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How Two NC State Grads Are Using Predictive Analytics To Improve How Websites Load

How Two NC State Grads Are Using Predictive Analytics To Improve How Websites Load

Two North Carolina entrepreneurs are measuring success by the second. Ben Hardison and Camden Conekin, co-founders of Padeo, are working to improve website loading times for various websites through predictive analytics and pre-loading technology. When it comes to loading times, seconds matter. Even a few-second delay drastically

Emily Traxler Brings Customer Success Background To Real Estate Startup's C-Suite

Emily Traxler Brings Customer Success Background To Real Estate Startup's C-Suite

Bank Shot, an Atlanta-based FinTech startup focused on improving the real estate earnest money process, has tapped Emily Traxler as its new CEO. Traxler brings her work in software startups and customer success experience to the real estate tech company. She is taking over from the startup’s founders

Google For Startups Launches 2nd $5 Million Black Founders Fund

Google For Startups Launches 2nd $5 Million Black Founders Fund

Google for Startups Black Founders Fund is back for 2021. The $5 million fund, announced today, will give $100,000 in non-dilutive funds to 50 Black startup founders across the country. But Atlanta’s influence is all over this national program. Google for Startups US, headed by Jewel Burks

Meet The Team Behind The LO, A New Community For Queer Women

Meet The Team Behind The LO, A New Community For Queer Women

Based on her personal experience while living in Baltimore, Laura Mitchell knew it was time to create a new type of community. “As a queer woman, everywhere I've lived, it's been really hard to find community, especially outside of bars and dating apps,” she told Hypepotamus.

Charleston Duo Is Redefining The QR Code & Location-based Messaging

Charleston Duo Is Redefining The QR Code & Location-based Messaging

Cousins Marlon Brown and Kendrick Pullen are on a mission to change how and when we send messages. That’s no small task, given that individuals and companies alike are really more and more on SMS, iMessage, and other app-based messaging services to connect with clients and potential customers.

Stacey Abrams & Lara Hodgson FinTech Startup Raises $9.5M To Fix B2B Payment Woes

Stacey Abrams & Lara Hodgson FinTech Startup Raises $9.5M To Fix B2B Payment Woes

NowAccount knew they had a solution to help small businesses better manage invoices and payments. Coming out of the pandemic, the team, including Georgia Tech alumna Lara Hodgson and Spelman alumna — and former State Representative — Stacey Abrams, closed a $9.5 million Series A round to scale. Abrams talked about

New Network Launches To Connect, Support Women Investors in the Southeast

New Network Launches To Connect, Support Women Investors in the Southeast

Women make up less than 5% of all venture capitalists in the country. That statistic alone is enough to make anyone pause. But a new group is looking to build community and create opportunities for women check writers and fund managers in the Southeast region. WISE (Women Investors in the