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Tech Talent: This Sports-Minded Junior Programmer Will Hit It Out of the Park

Yingrong Zhao thrives on debugging and writing queries, but that's not where her career journey started. After graduating with a degree in Sports Management at Florida State, she went on to hold positions with professional sports teams and park and recreation departments. As she started craving a more

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How Do Entrepreneurs Engineer Creativity?

Innovation. Disruption. Inventiveness. All words that describe entrepreneurship. But there's another one you don't hear as often (especially in the tech world) which may be the true secret sauce to thinking up and launching a novel endeavor — creativity. Defined as the ability to transcend traditional ideas,

Tech Talent: This DigitalCrafts Graduate Is Following Her Family's Path into Tech

Tech Talent: This DigitalCrafts Graduate Is Following Her Family's Path into Tech

For Merilee Wheelock, a career in technology was meant to be — both of her parents are programmers. After a stint as a clinical lab project manager, where coordinating client-facing deliverables inspired her to take her tech skills to the next level, she joined DigitalCrafts immersive full-stack program. "Given how

Anastasia Simon Threads A New Message for the Fashion Industry: Sustainable Style Through Robotics

Anastasia Simon Threads A New Message for the Fashion Industry: Sustainable Style Through Robotics

A chance meeting with a friend introduced then-fashion content marketer Anastasia Simon to SoftWear Automation, a startup that manufactures sewing robots. The Louisiana-born marketer was almost ready to move on to LA after spending a few years in Atlanta. Good thing we got to keep her. Since joining the SoftWear

This Librarian Turned Into A UX Designer to Tackle Real Human Problems With Data

Christeene Alcosiba took a winding path to technology. Currently an academic librarian and program director at Emory, Alcosiba entered a UX design course to transition her experience managing large data sets into technology. The newly-minted UX designer has a special knack for Human-Computer Interaction concepts and evaluating and building products

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Culture Milestones and How To Address Them

Building culture is often a matter of timing — that is, when to make certain decisions around people. When should you hire a full-time recruiter, purchase an HR system, and write down the critical components of your culture (your core values)? All of these decisions will significantly affect your current and

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Charlie Brock Is Connecting the Dots Between Government and Startups To Catapult Innovation In Tennessee

Thanks to dedicated efforts and a shared mission, one state more than doubled capital investment — from $189 to $428 million — in four years, graduated over 500 companies from supported accelerators, and is home to 3 out of the 4 top-ranked cities in the country for female entrepreneurs. No, it'