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This College Student Was the Victim of Assault. Her Geolocation Wearable Tackles the Problem for Others

Annmarie Stockinger became a victim of assault her freshman year of college. With the help of friends and family she was able to recover from the trauma — she had to transfer schools and move states, ending up at Georgia State University — but she couldn’t entirely wipe the event from

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This Founder Conducted 2500 Ridesharing Trips to Research His Startup

In about 5 years, ridesharing has gone from a non-existent to a billion-dollar market, eclipsing taxis in most major markets. It’s projected to double in size by 2020, grow eightfold by 2030, and at the beginning of this year, total ridesharing miles covered equaled a roundtrip to Saturn. It’

This Power Networking Mother-Daughter Duo Is Making Business Socializing Less Awful

This Power Networking Mother-Daughter Duo Is Making Business Socializing Less Awful

Networking at live events is often uncomfortable and awkward, especially if you're riding solo. What if you could use your phone to find a like-minded group among that sea of strangers? Mother-daughter founder duo Ashlee Ammons and Kerry Schrader created Mixtroz (combining mixer and introduction) to connect people

Less Than 1 Percent of Nurses Are Wound Experts. This Telehealth App Helps Close That Gap

Less Than 1 Percent of Nurses Are Wound Experts. This Telehealth App Helps Close That Gap

Chronic wounds affect 6.5 million people in the U.S. every year, but only 1 out of every 500 nurses is board-certified in wounds. Moving patients from treatment facilities like nursing homes or hospice centers is also challenging, so wounds may be treated improperly or not at all. This

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This Patient-Centric Tool Tackles the Massive Challenge of Hospital-Acquired Infections

Kathleen Puri had been a nurse for many years, but it wasn't until she became a hospital patient that the issue of hospital patient hygiene began to truly bother her. She noticed that patients confined to a hospital bed had no way to conveniently and easily wash their

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RASER's Tip App Helps Your Business Show Some Love to Word-of-Mouth Referrals

No matter how good your digital marketing strategy is, word of mouth still trumps everything. In a Nielsen consumer trust study, 92 percent of consumers believe recommendations from friends and family over all forms of advertising. RASER lets you thank those loyal customers spreading good words with a small tip

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This Georgia Tech-Sprung Nanomaterials Startup Could Stop Smartphones From Exploding — and Much More

When Georgia Tech engineering professor and entrepreneur Baratunde Cola started working with nanomaterials as an engineering Ph.D student in the early 2000’s, he knew it would be a wide-open field. But when he dug into the properties of the carbon nanotube, a structure first discovered just 10 years