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HERide sign in the airport

This Is Your Sign To Check Out HERide

Those arriving at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport are used to seeing signs for baggage claim, MARTA, and ridesharing companies like Lyft and Uber. But now, they are greeted by a homegrown and bootstrapped transportation option, HERide. While the female friendly ride share service has been operating at the airport since September,

InvestTN's first check is helping grow a startup with a lot of personality

InvestTN's first check is helping grow a startup with a lot of personality

Lauren Glass faced a problem many fresh college graduates experience after getting their diploma. Quite simply, it is really hard to stand out with a generic one–page resume and land that important first job. “I looked like every other person with a bachelors in business and no real work

Hope Booth at PCM

Old School Phone Booths Get A Tech Upgrade To Help Bring Hope To The World

Editor’s note: This article talks about mental health and suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters, please call the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988 to connect with a trained counselor, or visit the 988 Lifeline website. Can

Textla team photo

Chattanooga's Textla is on a mission to democratize the text message marketing space

If the last text you received came from your favorite brand, you aren’t alone. SMS or text messaging has become a ubiquitous part of the marketing world. Today, businesses use SMS for important marketing initiatives, 1:1 outreach, and customer service messaging. It's effective, with 97 percent

Monday “Fund” Day: What Happened For Startups The Week of February 12, 2024

Monday “Fund” Day: What Happened For Startups The Week of February 12, 2024

There was a lot to love about the Valentine’s Day week. We saw startups raise big VC rounds, add new C-Suite talent, and land new big corporate partnerships. To start off the week, we are rounding up the big headlines from last week across the Southeast. Here is what

Why Atlanta's LeaseQuery Is Rebranding — And Expanding — As FinQuery

One of Atlanta’s most recognizable SaaS startups has a new name. LeaseQuery, the lease accounting platform, announced earlier this month that it has rebranded to FinQuery. The startup got off the ground in 2011 when accountant-turned-entrepreneur George Azih saw a fundamental flaw in how most companies organized their lease

Temperature Check: How Do Economists Think The Economy Is Doing?

Temperature Check: How Do Economists Think The Economy Is Doing?

Economists don’t have crystal balls to predict the future, but they do have numbers. Monthly jobs reports. Unemployment data. New business registrations. Consumer goods pricing. Regional home sales. Gross GDP. Whatever the Federal Reserve hints at about their interest rate plans. They also have plenty of data to parse