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How VoApps President Paul Gies Flipped The Sales Model to Push Their Direct-to-Voicemail Tool

How VoApps President Paul Gies Flipped The Sales Model to Push Their Direct-to-Voicemail Tool

Paul Gies enjoys solving a company's revenue growth puzzle — which part of the business model needs to be tinkered with to kickstart growth? Gies has explored those growth factors in sales and product management at Earthlink and Motorola, business development at Cbeyond, and now at voicemail solutions company

How This CEO Channeled Her Experience Recovering From Paralysis to Build A Care Platform

How This CEO Channeled Her Experience Recovering From Paralysis to Build A Care Platform

"You talk about solving this big problem; why don't you just go do it?" a Vanderbilt professor told entrepreneur Jessica Harthcock. That problem came out of Harthcock's personal experience pursuing recovery following a gymnastics-induced spinal injury at age 17 that left her paralyzed from

How This Athlete Turned a Career-Ending Crash Into a New Path As a MedTech Entrepreneur

How This Athlete Turned a Career-Ending Crash Into a New Path As a MedTech Entrepreneur

Sinead Miller was an Olympic-bound competitive road cyclist and member of the national USA Women's Road Cycling team for a decade. But in 2010, during a race in the Netherlands, Miller crashed. The accident resulted in multiple injuries, including broken bones and a traumatic brain injury at just

AvidXchange

Southern Payments Unicorn Brings In Chief Growth Officer From Fiserv to “Double Revenue”

Payments technology platform AvidXchange, one of the few southeastern companies valued at over a billion dollars, has pulled in a Chief Growth Officer with 25+ years experience growing fintech revenue streams and sales. Dan Drees, most recently of Fiserv, will be responsible for the go-to market of AvidXchange’s products,

CEO Of Newly-Funded RoadSync On Their Rebrand Revitalization

CEO Of Newly-Funded RoadSync On Their Rebrand Revitalization

Last summer, Robin Gregg came on board a growing payment startup, geared towards the freight industry, as their new CEO. With a background of 15+ years in the payments industry, including most recently SVP of Product and Growth Strategy at commercial payments solution company Fleetcor, Gregg brought scaling experience to

Jay Bailey

Jay Bailey's Vision for the Russell Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship: The "Gateway" for Atlanta's Black Entrepreneurs

Atlanta’s Castleberry Hill neighborhood sits in the heart of the city — a few streets over from the downtown business district and Georgia State; a stone’s throw away from the academic hub of the Atlanta University Center’s complex containing Morehouse, Spelman, and Clark Atlanta University. However, Downtown and

MomSource's Courtney Jones Is Helping Companies Adapt to the Real Workforce of Today

MomSource's Courtney Jones Is Helping Companies Adapt to the Real Workforce of Today

Courtney Jones was a top corporate exec when she and her husband decided to start a family. Thanks to a flexible company culture, she was able to continue on a part-time basis and rearrange her schedule. Despite having support from family and a nanny, Jones saw that there was a