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rented.com

How We Work: Building A Company Culture to Hit 50X Revenue

This is part of our How We Work series, which focuses on how successful southeastern tech companies are developing authentic work cultures. Rented.com, formerly VacationFutures, was doing well at the close of 2016. The startup, founded in 2012 to connect rental property owners with professional managers, had raised capital,

Why You Should Make Your Contracts Shorter

Why You Should Make Your Contracts Shorter

Developing an efficient sales cycle is essential for a company to successfully scale. The process from lead acquisition to a closed deal needs to be fast, transparent and easy for potential customers. However, sometimes an unsuspecting factor can actually halt a promising lead from joining the client roster — contract exhaustion.

on-camera interview

5 Ways to Not Freak Out During Your First On-Camera Interview

TV and video can be a great way to connect your brand, company and message to a lot of people fast. But wait — what do you do with your hands? Where should your eyes focus? What if you’re so weird on camera that you end up turning everyone off?

How the Legal Sports Betting Industry Could Grow Georgia's Top Tech Industries

How the Legal Sports Betting Industry Could Grow Georgia's Top Tech Industries

It’s been a little over a month since the Supreme Court struck down a federal ban on sports betting, clearing the way for any state to offer legal sports betting if they want it. Delaware and New Jersey were quick to open up the market, followed by lawmakers passing

Southern Company Innovation Center

Innovation Impact: How Southern Company Turned An Employee Idea Challenge Into An Innovation Center

For Southern Company, innovation wasn’t a choice — the umbrella company of more than a dozen electric and natural gas utilities and energy businesses, the energy giant realized that the future of how consumers consume energy is changing, sooner rather than later. Rather than taking a “wait-and-see” approach or bringing

startup taxes

Why Tax Season Is Just Getting Started For Entrepreneurs

Organization is key when tax season comes around, but for entrepreneurs, tax season never ends. With changing incomes and laws to outside investment and staff influx throughout the year, tax season starts the day a founder files their last tax return with the government. "A proper tax strategy is

Delta

Innovation Impact: Delta Says, “We’re Not Chasing Technology for Technology’s Sake”

Earlier this year, Delta became the only airline named to Fast Company’s 10 Most Innovative Companies in Travel. Though the Atlanta-based carrier does have its share of flashy technology projects — a recently-announced robotic exoskeleton research group comes to mind — COO Gil West says that the majority of their innovation