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Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, If You Don't Like Basic Networking Events, Network Under 40 May Work For You

Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, If You Don't Like Basic Networking Events, Network Under 40 May Work For You

Beer ✔️ Business Cards ✔️ Games ✔️ Now, this is how to spend a Thursday evening! As the saying goes, it's not what you know, it's who you know. Understanding the value of professional networking can help a young business professional take his or her career to the next

Jewel Burks Solomon

Exclusive: Atlanta-Based Entrepreneur Jewel Burks Solomon named Head of Google For Startups, U.S.

Atlanta tech entrepreneur Jewel Burks Solomon has been named head of Google for Startups for the U.S., Hypepotamus has confirmed. Solomon is not only the first African-American woman to have this title — a highly significant matter in itself — but she is also the first person to ever hold the

Comcast NBCUniversal Launches Atlanta-Based Accelerator Targeting Sports Technology Startups

Comcast NBCUniversal Launches Atlanta-Based Accelerator Targeting Sports Technology Startups

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced the launch of SportsTech, a three-month global accelerator for multi-stage sports technology startups that will be based in Atlanta. The accelerator features what Comcast NBCUniversal calls an “unprecedented partnership” between three of the broadcast giant’s sports brands – NBC Sports, Sky Sports and Golf Channel, as

Osprey

Sense Photonics Debuts First Modular LiDAR Unit for Autonomous Drivers at CES 2020

Six months after exiting stealth mode with a $26 million Series A funding round, Sense Photonics, a Durham-based company dedicated to providing flash light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology for self-driving cars, has announced its official entry into the automotive market with the first modular flash LiDAR unit for advanced

Curricula

Atlanta-Based Curricula Raises $3M Series A To Grow Its Cybersecurity Training Video Platform

Across industries, training videos are known to be the opposite of fun. In most cases, they even struggle to be interesting, which surely isn’t great for their intended purpose. Still, these training videos — essential to employee orientation and famous for being dreadful — are necessary, and usually mandatory for anyone

Dixon, Paparelli Tapped for Lifetime Achievement Honors at 3rd Annual Atlanta Startup Awards

Dixon, Paparelli Tapped for Lifetime Achievement Honors at 3rd Annual Atlanta Startup Awards

Startup Atlanta has announced two Lifetime Honorees for the third annual Atlanta Startup Awards on January 23. Bernie Dixon and Charlie Paparelli will be recognized with lifetime achievement awards for their long-term contributions and measurable impact on the community they call home. Bernie Dixon was the first woman to simultaneously

Oncolens

OncoLens Raises $2.5M in Pre-Series A Funding Round Led by BIP Capital

OncoLens, an Atlanta-based SaaS platform dedicated to streamlining the planning of cancer treatment, has announced the closing of a $2.5M pre-Series A funding round led by BIP Capital. Atlanta Technology Angels and the Robbins Fund also participated in the round; all three had previously invested in OncoLens’ seed round