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TEDxAtlanta, a grassroots initiative to brings "ideas worth spreading" to more people, just announced the speakers that will take the stage this May for its day-long conference. Alongside civic leaders and scientists, local tech leaders are set to take the main stage. Drum roll, please... These are the
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Editor’s note: This article was first published in Global Atlanta, an online news publication devoted to revealing the city’s ties with the world and helping local companies navigate the global economy.-- The French government’s stamp of approval for Atlanta as a tech hub was renewed for
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It’s an Atlanta M&A deal made in design heaven. Band of Coders, a software development and engineering agency founded in 2001, announced this week the acquisition of Atlanta-based Toolbox No. 9. Toolbox. The design company was founded in 2005 and focuses on app development, user experience, and
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Collateral Data, an upcoming international thriller feature film, is set to bring Georgia’s tech ecosystem to the big screen. It’s the first original screenplay from Jon Gosier, founder and CEO of the media finance startup FilmHedge, and is loosely adapted from his tech-focused memoir Code Switch. This will
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Kyle Clements was working on a “weekend warrior” project when he ran into some particularly frustrating experiences renting gear from the larger equipment rental companies. “After that, I was curious -- if this is what the large, national players are doing, what are the small players doing? It turns out,
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With baseball spring training only a few weeks away, teams are working hard to build out their strategy to fill up stadium seats. For marketing teams, it is all about rethinking the fan experience. That starts even before fans arrive at the field, says Cody Haynes, Senior Director of Business
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Entrepreneurs Brian McGrath Davis and Cristina Poindexter have both played integral roles in building buzz-worthy consumer products already. After serving as Director of Business Development for Atlanta-based Scoutmob, Davis went on to be GM for Blakely Ventures, the personal business incubator of SPANX founder Sara Blakely. Poindexter’s career included
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Consulting giant Deloitte now has an official home at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). The Deloitte Foundry at SCAD launched last week in Savannah, Georgia inside one of the campus’ historic buildings. The Foundry will be home to a new rapid implementation studio and the Frontier Studio
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Cerulean Labs, a New Zealand startup with a sketch-based conceptual design tool for architects, is moving its headquarters to Atlanta. The announcement comes after the early-stage startup landed a seed investment round led by Atlanta-based Shadow Ventures. Shadow Ventures is known as a venture firm focused on using tech to
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Nearly every aspect of work and office life has changed over the course of the last 100 years. And yet one thing that hasn’t really changed much at all? The dreaded employee engagement survey. You’ve likely been asked to fill out some sort of survey either by your
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A short and sweet LinkedIn direct message introduction has ushered in a unique acquisition in the e-commerce subscription brand space. The startups involved will be familiar to Hypepotamus readers. Rent a Romper, a startup profiled in our ecommerce roundup piece in 2022, has acquired Atlanta-based Romp + Tumble, a subscription rental
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Like many startup founding teams, Edgar Garay and his team have been too busy working on Falcomm to finish decorating their Colony Square office space or buy a bunch of new artwork. But they do have a unique piece of art, a framed version of their semiconductor prototype, that is