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Leadership isn’t a skill that a founder should start thinking about after they’ve hired a full team and have their business in full swing, says Harvard Business School lecturer and Atlanta entrepreneur Archie Jones. Instead, it is something that entrepreneurs should start working on even when they are
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Southeast startups are infiltrating customer’s homes - but in a good way. From improving the home hunting process to reimagining how we live in them, these companies are creating solutions for the burdensome tasks facing homeowners and renters. How We Think About Finding a Home 1) Atlanta-based PadSplit brings
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It was a rough year for a lot of established startups. Nearly 20% of all startups raised money at a lower valuation than they had in previous rounds. In 2021, that number was 5%. Those so-called ‘down rounds’ sent shock waves through the tech ecosystem, while many startups layoff staff
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The potential to get in on the ground floor of an exciting new tech company is often incentive enough for startup enthusiasts to join in the early stages. But “potential” isn’t always going to be enough to bring in all the team members you need to grow. That’s
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Over the last decade, more and more startup founders have been eyeing the corporate world. Now, they aren’t looking to leave startups behind and work at a large enterprise. Rather, they are looking for new investment opportunities from corporate giants. The sheer number of Corporate Venture Funds (CVCs) grew
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The holiday season started early at The Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurship (RICE). The hub for Black-owned business owners and entrepreneurs in Atlanta’s Castleberry Hill neighborhood received a $1.5 million philanthropic investment from Wells Fargo on Tuesday during a holiday event at the center. The funding will go
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It’s ‘go time’ for millions of small businesses and Direct-To-Consumer brands. In years past, small businesses have looked forward to generating upwards of 65% of their annual revenue in the months of November and December. And consumers have generally waited for Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, or Cyber Monday
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Endeavor Atlanta, an affiliate of the global nonprofit supporting high-growth entrepreneurs, has picked Eileen Lee as its next managing director. Lee, a two-time founder herself, has a track record of building community. She co-founded the non-profit organization Venture for America in 2011 and the local women’s club The Lola
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Teacher-turned-entrepreneur Anike Mlemchukwu is on a mission to change how parents with special needs children get the support they need. Lapapoe is a platform where parents can post their needs for a child with autism, down syndrome, cerebral palsy, or other developmental and behavioral health issues. Requests might include the
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It’s one thing for investors and organizations to say that they want to back diverse founders. It is quite another for them to actually make good on that promise and write checks. We know those checks are often not written, since just one percent of VC funds go to
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Jake Hadden spent the last eight years helping people kickstart their tech careers as co-founder and CEO of the Atlanta-based coding bootcamp DigitalCrafts. But while building up his own bootcamp, he realized there was still something missing in the nontraditional education space. While bootcamps can be a more flexible and
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Even in the best of times, it’s difficult to keep up with the flood of real versus fake user-generated content in our social media news feeds. But during war times? Well, that task becomes nearly impossible. Since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas War on October 7, social media users