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24 Hours in the Switchyards Neighborhood

24 Hours in the Switchyards Neighborhood

A note of disclosure before we begin. The Hypepotamus team did not actually stay up for 24 hours to this story (we value our sleep). We did, however, consume lots of Punch Card drip coffee. The following is a combination of what we saw and who we met after spending

Behind the "concrete" foundation of Atlanta-based SkyMul

Behind the "concrete" foundation of Atlanta-based SkyMul

The modern construction site could be taken over by drones, thanks to an Atlanta-based SkyMul. Eohan George started looking at how tech could solve common, and often dangerous, problems on construction sites. During the customer discovery process, he saw that rebar tying was a cumbersome task. “We were initially confident

A GT Lab Is Researching The Big Question: Can We Make FinTech More Equitable?

A GT Lab Is Researching The Big Question: Can We Make FinTech More Equitable?

The fact that FinTech helped propel Atlanta onto the national startup stage has been a bit of a paradox to those studying sustainable finance. That’s because Atlanta is consistently ranked as the US city with the highest income inequality ratio and one of the places with the highest percentage

Atlanta Startup Looks To Prove Giving Back Is Good Business Sense

Atlanta Startup Looks To Prove Giving Back Is Good Business Sense

The team behind Atlanta-based Givsly sees giving back as a solid business decision. And their platform wants to make that process even easier by being a “Calendly link for donations.” That’s how CEO Chad Hickey described Givsly to Hypepotamus. The goal is to drive business connections, increase pipeline and

7 More Startups Put Down Roots, All Under One Roof, In Birmingham

7 More Startups Put Down Roots, All Under One Roof, In Birmingham

A recent real estate purchase in the Forest Park neighborhood in Birmingham will soon be "home base" for the newest crop of startup founders building in the city. Some of the recent graduates of Techstars Alabama EnergyTech accelerator program have pulled together to purchase what they are calling

Better Than a Bake Sale? Tech Startup Hello Donor Looks To Change The School Fundraiser

Better Than a Bake Sale? Tech Startup Hello Donor Looks To Change The School Fundraiser

Alpharetta-based Hello Donor is out to change the face of fundraising. The concept and technology behind its Changemaker Initiative, the digital change round-up, is familiar to most consumers. The idea of rounding up a transaction and donating the extra cents is common at point-of-sales retail settings and grocery stores. But