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Pay-By-Bank Is Here, And Atlanta-based Sionic Is Bringing It To More Merchants

Pay-By-Bank Is Here, And Atlanta-based Sionic Is Bringing It To More Merchants

It’s the question we all know well when at a store’s checkout counter. Cash? Credit? Or Debit? How we answer that has important ramifications for us as consumers as well as for the stores we are shopping at. Credit card transaction fees can add up quickly, but banknotes

Atlanta-based startup rolls out "WelcomeHome" mat in the CRM Space

Atlanta-based startup rolls out "WelcomeHome" mat in the CRM Space

Bootstrapped startup WelcomeHome is building a new type of CRM, only this one is designed specifically to help the elderly care space. “Senior living operators have several pain points. They need to recruit, build and maintain great employees who will care for their residents. They need to keep their communities

How One GovTech Founder Is Helping Cities Like Atlanta Better Connect With Constituents

How One GovTech Founder Is Helping Cities Like Atlanta Better Connect With Constituents

Cristian Robiou describes his road to GovTech as a bit of a “process of elimination.” He went to law school with the expectation of becoming an academic or a litigator, but saw entrepreneurship as a way to “solve real problems…and provide some social utility.” Government inefficiency was one real-world

With $2M Investment, ATL-based PCKL Launches To Capture The Pickleball Craze

With $2M Investment, ATL-based PCKL Launches To Capture The Pickleball Craze

The courts may be small, but its influence is growing. With upwards of 5 million players in the US, pickleball is the country’s fastest-growing sport. Players are from all ages and walks of life, drawn to the game for its fast-paced, social nature. A group of Atlanta-based entrepreneurs is

Spontivly looks to bring data to the conversation about community

Spontivly looks to bring data to the conversation about community

Community can come in all forms, but there might be one universal truth – measuring the concept of “community” is difficult. That difficulty is something that Marissa Huggins and Anthony Nagendraraj knew very well during their time in the corporation world. Huggins built her career in the nonprofits and Nagendraraj worked

Memphis startup Youdle is tackling grocery supply problems, one "shelfie" at a time

Memphis startup Youdle is tackling grocery supply problems, one "shelfie" at a time

Telling the story of the local Memphis community came naturally to Kontji Anthony as she’d spent the last 17 years building up her career at the anchor desk at the NBC affiliate WMC-TV. Now, Anthony is writing her own story in the city with the launch of Youdle, a

Community banks have a new fintech friend, thanks to Tampa-based Allison

Community banks have a new fintech friend, thanks to Tampa-based Allison

When the word “disrupt” is thrown around in the startup world, it is often used by a startup founder believing their technology can dismantle an entire industry. But talk to Brian Alvarez-Bailey and you’ll soon realize that he has something different in mind when it comes to “disrupting” the