Founder Spotlight
The Southeast region has become a hub for Future of Work startups. Many venture-backed teams, like ImIn, Illoominus, and Clovers, want to make it easier to hire and run effective organizations in a hybrid-centric world. And now with a new name and a new round of seed funding, Opre wants
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Husband and wife team Rodrigo Dantas e Silva and Danielle Hirsch were established professionals when they moved from Brazil to Atlanta in 2017. Silva had built up his career at international banks and at industry giants like Accenture and EY. Hirsch had an impressive resume filled with work in the
Founder Spotlight
Parth Arora doesn’t yet have his college diploma. But he does have something that most entrepreneurs envy: A successful startup exit. Arora founded the fitness app Third Dimension Fitness as a student in Georgia Tech’s undergraduate computer science department. The virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality startup is
B2C
Breaking into the music and entertainment industry can often come down to ‘who you know’ instead of ‘what you know.’ That was a reality Nikki Sanz saw first-hand as she built up her career as a production assistant and tour manager across Nashville’s music and live events scene. “Traditionally,
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When entrepreneur Alex Edquist started diving into the world of regenerative agriculture, there was just something that didn’t make sense to her. The method of farming, where farmers “cultivate a whole ecosystem” of products instead of just one of two cash crops, yields healthier food and better environmental outcomes.
B2C
Families across the country struggle to find affordable, quality childcare. But millions of military families have extra considerations that can make finding childcare even more difficult, says Atlanta-based founder Shelly Scott. Those in the military are often moving to new cities and criss crossing the nation, making it difficult to
B2B
We’re accustomed to registries for baby showers and weddings. They are key to help gift givers figure out exactly what items someone could use during life’s happiest moments. But when someone is going through a tough time — be it the hospitalization of a loved one or the passing
accelerators
Space enthusiasts (including all you solar eclipse watchers!) will want to keep an eye on one Alabama startup that is currently orbiting around Earth sixteen times a day on the International Space Station (ISS). Birmingham-based Shipshape Urban Farms, an AgTech startup creating localized food networks with modular hydroponic farms, blasted
accelerators
The “entrepreneur-in-residence” (EIR) role is common in the startup world, with accelerators and university startup programs hiring such a person to provide mentorship, guidance, and expertise to budding entrepreneurs. But that title isn’t as common in the nonprofit world. But the United Way of Greater Atlanta is taking a
accelerators
Fortune 500 companies like Coca-Cola, Delta Air Lines, and UPS have their eyes on eight founders recently selected to join Engage, a 10-week program that helps B2B startups refine their go-to-market strategies and get in front of enterprise clients. The Atlanta-based program is open to companies across the country. But
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CEO Nick Bugara has seen it all in his seven years in business. Or, more specifically, he’s seen every sort of app out there at the helm of Appsketiers, an Atlanta-based app development company. Bugara has recruited an impressive (and fun...check the photo below) group of technologists over
Companies
It was sheer frustration with the US health insurance world that turned Shielvonda Haith into an entrepreneur. She had a good job with benefits. Her insurance came from a major payor in the market. And even so, she had to pay $7,000 out of pocket in medical bills for