOK Platform Makes Planning a Piece of Cake

Anyone who's gone through the pain of planning an event - whether a birthday party or wedding - know how much work it takes to effectively execute such a soiree. From task tracking to budgeting, the devil is in the details and those details are often overlooked. To

Digital Ignition to be New Innovation Center

Digital Ignition to Further Fuel Alpharetta Innovation

Alpharetta is much more than Atlanta's neighbor to the north. As the best small city to start a business and a trailblazer in technology, if you think Alpharetta is running out of fuel, think again. Not only do 600+ tech companies call the city home, resources, like the

Jonathan Silva Says Ready, Set, Action to Front-End Engineering

Jonathan Silva Says Ready, Set, Action to Front-End Engineering

Film fanatic Jonathan Silva has swagger behind the camera and now behind the computer screen as the recent graduate of The Iron Yard's Front-End Engineering program. Silva's next smooth move is towards MEAN Stack and checking back-end development off his list of things to learn. Silva&

Philanthropitch Powers Southern Social Entrepreneurship

Philanthropitch Powers Southern Social Entrepreneurship

On Thursday night, social entrepreneurs pitched their hearts out on behalf of their civic causes during Atlanta's first Philanthropitch. Its success came as no surprise with partners like ChooseATL, Georgia Center for Nonprofits (GCN), and the Center for Civic Innovation powering together to help every pitching nonprofit walk

Girltank Connects Women Change-Makers Worldwide

Girltank Connects Women Change-Makers Worldwide

Tara Roberts is the type of entrepreneur who instantaneously captures hearts and inspires minds. Like many of us, Roberts was a victim of the recession, losing her journalism job at CosmoGirl which folded alongside every other teen magazine on the market (with the exception of Seventeen). Rather than sulk, Roberts

UX Social Good for Hire

Sarah Lashinsky | UX/UI Designer with Soul for Social Good

Sarah Lashinsky shines as a creative creature with a social good soul. As a Georgia Tech grad toting an industrial design degree, Lashinsky is geek chic with specialties ranging from UX/UI to visual storytelling. This Goldilocks has worked for startup sweethearts, like Safi Choo and STE(A)M Truck,

Amazon Alexa and Big Nerd Ranch

Big Nerd Ranch Lassos Alexa with Amazon Alliance

Amazon’s dive into hands-free voice command is making a splash with their ever-insightful Alexa - which according to Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, could become the 4th pillar of the illustrious Amazon offerings. In order to keep the pace with competitors on the market, the colossal e-commerce and