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What Do Working Parents Really Need In a Remote-First World? 2 Southeast Startups Team Up To Bring Answers

What Do Working Parents Really Need In a Remote-First World? 2 Southeast Startups Team Up To Bring Answers

* my working day may not be your working day This statement, embedded in Courtney Bolton Ph.D 's email signature, is a very important reminder that “remote-first” can be a difficult balancing act for many in the workforce today. While more tech companies are opting for an indefinite remote

With $8M Series A, Atlanta-based The Desire Company Is Helping Brands Shake Fake Reviews

With $8M Series A, Atlanta-based The Desire Company Is Helping Brands Shake Fake Reviews

E-commerce's astromical growth over the last two years has also meant a skyrocketing number of fake and misleading reviews ending up in front of customers. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced earlier this year it will begin cracking down on these fake reviews, handing out $43,792 fines

Techstars Atlanta Grad Bootstraps To Acquisition

Techstars Atlanta Grad Bootstraps To Acquisition

Atlanta native Max Ade chuckles when he thinks about his move back to Georgia from the West Coast. “It felt like we were on the last flight out during an evacuation,” he said, since the move coincided with the day San Francisco first implemented lockdown orders in March of 2020.

Austin-based NuBrakes Sees Opportunity In Southeast Auto Industry & Startup Scene

Austin-based NuBrakes Sees Opportunity In Southeast Auto Industry & Startup Scene

NuBrakes is betting big on the Southeast. And as the startup expands throughout the region, it is ready to rethink what the future of car care might look like. The Austin-based startup is the brainchild of Walker Drewett, who started building in the AutoTech space while he was still a

Tuscaloosa Team Is Ready To Show How Tech Can Fight Blight

Tuscaloosa Team Is Ready To Show How Tech Can Fight Blight

A technology born in the economics department at the University of Alabama is ready to hit the streets to help fight blight. Blight — like boarded-up windows, boarded-up doors, overgrown grass, and other depreciated properties — has both direct and indirect impacts on a city’s overall economic development efforts, says City

Atlanta-based Bacchus Wants To Be The "Fitbit of Drinking"

“Don’t drink and drive.” That hard and fast rule has been drilled into us. There are always the warnings and the legal consequences of driving drunk, along with the horror stories of those who chose to do so. But the entrepreneur behind Bacchus, Joseph Hamilton, seeks to bring prevention

"First Turn Of The Flywheel": Startups To Watch In New Orleans

"First Turn Of The Flywheel": Startups To Watch In New Orleans

From its first $1 billion exit to an increased number of venture capital deals, the tech scene in New Orleans scored some major headlines in the second half of 2021. For Jon Atkinson, CEO at the city’s accelerator The Idea Village, these headlines are just the start. “We see