Gone are the days when finding your soulmate online was filled with shame — a recent Pew Research Center report shared that the majority of Americans think that online dating is a good way to meet people. To show the transition in … Read More »
Tech News
Logistics IoT Unicorn Samsara Grows First East Coast Office In Midtown Atlanta
San Francisco-based IoT logistics startup Samsara has opened its first east coast headquarters in midtown Atlanta. The … Read More »
Identity Verification Firm IDology Sees $300M Acquisition
IDology, an Atlanta-based digital identity verification company, will be purchased by a British identity data company, … Read More »
Techstars Atlanta Sees Its First Successful Exit With An Acquisition By Mailchimp
Techstars Atlanta, the startup accelerator run in partnership with Cox Enterprises, has seen its first graduate … Read More »
Companies
Atlanta’s Fastest-Growing Tech Startup Is Profitable, Bootstrapped, and Filled With Accountants
One advantage of being outside of the venture capital-rich coasts is the ability for a company to operate lean, find … Read More »
Sports Tech Startup Teamworks Caters to Its Customer By Training and Hiring Former Athletes
College and professional athletes have a robust ecosystem around them. Beyond coaches, players need access to … Read More »
Short-Term Rental Turnover Startup Shows How It’s Done On Super Bowl Weekend
While final numbers are still being calculated, Airbnb expected nearly 10,000 guests to arrive at its Atlanta-area … Read More »
Techstars Startup Weekend Winner Emerges to Take On Digital Marketing With AI-Powered Neuroscience
"Really, any kind of digital footprint can give you an idea of what someone’s personality is.” Though the … Read More »
People
This Young Studio Owner Is Pioneering the Mixed Reality-Film Medium
Though virtual reality is taking the gaming industry by storm, the technology is also being explored by filmmakers who … Read More »
Tech Talent: Video Games Spiked This Junior Programmer’s Tech Interest
Brandon Graham's path to technology is a familiar one — he fell in love with video games at a young age and was highly … Read More »
Tech Talent: This Former Intel Employee Brings Her Finance Background to the Table
While working on a project to calculate worldwide inventory at then-employer Intel, Allyson Short found herself drawn to … Read More »
This 16-Year-Old Founder Develops Social Impact Apps — And Teaches Other Students to Code, Too
After a few hours on a road trip, you tend to start eyeing the highway exit signs to see which ones have better food … Read More »
Resources
Big Tech Is Missing A Growing Market: The Aging Population. But Startups Are Stepping In
Technology companies, ad agencies, and marketers are constantly thinking about how to capture the attention and the … Read More »
Tax Law Changes — the Good and the Bad — That Startup Founders Should Know
On December 2017, one of the biggest tax overhauls in more than three decades, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, was signed … Read More »
How We Work: Kabbage Avoids Bureaucracy As It Continues to Sprout
This is part of our How We Work series, which focuses on how successful southeastern tech companies are developing … Read More »