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E-commerce's astromical growth over the last two years has also meant a skyrocketing number of fake and misleading reviews ending up in front of customers. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced earlier this year it will begin cracking down on these fake reviews, handing out $43,792 fines
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Christian Ries is no stranger to building at the intersection of property and technology. His latest startup, fresh out of Atlanta Ventures Studio, is designed specifically for the “busy technology-savvy homeowner.” Zeto launched in Atlanta as a home management company that uses text messaging to get homeowners connected to the
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Kelly Gay may be the first woman to win the Imlay Leadership Award, an honor given each year by the Technology Executives Roundtable to one leader in Georgia’s high-tech community. But her dedication to building a stronger and more inclusive Atlanta technology scene all but ensures she will not
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Atlanta native Max Ade chuckles when he thinks about his move back to Georgia from the West Coast. “It felt like we were on the last flight out during an evacuation,” he said, since the move coincided with the day San Francisco first implemented lockdown orders in March of 2020.
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NuBrakes is betting big on the Southeast. And as the startup expands throughout the region, it is ready to rethink what the future of car care might look like. The Austin-based startup is the brainchild of Walker Drewett, who started building in the AutoTech space while he was still a
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When Roadie first hit the streets, founder Marc Gorlin saw an opportunity to create a logistics marketplace that was somewhat of a “UPS, eBay and Airbnb spun together.” Seven years later, Roadie is now officially under the UPS banner. The road to acquisition looks different for every startup. But from
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A technology born in the economics department at the University of Alabama is ready to hit the streets to help fight blight. Blight — like boarded-up windows, boarded-up doors, overgrown grass, and other depreciated properties — has both direct and indirect impacts on a city’s overall economic development efforts, says City
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Canadian social media management platform Hootsuite is moving into Midtown Atlanta’s Tech Square. Opening the office in Atlanta is key for the company looking to hire tech talent and scale in the US. But CEO Tom Keiser has even stronger connections to the city. “Growing up in the southeast
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If you’ve tracked an overseas package or tried to buy any number of consumer electronics over the last few months, you know all about the inflexible nature of the global supply chain. Supply chain experts have long known about this inflexibility. As Professor Nikolay Osadchiy, Associate Professor of Information
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Being home to the “Flooring Capital of the World,” North Georgia carpet is found in homes across the country. Now a team of Georgia-based entrepreneurs and veterans of the flooring space are helping to bring the industry to the e-commerce world. That industry, Plum Carpet CEO and founder Shawn Wilson
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From its first $1 billion exit to an increased number of venture capital deals, the tech scene in New Orleans scored some major headlines in the second half of 2021. For Jon Atkinson, CEO at the city’s accelerator The Idea Village, these headlines are just the start. “We see
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InEvent, a Y Combinator grad, decided to put down roots in Atlanta to take advantage of international access vis-à-vis the airport and the city's overall high quality of life back in 2019. COVID gave the startup a unique boost early on as companies worked to connect in a