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NFT Craze Brings Opportunity For Big Brands & Local Startups Alike

NFT Craze Brings Opportunity For Big Brands & Local Startups Alike

Following a round of seed investment late last year, Atlanta-based GigLabs has been busy helping more household name brands enter the growing NFT space. The most recent is the Atlanta Hawks, which announced this week the launch of a “Harry The Hawk” NFT collection. While 40 hand-drawn NFTs of the

Wildfires Spark Entrepreneurial Spirit In Four Students From Charlotte

Wildfires Spark Entrepreneurial Spirit In Four Students From Charlotte

While western states may first come to mind when it comes to wildfires, evacuations on the Florida Panhandle this week are a reminder that the Southeast is actually one of the more active fire areas in the country. That was something a group of North Carolina high schoolers saw firsthand.

24 Hours in the Switchyards Neighborhood

24 Hours in the Switchyards Neighborhood

A note of disclosure before we begin. The Hypepotamus team did not actually stay up for 24 hours to this story (we value our sleep). We did, however, consume lots of Punch Card drip coffee. The following is a combination of what we saw and who we met after spending

Behind the "concrete" foundation of Atlanta-based SkyMul

Behind the "concrete" foundation of Atlanta-based SkyMul

The modern construction site could be taken over by drones, thanks to an Atlanta-based SkyMul. Eohan George started looking at how tech could solve common, and often dangerous, problems on construction sites. During the customer discovery process, he saw that rebar tying was a cumbersome task. “We were initially confident

A GT Lab Is Researching The Big Question: Can We Make FinTech More Equitable?

A GT Lab Is Researching The Big Question: Can We Make FinTech More Equitable?

The fact that FinTech helped propel Atlanta onto the national startup stage has been a bit of a paradox to those studying sustainable finance. That’s because Atlanta is consistently ranked as the US city with the highest income inequality ratio and one of the places with the highest percentage

Atlanta Startup Looks To Prove Giving Back Is Good Business Sense

Atlanta Startup Looks To Prove Giving Back Is Good Business Sense

The team behind Atlanta-based Givsly sees giving back as a solid business decision. And their platform wants to make that process even easier by being a “Calendly link for donations.” That’s how CEO Chad Hickey described Givsly to Hypepotamus. The goal is to drive business connections, increase pipeline and