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Atlanta's 48in48 Scales Its Skills-Based Volunteer Organization As Non-Profit Needs Grow

Atlanta's 48in48 Scales Its Skills-Based Volunteer Organization As Non-Profit Needs Grow

What started as a weekend for tech employees to give back has grown into an international movement to bring non-profits into the digital space. As the name implies, the non-profit organization 48in48 aims to build 48 websites over the course of each 48 hour-long hack-a-thon. Sima Parekh, the group'

New York-based EdTech Team Taps Atlanta's Dani Cushion As First CMO

New York-based EdTech Team Taps Atlanta's Dani Cushion As First CMO

Both as a C-Suite executive and a non-profit board member, Dani Cushion has made quite the impact on the Atlanta technology community since moving here in 2015. She served as Chief Marketing Officer of Cardlytics, the Atlanta-based purchase-based financial services company that went public back in 2018. She’s also

Intellum's New Chief Strategy Officer Vicky Kennedy Talks Future of Customer Education

Vicky Kennedy had a vision of what Atlanta-based Intellum needed to grow. So she created and pitched the role of Chief Strategy Officer. “I have this history in my career of pitching the role before it's there," Kennedy told Hypepotams. "I write it out and say

Meet Sharon Harris, Jellyfish's CMO and new Atlanta resident

Meet Sharon Harris, Jellyfish's CMO and new Atlanta resident

Hypepotamus got to catch up virtually this week with Sharon Harris, Atlanta’s latest transplant. Harris is Chief Marketing Officer at Jellyfish, a London-based AdTech and MarTech digital agency focusing on providing technology, strategy, and training. Jellyfish already has a presence in 20 countries across 40 offices, but Harris is

Founder of Atlanta-based Purposity Talks COVID's Impact on Generosity

Founder of Atlanta-based Purposity Talks COVID's Impact on Generosity

The last twelve months might most accurately be described as “The Year of the Pivot” for many startups. But for Atlanta-based Purposity, it was the year that validated their thesis that tech can help build up generosity across communities. Blake Canterbury, Purposity’s founder, told Hypepotamus that the team had

Atlanta-based Engineer Launches Platform to Boost Influencer Marketing Efforts Internationally

Atlanta-based Engineer Launches Platform to Boost Influencer Marketing Efforts Internationally

As an engineer, Lingbin Kong has a knack for streamlining processes. After graduating from Georgia Tech with a Master in Electrical Engineer, Kong went on to work for Motorola and Alpha Comm Enterprises. But in 2017, he jumped into entrepreneurship with 2PM Solutions after seeing the need to streamline how

Vasant Kamath Joins Tech Square Ventures As Firm Grows

Vasant Kamath Joins Tech Square Ventures As Firm Grows

As Tech Square Ventures launches its Fund II, the firm has tapped Vasant Kamath as a General Partner to help scale and grow its early-stage portfolio. A Georgia native and seasoned tech investor, Kamath most recently served as Director at Primus Capital and as Director of Corporate Development at Cox