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People may open a wine bottle to celebrate a work win. But for co-founders and recent Tulane University graduates Franziska Trautmann and Max Steitz, a shared bottle of wine sparked an entirely new business concept, aptly named Glass Half Full. The two were frustrated that the bottle of wine they
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ATDC has felt like home to Alex Rhodeen for some time now. After moving to Atlanta in 2013, he found his way to the startup incubator in Midtown as he helped build up the last-mile logistics startup Kanga as its chief operating officer. Now in 2022, Rhodeen is returning to
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The founder of a new cybersecurity ‘unicorn’ thinks the industry has a bit of a PR problem. “The [cybersecurity] industry has been built on fear, uncertainty, and doubt,” Erkang Zheng told Hypepotamus. “I wanted to change that.” Part of that change has been about rethinking cyber inventory management. And this
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Communication is difficult in any workplace, but the co-founders behind Prokeep recognized that it was a particular problem for those working in construction. Jack Carrere, McKay Johnson, and Mark Kanof noticed this when they started working more with contractors for various home improvement projects. Ultimately, the team saw a need
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The food and beverage cart rolling down the aisle is a welcome treat in the middle of a flight. But what appears as a snack break to most passengers looks like a golden opportunity to David Hailey. Hailey, an accountant and a graduate of both NC State and Duke’s
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With interest rate hikes, a “crypto winter,” and mounting stagflation or recession concerns, there is a general sense of uncertainty at best — and pessimism at worst — about the current state of financial markets. That has “Big Tech” companies and investors scrambling. But local fintech leaders see unique reasons to be
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Animesh Koratana got his first glimpse of entrepreneurship in elementary school when his father launched a startup in the basement of their Metro Atlanta home. At an early age, Koratana helped out the company with various testing projects, giving him an inside look into how software and product teams think
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Research Triangle Park-based Klearly is positioning itself as your team’s “revenue sidekick.” Its platform helps marketing, sales, and customer success teams better understand where they should focus their energy to drive more revenue. Leveraging AI and historical data, Klearly helps a company dive into how content marketing, email campaigns,
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After 30 years in academia, Dr. Joel Berry is jumping into the startup world with a funding marketplace that could help bring the next big scientific breakthrough to life. Berry is the founder of Birmingham-based Astound, a platform dedicated to connecting academic researchers with companies. The goal is to streamline
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When the Atlanta Braves wanted to build the first major league baseball stadium in the metaverse, they didn’t have to look too far to find the talent to make that happen. The 2021 World Series champions partnered with Roswell-based Surreal Events to bring Digital Truist Park to life last
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The wild ride of crypto continues. The price of Bitcoin is down 38% since the start of the year, creating an endless number of think pieces about what this latest “crypto crash” means for future investors. In Washington, a bipartisan group of senators proposed sweeping legislation this week to put
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Jeffrey Kaplan took to the TEDxAsheville stage earlier this year to talk about something uncomfortable: The entrepreneurial journey as we know it is pretty broken. As Director at Venture Asheville, he’s seen the negative outcomes that come when a tech ecosystem focuses on funding exclusively. Founders suffer when they