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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'

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BitPay's Stephen Pair On International Expansion and the Future Of Cryptocurrency

Though cryptocurrency is becoming more mainstream, it's still somewhat of a challenge to find brick-and-mortar businesses that let you spend it in real-time. There are directories to search for merchants that accept cryptocurrency, but until recently, users couldn't exactly head into a Starbucks and pay for

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Here's What Hackers Want — And How to Make it Hard For Them

Given the multiple multi-national cyber attacks that have struck servers around the world in the last few weeks, companies would do well to take some time to focus on implementing some cybersecurity measures. Thwarting hackers requires understanding what they want — thinking of your network as a virtual representation of your

Tech Finance Veteran Joins Rubicon As New CFO To Take Trash Platform Global

Waste industry solutions provider Rubicon Global has brought on a new CFO to manage the company's financial operations as they continue to scale their platform. Chad Gold served as CFO overseeing financial operations at Ariba, a cloud-based software company, following its $4.3 billion acquisition by SAP in