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Inclusively Wants To Help Your Team Rethink The Hiring Process

Inclusively Wants To Help Your Team Rethink The Hiring Process

For Charlotte Dales, access to talent isn’t a pipeline problem. But companies have to start rethinking their hiring process if they want to create a strong employee base. “Everyone has come to think that to increase diversity all you need is access to pipeline. But that's taking

This App Actually Wants You To Get "Offline" And Explore The Local Food Scene

This App Actually Wants You To Get "Offline" And Explore The Local Food Scene

An app that actually wants to decrease your screen time? It might sound like a contradiction, but Charlotte-based Offline is looking to do just that by helping people rediscover and reconnect with local restaurants. Founder and CEO David Shaner, a chemical engineering graduate from NC State, was fresh out

Focus On Corporate Wellness Means Big Business For Southeast Startups

Focus On Corporate Wellness Means Big Business For Southeast Startups

Corporate benefits have mostly been “stale and analog for decades,” Ed Buckley admits. But companies are starting to bring more than the standard gym stipend to the table with their employees, and they are using local wellness startups to make that happen. One such startup is Tampa-based Peerfit, a

In The Ongoing Talent War, Is Retention More Important Than Recruiting?

In The Ongoing Talent War, Is Retention More Important Than Recruiting?

For Max Farrell, the employee-employer relationship had been fundamentally flawed long before the “Great Resignation” made it a pressing topic for most companies. “For the longest time companies just ‘recruited away’ their turnover challenges, which we've always seen as a really backwards approach to growing a business,

Meet The Founders Rethinking The Crowdfunding Game For Startups & Small Businesses

Meet The Founders Rethinking The Crowdfunding Game For Startups & Small Businesses

It was looking like the right time for founder Katie Hotze to start raising capital. Her startup Grocery Shopii just won Charlotte Innovation Week and she told Hypepotamus that the team had “a lot of momentum and energy.” The only problem: It was early 2020. While check writing all but

Co-working changed the nature of offices. Can co-learning change the education system?

Co-working changed the nature of offices. Can co-learning change the education system?

It started with a problem close to home for entrepreneur and founder Chris Turner. Or, perhaps it would be better to say, a problem close to school. Turner was looking for early learning options for his young children, but the schools he toured, which included some of the best local

Forget Personality Tests. Atlanta-based Go Beyond Believes "Purpose Statements" Are Key To Building A Better Workforce

Forget Personality Tests. Atlanta-based Go Beyond Believes "Purpose Statements" Are Key To Building A Better Workforce

Combating “The Big Quit” or “The Great Resignation” is a family affair for the Sloan’s of Atlanta, who have come together to create the Go Beyond platform. Go Beyond is designed as a tech-driven way for employees to find their individual purpose. In doing so, they hope to