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Georgia Startup SkillZilla Is Teaching Gen Z the ‘Power Skills’ They Need to Stand Out in the AI Age

Georgia Startup SkillZilla Is Teaching Gen Z the ‘Power Skills’ They Need to Stand Out in the AI Age

Want to differentiate yourself in the workplace in the AI Age? Improve your power skills. Previously called “soft skills,” power skills include communication, empathy, collaboration, adaptability, and emotional intelligence…all skills that are even more important as technical skills become more commoditized in the AI Age. But how do young

Statewide Partnership Aims to Make Georgia the Technology Capital of the East Coast

Statewide Partnership Aims to Make Georgia the Technology Capital of the East Coast

Sure, Georgia is known nationally as the Peach State. But it could soon hold the title of “Technology Capital of the East Coast,” with the help of a new initiative out of the lieutenant governor’s office. This week Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan announced the official launch of the Partnership

DisasterMed Wants to Track and Manage Health For Disaster Shelter Evacuees

DisasterMed Wants to Track and Manage Health For Disaster Shelter Evacuees

After hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in 2009 and evacuees were dispersed across the country, a cluster of 30 MRSA infections were reported in a shelter in Dallas, Texas, according to the CDC. This challenge of disease outbreak following disaster scenarios was the subject of the Southeast Startup Challenge held

First Look At the $100M Georgia Cyber Center: The Largest Investment in Cybersecurity By a State

First Look At the $100M Georgia Cyber Center: The Largest Investment in Cybersecurity By a State

In early 2017, Georgia state government made clear its commitment to growing and nurturing the state's cybersecurity talent with the allocation of an initial $58 million, and then another $35 million, into the Hull McKnight Georgia Cyber Center for Innovation and Training. The campus of the Augusta-based center

$100M Georgia Cyber Center Chooses Innovation Partner

$100M Georgia Cyber Center Chooses Innovation Partner

In order to expand the footprint and resources for cybersecurity startups in Georgia, the soon-to-open Hull McKnight Georgia Cyber Center for Innovation and Training in Augusta has formed a strategic partnership with entrepreneur-focused non-profit theClubhou.se to manage its new innovation space, opening this July. The $100 million Cyber Center

This Non-Profit Is Teaching Kids How to Code With Tiny Sumo Wrestling Robots

This Non-Profit Is Teaching Kids How to Code With Tiny Sumo Wrestling Robots

When you hear the words 'sumo wrestler,' the first thing that comes to mind is the disciplined wrestlers from Japan. Innovation and tech education non-profit HACK Augusta is injecting that sense of competition into a robotics curriculum with their Sumo Robot League. The League's STEM robotics

Augusta Drone Startup Takes Farmers' Eyes to the Skies

Augusta Drone Startup Takes Farmers' Eyes to the Skies

Agriculture requires not only a green thumb but a close eye, given the perils of unstable climate and other environmental factors. Just last year, the California drought cost farmers $603 million, according to a UC Davis study. Farmers also need to be on top of their crops to prevent pests,