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Atlanta’s ‘French Tech’ Designation Renewed for Three Years

Atlanta’s ‘French Tech’ Designation Renewed for Three Years

Editor’s note: This article was first published in Global Atlanta, an online news publication devoted to revealing the city’s ties with the world and helping local companies navigate the global economy.-- The French government’s stamp of approval for Atlanta as a tech hub was renewed for another

New EdTech Platform Looks To Be "One Stop" Shop For Busy Parents

New EdTech Platform Looks To Be "One Stop" Shop For Busy Parents

Attention parents juggling school work deadlines, after school activities, and family obligations (AKA, every parent out there), Joshua Tutu has built a platform just for you. Involvvely, an Atlanta-based platform and mobile app, is a "One Stop Parents and Educators Resource.” Whether ensuring assignments get completed, getting each

Acquisition News: Atlanta software development agency joins forces with local UX/UI team

Acquisition News: Atlanta software development agency joins forces with local UX/UI team

It’s an Atlanta M&A deal made in design heaven. Band of Coders, a software development and engineering agency founded in 2001, announced this week the acquisition of Atlanta-based Toolbox No. 9. Toolbox. The design company was founded in 2005 and focuses on app development, user experience,

New startup launches to make your trip to the office "worth the commute"

New startup launches to make your trip to the office "worth the commute"

Hybrid work teams face a common problem, says John Wichmann. Particularly after COVID, the in-office work experience has diminished, and employees often “end up feeling [it] was not worth the commute,” he told Hypepotamus. “[That is] inextricably connected with the poor experience feeding the low return numbers,” he said,

CONTRIBUTOR THOUGHTS: 10 years later, Wilmington's startup ecosystem is buzzing

CONTRIBUTOR THOUGHTS: 10 years later, Wilmington's startup ecosystem is buzzing

Back in early 2021, Hypepotamus took a reporting trip up to Wilmington, North Carolina to better understand how startups are growing in the beach community. One of the ecosystem leaders of The Port City is Jim Roberts, Founder of the Network for Entrepreneurs in Wilmington (NEW) and the WALE Angel

Flexible Perks, Flexible Schedules: Here's how startups are retaining top talent today

Flexible Perks, Flexible Schedules: Here's how startups are retaining top talent today

Headlines about The Great Resignation – the 2021 trend of employees leaving jobs voluntarily – has given way to realities of layoffs and sector-specific slowdowns have certainly rattled the tech industry. But those headlines about layoffs don’t tell the full story of what is going on in the economy, as

With Georgia Tech roots, Atlanta-based startup AssignGuard helps professors combat AI fears

With Georgia Tech roots, Atlanta-based startup AssignGuard helps professors combat AI fears

Almost as quickly as ChatGPT caught the imagination of the tech world, alarm bells started going off about what a powerful AI chatbot could mean for academia. Following a few rough pandemic years that upended how schools teach, professors are now grappling with how to identify and stop AI-written