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The energy around Birmingham, Alabama's EnergyTech scene is buzzing once again as a new Techstars cohort rolls into town. 12 startups were selected last week to join the latest Techstars Alabama EnergyTech Accelerator and have come to Birmingham to connect with mentors and key stakeholders over the coming
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To reach the elusive 10 year mark, a startup needs to be much more than just a good idea. It needs a team that can navigate the startup through economic headlines and changing customer demands. Brian Dally and Nick Bhargava, co-founders of Atlanta-based Groundfloor, have reached the 10 year startup
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Atlanta’s personality-based dating platform Hatched is in expansion mode. The startup, which launched last November to connect singles across the Metro area, is moving into Charlotte, North Carolina. Opening other Southeastern cities, like Nashville and Birmingham, is also on the horizon, says co-founder Mitch Alterman. Branching out from Atlanta
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You have the idea. Your MVP is built and the website is up and running. Now, you’re ready to talk about your startup to just about anyone who will listen. A good business pitch will make or break an early-stage company. But pitching is daunting if you've
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Big companies might hire a consulting firm like Deloitte, KPMG, PwC or EY to work on a specific project or get help validating a new operational strategy. But those consulting services are often out of reach for small-to-medium sized (SMB) businesses. Some SMBs will turn to marketplaces like Fiverr to
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The way STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) is taught in US schools is fundamentally flawed, says the team behind the Atlanta-based startup Inspirit. The big problem? Real-world applications aren't front and center. “Today most STEM learning content is passive and non-interactive with a teacher using a PowerPoint
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Donald Boone knew it was time to leave Corporate America when he saw an overlooked market within the B2B world. While working with Amazon Business, the procurement side of the e-commerce giant’s operation, he saw first-hand how brands didn’t have any easy way to rent out their equipment.
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An internship can be an important step for any young college student. But more often than not, those interns are left doing “busy work” while clocking in 40 hours a week over the summer. The team behind Runway thought there had to be a better way for students to get
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While building the Atlanta cybersecurity startup Curricula, founder and CEO Nick Santora kept running into one big problem: It's really hard to find specialized engineering talent. Curricula had reached an inflection point. The fast-growing SaaS startup needed to hire more people, but the search for that talent was
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It’s a building that is impossible to miss when you’re driving into or leaving Atlanta. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Arthur M. Blank Hospital is transforming the skyline around the intersection of North Druid Hills and I-85. But when its doors open in fall of 2024, the hospital
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The CPG world is playing catch up. For decades, consumer product goods (think household goods, packaged foods, and personal cosmetic items), had the upper hand in product discovery since they only had to buy ad slots on the very few TV stations or print publications. But when ads moved onto
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The 83 startups, representing 10 states across the South, have been selected as Venture Atlanta's featured tech companies and will take the stage the conference later at the end of September. For its 16th annual run, Venture Atlanta will be bringing together founders and investors at the Woodruff