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Accidently killing your house plants? This UGA students is building something just for you.

Accidently killing your house plants? This UGA students is building something just for you.

UGA mechanical engineering student Alex Breazu already has an impressive resume filled with internships and job at places like NCR, Nintendo, and the FAA. There is one job you won’t see on LinkedIn: proud “plant parent.” Yet it is that job that helped launch his latest entrepreneurial endeavor, Plantfi.

When the going gets tough, tough early-stage founders join forces

When the going gets tough, tough early-stage founders join forces

Startup founder Tamara Lucas is in growth mode. She initially launched My Panda, a hyperlocal consumer platform connecting busy people to personal assistants, in Decatur, Georgia. She's now looking to expand the platform to other neighborhoods and cities in the Metro Atlanta area. But even with her growth

Logistics startup REPOWR raises $8 million Series A

Logistics startup REPOWR raises $8 million Series A

Starting a tech company during the height of COVID teaches you business skills that can be applied far beyond the context of a global health crisis, says logistics founder Patrick Visintainer. “We founded and launched REPOWR in the heat of the COVID-19 pandemic, so we don’t really know what

What To Expect At Techstars Impact Demo Day

What To Expect At Techstars Impact Demo Day

Founder Marie Bigham might be new to the B2B SaaS space, but she says her 23 years of experience in college admissions has prepared her well to go out and pitch Accelerated Equity Insights. “Whether you're at a college fair standing behind a table and you've

The race for rare earth elements is on. Could this Techstars Alabama graduate give us a head start?

The race for rare earth elements is on. Could this Techstars Alabama graduate give us a head start?

"For the most part, the best you can do in grad school is that [your work] gets published," Laura Stoy said. “A lot of time science doesn't leave the lab." But that wasn’t enough for Stoy, who saw a major market opportunity within her

5 Key Reasons Why Companies Outsource Software Development

5 Key Reasons Why Companies Outsource Software Development

When an organization is developing new software or enhancing an existing solution, they often think that the only viable option is to build their own in-house team of software developers. However, there is a faster, more scalable option. While building an in-house unit is sometimes the way to go, if

Layoffs happen. What happens next determines a startup's success.

Layoffs happen. What happens next determines a startup's success.

Q1 2023 was certainly one for the record books. More tech companies joined the growing list of firms to lay off talent. 157,000 tech jobs across the country were eliminated over the first three months of the year. 1,500 of those jobs were directly connected to Southeast-founded companies,