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Jeffrey Kaplan took to the TEDxAsheville stage earlier this year to talk about something uncomfortable: The entrepreneurial journey as we know it is pretty broken. As Director at Venture Asheville, he’s seen the negative outcomes that come when a tech ecosystem focuses on funding exclusively. Founders suffer when they
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All ParkMobile employees start each morning with an email recap of the previous day’s analytics, giving them a look at how the parking app was growing day by day in cities across the country. Jeff Perkins, who was ParkMobile’s CMO in 2020, said it was about transparency and
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News that Macquarium is joining Synoptek is the start of a new chapter for one of the “OG” tech-focused service companies in Atlanta. But there are earlier chapters in the company’s story that are worth revisiting. Because from its headquarters on Peachtree Road in Buckhead, the company actually helped
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Calm Mattier, a Georgia Tech physics graduate turned teacher turned developer, is stepping into the CTO role for the fast-growing Atlanta startup Lillii RNB Inc. That team, which includes the fraud detection platform Freeing Returns, raised $3 million seed round from Serena William’s venture fund this April to help
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Atlanta has attracted international tech talent over the years, including most recently Serge Kadjo, an industrial engineer, entrepreneur, and self-proclaimed “idea converter.” His ideas have taken him across four continents as he’s helped both robotics-focused ventures and CleanTech startups scale. But it was a dry cleaning startup in Atlanta
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Nicole Toole, a recent graduate from Georgia State and CEO of Conserve Innovations, knows firsthand that students want to take care of the planet. But a lack of education and resources makes it hard to really understand what it takes to be more sustainable on campus. “It's not
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Earth Day started in the 1970s as a way to bring awareness to environmental science and conservation efforts. But as businesses and individuals search for more green alternatives, awareness is no longer enough, says Venkatesh Kini, co-founder at Ubuntoo. “Too often, companies get credit for bold ambitions but don'
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On his 99th day in office, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens sat down with Calendly founder Tope Awotona for a conversation and reflection on the Atlanta entrepreneurial ecosystem. It was a fitting way for the “Tech Mayor” to mark such a milestone. As an Atlanta native, Georgia Tech graduate, entrepreneur, and
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Hootsuite certainly tapped into the local talent pool with the hire of its first C-Suite executive based out of its Atlanta office. Natalia Williams is joining the team as Chief Product Officer, the Canadian-based social media management platform announced today. Williams, a Georgia State University graduate, joined Hootsuite after a
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Most college students are hyperfocused on their own interview prep during the school year. But interviews looked a little different this semester for the 29 Emory students involved in the Peachtree Minority Venture Fund. As part of the first student-run fund dedicated to supporting underrepresented entrepreneurs from Black, LatinX, and
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The meaning behind the name of Atlanta-based startup Quinn Cobbledger is personal for mother-son founding team Laura Emory Matthews and Wesley Matthews. It’s a combination of streets the family grew up on over the years. But the problem they are solving for is far too universal in the world
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Sonar, an Atlanta-based CRM startup, grew at a pace most early-stage startups dream about. The team was a grand total of two people in January of 2020. That number was 15 by the end of the year. Following a $12 million Series A in early 2021, the Sonar team is