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Armed with a $3.8 million seed round, Wilmington, North Carolina-based Raleon is on a mission to change the Web3 marketing landscape. Marketing within decentralized networks – a concept that underpins the move into Web3 – is a bit “like driving in the fog,” says Raleon co-founder and CEO Nathan Snell. “While
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Getting to the top of a Google search result page is gold for online brands. It’s why companies spend big bucks on SEO (search engine optimization) tools and digital marketing talent. But optimizing organic search results across dozens, or even hundreds, of product SKUs can be a nightmare for
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Cyclists and runners have long used the miles of pavement that make up the Atlanta BeltLine for their workouts. But the trail has been attracting a more diverse group of fitness enthusiasts, thanks to free yoga, HIIT, Zumba, and other fitness classes. The classes are a big draw (even in
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It’s time to say goodbye to the project-by-project to-do lists, says Charlotte entrepreneur Gloria Folaron. “The future of work has to be more than a task list. Engagement is dropping, productivity is dropping, people are thinking about quitting their jobs all the time. The generation in the work force
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However the numbers are sliced, it’s been a quiet year for venture capitalists. Despite sitting on a lot of cash – around $271 billion of dry powder by some estimates – the number of investment checks cashed by startups is down 53% year-over-year and are even down below pre-pandemic levels. Newly-minted
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For parents of kids with disabilities, there are countless Facebook groups to join, hundreds of resource websites to parse through, and several federal programs to apply for. But the information they really need is scattered across the web, making it difficult to track down at the right time. Megan Cortjens
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Patrick Latting knew the event planning process was broken. He’d put together his own events for other organizations he started and experienced all the headaches that come with looking for the right vendors. He talked to many others in similar positions. So he started thinking about how technology could
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School is a full-time job. But why don’t students get paid for their efforts? Regnault Drake Sanders, a Kennesaw State University graduate and Georgia native, thought that needed to change. That was why he created Schoolconomy, a digital platform that allows students to get paid for their grades Students
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If you’ve ever pulled an all-nighter studying for an exam, sent a frantic text to a classmate asking when an essay is due – or taught a class and spent hours every night answering student emails – you’re going to want to meet TALIA. TALIA (Teaching and Learning Intelligent Assistant)
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The affirmative action fight has come to the business world, and Atlanta’s startup ecosystem is at the epicenter. A lawsuit against Fearless Fund, a local fund that invests in women of color, was filed earlier in August by a nonprofit activist group central to the US Supreme Court case
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Nashville’s Fisk University has politician John Lewis and civil rights activists W.E.B. Du Bois on its list of notable alumni. But with a new Innovation Center coming to campus, the university could soon be a hub for the next generation of Nashville entrepreneurs. The Darrell S. Freeman