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PetScreening Could Lower Your Climbing Pet Rent With Its 'Fido Score'

PetScreening Could Lower Your Climbing Pet Rent With Its 'Fido Score'

Millennials have higher rates of pet ownership than any other generation. And with home ownership getting delayed further and further down the line for this generation, canine parents are also increasing facing property management companies' high pet fees. This, unfortunately, also leads to umbrella assumptions — even bans — on certain

Software Startup Florence Raises $7.1M Series B to Grow Its Clinical Trial Network

Software Startup Florence Raises $7.1M Series B to Grow Its Clinical Trial Network

Clinical trials software startup Florence has raised a $7.1 million Series B round led by Atlanta-based growth equity firm Fulcrum Equity Partners. Atrium Health and Bee Partners also participated in the funding. The capital will mainly be used to add product offerings and expand Florence's sales, marketing,

Musicbuk App Launches At A3C To Help You Book Music Lessons

Musicbuk App Launches At A3C To Help You Book Music Lessons

Classically-trained violinist DuMarkus Davis fell in love with music in middle school. But while studying music, he noticed that many of the organizations that offered music lessons didn't pay a fair wage — teachers getting $20 an hour for a class that billed at $80 an hour, for example.

First Google for Startups Atlanta Pop-Up Empowers Underrepresented Entrepreneurs With 48 hours of Focused Mentorship

First Google for Startups Atlanta Pop-Up Empowers Underrepresented Entrepreneurs With 48 hours of Focused Mentorship

The Google Atlanta midtown office was bustling during the first two days of October. Everywhere you looked you saw two people huddled together — a Google mentor and a startup founder — discussing specific pain points and using the mentor's expertise to solve them. About 40 minutes after, the founders

Tip "T.I." Harris and Moolah App CEO Share the Opportunity of Entrepreneurship With Atlanta's Underserved Students

Tip "T.I." Harris and Moolah App CEO Share the Opportunity of Entrepreneurship With Atlanta's Underserved Students

On Monday, Atlanta Public School students filled Georgia Tech's Ferst Center for the Arts for a fireside chat featuring Georgia Tech alum and entrepreneur Vernell Woods and entertainer Tip "T.I." Harris. At the core of the conversation was the duo's attempt to boost

Preventing Kitchen Fires Is As Easy As Pie With These Smart Stove Knobs

Preventing Kitchen Fires Is As Easy As Pie With These Smart Stove Knobs

Smart home devices are on the rise — by 2022, American households are expected to spent upwards of $63 billion in smart home systems and services. We see smart thermostats, smoke detectors, cameras, and other devices creating safety and efficiency in our homes. Akshita Iyer still vividly remembers when her mom

SecondKeys Makes Apartment Repairs Happen — Fast

SecondKeys Makes Apartment Repairs Happen — Fast

According to a Zillow Rentals survey, 68 percent of apartment tenants leave due to bad customer service from property management. At the core of the problem is the connection between the property manager, the on-site handyman or contractor, and the tenant. Much of the time, a renter with an issue