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Tim Elam spent part of last week “tagging” the whiteboards around Atlanta Tech Village with news that his first startup, DemoFox, officially launched. The message he wrote on the whiteboards was simple: Understand Your Developers With DemoFox. But behind that message is a big goal. Because at its core, DemoFox
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The fintech world is dominated by neobank, mobile payments, and peer-to-peer lending companies. The largest fintechs in the world, like Stripe and Chime, have become household names by focusing on how consumers pay for things and move money around. But there is a part of the financial world that fintechs
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One year after officially launching, Tennessee-based ATS Innovations Inc. has found the right fit, quite literally, on the investor front.The startup’s first product, the consumer brand MetaFlex, has caught the attention of local investors The Upper Cumberland Investment Alliance (UCIA) and InvestTN for its grip-strengthening compression gloves. The
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If just the thought of planning that big summer vacation makes you stressed, you might want to check out the newly-launched platform Travel Hotline. New York transplant and now Atlanta-based entrepreneur Nylobie Pierre Paul got the idea for the tech-focused company after seeing that travelers did not have access to
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The US is home to well over 360,000 angels. These active, accredited investors put billions of dollars into young founders and can often be an important step for fueling an idea into a venture-backable business. One of the most well-known angels, David Rose, helped put New York City (aka
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There was a time when Sam Eniojukan, Jeremiah Oyemade, and Sanjay Rimal used to get blank stares back when talking to people about their startup Voiceworx. Since launching in 2017, the Atlanta-based has been helping businesses integrate AI-powered digital assistants to help with customer service, sales, and human resource questions.
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With the summer travel season in full swing, you may well be daydreaming about setting up your next Out Of Office message. A record-setting number of Americans are set to jet set this summer and get out of the office. According to Allianz Partners, Americans will spend upwards of $221
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In a remote-first business world where teams can be just about anywhere, the State of Alabama is making a strong pitch that its is the place to be. Part of that pitch includes dollar signs. Last month, Innovate Alabama announced the recipients for its fourth round, and largest, round of
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Marco Dell'Olio wasn’t necessarily looking for a new job. The software engineer, who worked at Salesloft and Calendly before co-founding Atlanta-based startup OrderNerd, was just about to start his paternity leave and had a senior-level position at a Series B SaaS company. But Salesloft co-founder Rob Forman
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Founded in 2011, Atlanta-based MacStadium has grown as a key DevOps and cloud computing platform for enterprise customers on Mac devices. In fact, its Orka® (Orchestration with Kubernetes on Apple) Platform is the only Kubernetes-native virtualization layer available for Mac build infrastructure. And like any SaaS company, figuring out the
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On a Wednesday afternoon near Georgia Tech, budding student entrepreneurs are braving the heat to talk to potential customers as they walk by outside. Over in Decatur, Emory undergrads and grad students are on campus to build everything from medical device products to VR startups. Outside the Perimeter, Kennesaw State
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Two startups, one from Emory University and one with roots at the University of Georgia, made their mark at this month’s TiE U Global Pitch Competition in Silicon Valley. The university program, founded in 2013, helps college entrepreneurs hone their pitches and connect with a global group of mentors.