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Get To Know The 11 Student Entrepreneurs In Emory's First Summer Incubator Cohort

Get To Know The 11 Student Entrepreneurs In Emory's First Summer Incubator Cohort

Patrick Latting knew the event planning process was broken. He’d put together his own events for other organizations he started and experienced all the headaches that come with looking for the right vendors. He talked to many others in similar positions. So he started thinking about how technology could

Holly Rachel Has Big Plans For A New Nashville Innovation Center

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

New Faces & New Investments: Here's How Atlanta-based HRTech Startup Illoominus Has Grown In 2023

New Faces & New Investments: Here's How Atlanta-based HRTech Startup Illoominus Has Grown In 2023

AI, tech layoffs, the Great Resignation, and affirmative action aren’t just newspaper headlines that get attention across startup and business communities. They all ultimately boil down to be HR problems. HR and people leaders are poised with questions like: Why are women leaving our organization at higher rates than

Tye Hayes Is On A Mission To Transform Local Government

Tye Hayes Is On A Mission To Transform Local Government

Tye Hayes knows a thing or two about managing professional crises. After her time in the Navy, Hayes spent the early part of her career at Lockheed Martin as the head of the Information Security Compliance and Governance group. After becoming a mom, the College Park native and Georgia State

From MD to CEO: Meet The Doctor Building An Inclusive Healthcare Platform For The LGBTQIA+ Community

From MD to CEO: Meet The Doctor Building An Inclusive Healthcare Platform For The LGBTQIA+ Community

Long before launching the digital health startup Equal Health a year and a half ago, Avantika (Avi) Varma, MD, MPH was passionate about building more equitable spaces within healthcare. The roots of Varma’s first startup actually date back to her time volunteering at orphanages and hospitals near New Delhi

Get To Know The CEO: Michael Davis To Lead New Hyperlocal Startup Homegrown

Get To Know The CEO: Michael Davis To Lead New Hyperlocal Startup Homegrown

Even before Michael Davis officially joining the team at Homegrown, the early-stage startup was keeping him up at night. “You know when it’s three in the morning and you can't stop thinking about an idea? And then you wake up at six a.m. and you are

Q&A With Paul Todd, new Venture Partner at TTV Capital

Q&A With Paul Todd, new Venture Partner at TTV Capital

TTV Capital, an Atlanta-based fintech venture capital firm, has tapped a veteran in the payments space as a new Venture Partner. Paul Todd most recently served as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at transaction processing giant Global Payments, a Fortune 500 company based in Atlanta. After working