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Women Who Code (WWC), an international tech community headquartered in Atlanta, announced late last week that it was abruptly shutting down operations. The organization was started by a group of engineers in San Francisco in 2011 with the expressed goal of bringing more women into the tech community. After cementing
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Breaking into the music and entertainment industry can often come down to ‘who you know’ instead of ‘what you know.’ That was a reality Nikki Sanz saw first-hand as she built up her career as a production assistant and tour manager across Nashville’s music and live events scene. “Traditionally,
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At first glance, it might seem difficult to come up with many similarities between Taipei and its Sister City, Atlanta. The Taiwanese capital has five metro lines that moves millions of people a day. Metro Atlanta’s daily rider numbers just hit 200,000. Despite carrying an endless stream of
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Langdon Morris has put together a roadmap to how we can create a true, clean world. He is the author of Net Zero City, a book that suggests that there is a path to curb the climate crisis by the year 2032. Any way you look at it, that is
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Clean-focused technology companies across the country are having a moment. Public and private spending into space is up this year. And VC dollars into Cleantech grew 30% over the last two years despite overall VC funding dips, according to Crunchbase data. The Southeast has long been a hub for Cleantech
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When entrepreneur Alex Edquist started diving into the world of regenerative agriculture, there was just something that didn’t make sense to her. The method of farming, where farmers “cultivate a whole ecosystem” of products instead of just one of two cash crops, yields healthier food and better environmental outcomes.
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At the start of 2024, commercial real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield put the Atlanta office vacancy rate at a record 24.6%. That rate is similar over in Charlotte, Raleigh, and Tampa. But it isn’t just Southeastern office spaces that are struggling. Across the US, office-using employment is
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Families across the country struggle to find affordable, quality childcare. But millions of military families have extra considerations that can make finding childcare even more difficult, says Atlanta-based founder Shelly Scott. Those in the military are often moving to new cities and criss crossing the nation, making it difficult to
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Ready or not, the B2B world is shifting. And that is being felt most acutely for those in sales roles. Part of it is generational, according to new research out of the Atlanta-based digital marketing and PR firm Arketi. They found that younger buyers, who make up a growing percentage
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Fusen World, the brainchild of prolific startup founder and investor Christopher Klaus, is looking to invest in the next generation of college startup talent. That mission was on full display this week in Midtown Atlanta with the inaugural Cleantech Innovation Challenge. Twelve startups, with roots at universities across the State
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Forpianist Marcus Blackwell, math is at the heart of music. Blackwell, who started playing piano professionally at the age of sixteen, said you can’t play any instrument without understanding math. That “lightbulb moment” helped him overcome his math fears. And it ultimately set him down a road to pursue
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We’re accustomed to registries for baby showers and weddings. They are key to help gift givers figure out exactly what items someone could use during life’s happiest moments. But when someone is going through a tough time — be it the hospitalization of a loved one or the passing