Get To Know Jeff Perkins, The New CEO of Nashville-based Soundstripe Perkins initially connected with the Soundstripe team last year through Atlanta-based Overline VC, one of MusicTech's investors.
Meet The VC Looking To Transform Durham, North Carolina Investor Charles Robinson is on a mission to change the City of Durham, one business district at a time. To start, he’s eyeing Hayti District, a historic neighborhood that served as the social and cultural center for the city’s Black community. Robinson is working with a new Social
SalesTech Startup Zinnia Taps Local Industry Pro For New CTO Role Marco Dell'Olio wasn’t necessarily looking for a new job. The software engineer, who worked at Salesloft and Calendly before co-founding Atlanta-based startup OrderNerd, was just about to start his paternity leave and had a senior-level position at a Series B SaaS company. But Salesloft co-founder Rob Forman
Sustainable & Smart Hardware Startup TripSwitch Is Coming For Your Circuit Breaker Just about every household appliance has gone through a smart home upgrade. From smart locks to plugs, IoT devices are adding security, convenience, and a new eco-friendly layer to our homes. But circuit breakers have yet to get really “smart.” A traditional breaker box is constantly pulling energy from the
Turning Grades Into Gift Cards: Meet The Entrepreneur Behind Schoolconomy School is a full-time job. But why don’t students get paid for their efforts? Regnault Drake Sanders, a Kennesaw State University graduate and Georgia native, thought that needed to change. That was why he created Schoolconomy, a digital platform that allows students to get paid for their grades Students
Holly Rachel Has Big Plans For A New Nashville Innovation Center Nashville’s Fisk University has politician John Lewis and civil rights activists W.E.B. Du Bois on its list of notable alumni. But with a new Innovation Center coming to campus, the university could soon be a hub for the next generation of Nashville entrepreneurs. The Darrell S. Freeman
Columbus, Georgia Founder Emilie Schario Wants To Change How You Look At Business Data Emilie Schario has some thoughts on data. Specifically, she has some strong thoughts about what is wrong with the way most businesses access their internal data. “The way companies work with data teams is, in my opinion, pretty fundamentally broken,” she told Hypepotamus. As she explained, it is common for