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Meet The Founder Playing Matchmaker To Vendors And Venues

Meet The Founder Playing Matchmaker To Vendors And Venues

After leaving a career in the military, Air Force veteran April Caldwell’s dove into the small business world with the launch of her own gourmet popcorn company. Part of the recipe for making such a business work, of course, is getting in front of the right customers. “Being a

What's The Next Play For Atlanta's PlayOn! Sports?

What's The Next Play For Atlanta's PlayOn! Sports?

Navigating a startup through the volatile and unpredictable media landscape is no small feat. But that’s exactly what David Rudolph has done at the helm of ATDC-graduate PlayOn! Sports, a sports media company for the high school market. The rise of streaming and subscription-based programming over the

Create-X startup lands seed funding to keep workers safe with wearable technology

Create-X startup lands seed funding to keep workers safe with wearable technology

It started with a conversation between friends about reducing injuries and deaths in the firefighting community. But after scaling the concept through the Create-X Idea-2-Prototype class at Georgia Tech and launching their first product, the team behind SlateSafety (formerly FireHUD) realized their wearable technology had even more

Atlanta EdTech team looks to tackle teacher burnout with SaaS solution

Atlanta EdTech team looks to tackle teacher burnout with SaaS solution

When we last caught up with Atlanta-based TARA Education Technologies in April 2021, the team was helping teachers create better lesson plans and navigate the changing education landscape during COVID. Since then the teacher shortage has reached epidemic proportions itself. A recent survey suggests half of all teachers are

Atlanta-based SkillPointe Has A Plan, And A Platform, To Help In A Career Pivot

Atlanta-based SkillPointe Has A Plan, And A Platform, To Help In A Career Pivot

A quick Google search on the current US labor shortage will show you that economists and journalists alike are struggling to figure out which statistics best explain the moment. But for the Atlanta-based team building SkillPointe, one specific Google search metric tells an important story of just how big

Atlanta-based MusicTech Startup Looks To Answer The Question: Whose Rights Are They Anyway?

Atlanta-based MusicTech Startup Looks To Answer The Question: Whose Rights Are They Anyway?

With over a decade of experience building startups together, Jarrett Hines and Bryson Nobles have joined forces once again on a venture that could be music to the ears of artists and media buyers alike. The two launched rightholder.io as a search engine for the music industry. The goal,

Meet The Entrepreneur Using AI To Close The “Education to Industry Gap”

Tampa-based entrepreneur Sheffie Robinson recognized just how big the “education to industry gap” was when she was helping her son schedule out classes for his junior year of high school. Her son needed calculus to work towards his goal of becoming a mechanical engineer. But since that class wasn’