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It all started with a search for the perfect Mai Tai. Andrew Rodbell said he and his friend Charles Sain were at a Yacht Rock Review concert and were disappointed by the cocktail selection at the music venue. That got Rodbell thinking: “Could we make an authentic cocktail, I mean,
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Amanda Sabreah has experienced the pain points surrounding product and engineering management while working with large corporations and while building startups. After jumping into the entrepreneurial space in 2017 with her first venture, Sabreah told Hypepotamus that “one of the biggest problems that we felt while building that company was
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Speed makes a difference when it comes to building an API test automation company. Just ask the team behind Atlanta-based Speedscale. “We identified a gap in the market around the speed of application delivery and application quality,” Nate Lee, co-founder of Speedscale, told Hypepotamus. Lee is one of three co-founders
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We’ve seen the entrepreneurial spirit take off across the Southeast as founders have created new technologies in the wake of the pandemic. But that spirit has also sparked more online crime, said Featurespace’s Dave Excell. “We've seen criminals being entrepreneurial in terms of using COVID to
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With a 19-year career in law enforcement, Jarrett Gorlin has built technology-based solutions to improve how the public interacts with courts and probation offices. “When you spend that much time in law enforcement, you see and learn how things can be done better. Government sometimes isn’t the most innovative
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Atlanta has another venture capital firm. Sound Media Ventures, led by Shachar Oren, announced the initial closing of its Fund I, with a target to reach $25 million. Oren told Hypepotamus that the fund looks for seed and early-stage startups focused on the media tech market. He was previously the
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Before becoming an entrepreneur, Delphine Carter said she, like many women, had a nonlinear career path. While she's held roles in sales, operations, client relations, and product management, it was her personal struggle trying to hire project-specific talent that ultimately led to the launch of a new business.
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Sarah Beth Perry knew she wanted to work in the music industry. After studying music, business, and entrepreneurship at Belmont University — and because of her self-proclaimed boy band 'super fan' status growing up — she started to look for ways to work on the fan engagement side of the
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Vicky Kennedy had a vision of what Atlanta-based Intellum needed to grow. So she created and pitched the role of Chief Strategy Officer. “I have this history in my career of pitching the role before it's there," Kennedy told Hypepotams. "I write it out and say
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After working in both the consulting and Atlanta-based startups space, Michael Otis recognized that small-to-medium-sized businesses faced several challenges while trying to find the right procurement software. Typically, Otis said the sales and onboarding process for a new procurement platform can take months. “It’s a completely cumbersome thing and
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When chatting with Grant Wainscott at the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, it’s easy to hear his enthusiasm for the local tech sector. “Everyone loves a unicorn, but we love to see the early days,” Wainscott told Hypepotamus. One of those early-stage companies, Tonic, recently turned heads over at
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From their Atlanta Tech Village office, entrepreneurs Ifrah Khan and Connor Ford are rethinking virtual learning. Clubba, the live virtual after-school club for kids, brings small groups of kids together with creative college students to teach new skills in a social and fun way. Classes, or ‘clubs’, range from video