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This Alabama Company Crunches Data to Help Top Ballers Make the Perfect Shot

This Alabama Company Crunches Data to Help Top Ballers Make the Perfect Shot

Technology entrepreneur John Carter had served as a business leader for many years — he sold a successful software company and ran a multi-million division of a large manufacturing enterprise — but his first passion was always basketball. A former high school and college player, he heard of a product being developed

This Startup Provides Employees With Leadership Face Time Via Multimedia Content

This Startup Provides Employees With Leadership Face Time Via Multimedia Content

For most employees at large enterprises, reaching leadership to give feedback and fill in knowledge gaps can often be borderline impossible. Blast keeps employees engaged with the company by incorporating gamified learning and surveys. "Blast is taking traditionally siloed solutions like survey solutions, awareness solutions and gamified learning, and

This Nashville Startup Provides A Hyper-Local Cultural Experience to Help Ex-Pats Assimilate

This Nashville Startup Provides A Hyper-Local Cultural Experience to Help Ex-Pats Assimilate

Moving to a new country — from learning the language to getting in tune with the culture and resources — can be a daunting task when you don't know anyone on the ground. Global corporations send employees on long-term contracts to other countries, but many don't have a

Concerned About Your Company's Cyber Risk? Curricula Teaches Your Employees To Be Watchguards

Concerned About Your Company's Cyber Risk? Curricula Teaches Your Employees To Be Watchguards

All it takes to invite a cyber attack is for one unsuspecting employee to accidentally click on a phishing email — endangering your data and your customers. According to the IBM Cyber Security Intelligence Index, 95 percent of cybersecurity incidents occur because of human error and 9 out of 10 U.

Speakalytics Introduces AI to Quantify the Art of Selling — Over the Phone

Speakalytics Introduces AI to Quantify the Art of Selling — Over the Phone

As inside sales grows fifteen times faster than the more-traditional field approach, field sales are becoming a strategy of the past. Seeking more efficient ways to connect with modern buyers and customers, enterprises are increasingly replying on phone calls and web conferences; in effect, salespeople are spending less time in

2ULaundry

2ULaundry Pulls In $2.5M to Put A Spin On Laundry: Outsourced Clean Clothes Through Text Message

Household chores take up between 1.4 and 2.5 hours of the average person’s day — and a good portion of that is one of the most tedious tasks: laundry. It becomes even worse when you’re responsible for a whole household’s clothing needs; in fact, studies have

Fred!

Meet Fred! The First Switchyards-Supported Founder Startup That Takes On Landscape Design

Earlier this year, B2C startup hub Switchyards Downtown Club announced its Founder-in-Residence program. Select would-be entrepreneurs had the opportunity to work on building a startup from the ground up with support and mentorship from the Switchyards founding team. They shared their interest in exploring consumer-facing industries like vacationing, interior design,