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The job market is rough for young professionals. A bright spot? Hiring in the South.

The job market is rough for young professionals. A bright spot? Hiring in the South.

Stay up to date with Hypepotamus Add us as a preferred source in Google Add to Google ↗ Want to land a job after college? You’ll want to take a look at at the Southeast, according to new data out from the payroll processing giant ADP. The report, which ranked

Where To Be In June 2026: Birmingham for Sloss Tech

Where To Be In June 2026: Birmingham for Sloss Tech

As a tech reporter, I am always asking what tech-related events people in the ecosystem finds most useful. Last year, I kept hearing that Birmingham’s Sloss Tech conference was the place to be. Sloss Tech is back on the calendar from June 24 to 26, 2026 at venues across

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The Ember Fellowship Launches In Atlanta, Birmingham To Help Local Startup Ecosystem Hire Emerging Talent

Atlanta entrepreneur Eileen Lee’s Ember Fellowship is matching high-potential recent graduates with startups in Atlanta, Birmingham, Detroit, and Baltimore.

AI Startup Nyad Raises $1.3M to Protect Water Infrastructure as Wastewater Operators Retire

AI Startup Nyad Raises $1.3M to Protect Water Infrastructure as Wastewater Operators Retire

While training for a triathlon in her home in the UK, Virginia Szepietowski (in featured photo) “experienced really poor water quality firsthand” while trying to find clean and safe bodies of water to swim in. After diving into (pun intended) into the wastewater world, she realized a problem right away.

These 9 Alabama startups just landed backing from Los Angeles VC firm

These 9 Alabama startups just landed backing from Los Angeles VC firm

(Featured photo shows: Jennifer K. Mandelbaum (Partner), Jesse Draper (Founding Partner), Ashley Balla (Partner). Photo credit: Michael Gauthier) Back in September, Hypepotamus readers were first introduced to Halogen Ventures, the Los Angeles-based VC firm that announced it was investing $10 million into startups based and building in Alabama. This week

Birmingham’s Startup Luau Is Calling the Plays for Your Social Calendar

Birmingham’s Startup Luau Is Calling the Plays for Your Social Calendar

Planning a Super Bowl party? It shouldn’t take three group chats, a shared spreadsheet, and a Facebook invite that only half your guests even open to make it happen. Whether it’s Super Bowl Sunday or any other day of the year, event planning and logistics bog hosts and

Tariffs Nearly Broke This Asheville Startup. Here’s How It Adapted and Grew.

In July of 2025 North Carolina entrepreneur Erik Fabian had a full-length featured article in the Business Section of The New York Times. That might sound like a dream for any young startup company, especially one building in the crowded consumer products market like he was with his company, Sourhouse.