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Startups can grow anywhere. These people are making the pitch they should sit down roots in the South.
"Entrepreneurs are people first and choosing where to build their business also means choosing where to build their life."
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What To Expect From Tennessee's Innovation Week 2025
"Innovation Week is that special time of year when we get to show off the impressive work that founders and researchers are doing in Tennessee. It's also an invaluable opportunity to bring together entrepreneurial leaders from across the state, Lindsey Cox, Launch Tennessee's CEO, said.
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The State of Georgia Is A Leader In Cleantech Jobs. How Did The Ecosystem Grow In 2024?
Some to keep an eye on that have made a splash recently include: Nexus Circular, Carbice, Goodr, NuGen Systems, Green Badger, Cherry Street Energy, EnviroSpark, Metzev, Racoon Eyes, Retaaza, and JTEC Energy.
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Meet The New Startup That Will Help You "Squeez" Into Last-Minute Reservations Without Stress
Squeez operates as a marketplace, connecting people to exclusive experiences while helping businesses optimize revenue. Customers submit a monetary offer for unavailable reservations, indicating how much they’re willing to pay. Businesses can then choose to accept or decline the offer.
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Get To Know The CEO: George Azih at LeaseQuery
George Azih calls himself a “Product CEO.” He didn’t set out to build a fast-growing startup like many serial founders and CEOs do. He was an accountant, and he’d found himself in charge of technical accounting and accounting research at a Fortune 500 company in Georgia. While in
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What Motivates Women in Tech
For this year’s International Women’s Day, my personal #ChoosetoChallenge was to connect with women working in technology and ask them, ‘What motivates you as a woman in tech?' I was further challenged by Maigh Houlihan, industry veteran and long time advocate for underrepresented communities in technology, to
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TEDxAtlanta Celebrates New Decade By Going Back To The Beginning
After canceling its traditional springtime conference in 2020, TEDxAtlanta is back in 2021 with a virtual lineup. The April 16th event is particularly important for the local conference first launched in 2009, license holder Jacqui Chew told Hypepotamus. “It’s a new beginning, and the first show of the new
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What's Up With Wilmington, NC? The Small City With Surprisingly Strong Startup Roots
It only takes a few moments of scrolling through Twitter or browsing the news in 2021 to be hit with a slew of “moving out of SF”-type headlines. As the pandemic made work from home — and work from anywhere — a reality for many industries, people have fled coastal tech-heavy
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Atlanta's NCCHR Launches A 360-Degree Virtual Tour of the Civil Rights Movement
When the pandemic closed its doors in March, Atlanta’s National Center for Civil and Human Rights (NCCHR) knew it was essential to find a way to keep its downtown galleries accessible to the general public. With the technological and creative help of an Atlanta production company, the Center has
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Stone Mountain’s Netherworld Haunts On While Ensuring Safety During Pandemic
Netherworld haunted house has been a Halloween staple in the Greater Atlanta area for more than 20 years. The popular haunt, located in Stone Mountain, is a self-guided, walk-through attraction, and has been consistently ranked as the top haunt in the nation by publications such as The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Buzzfeed,
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Fall Brings Accelerated Growth for Startups
While this fall is shaping up to be another Zoom-filled, socially distanced season across the Southeast, many startups are using this time to hone their ideas and get their product pitches ready for upcoming competitions and conferences. Here are a few of the programs that you should know about as
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Coronavirus Startup Survival Story: John O'Bryan of Pronovos Construction Analytics
COVID-19 is impacting businesses across the globe, including Southern startups. We want to know how you’re being affected, as a startup founder, employee, investor or general member of the community. We’re publishing selected stories sent directly from you, only making edits where necessary for grammar and formatting, so