Accenture has become the latest company — joining almost 20 others — to announce the opening of an innovation center in Midtown Atlanta’s Tech Square, on the fringes of the Georgia Tech campus. With intentions to employ 800 by 2020, … Read More »
Tech News
Honeywell Has A New Way to Attract Technical Talent — Paying Off Their Student Loan Debt
Whether its a generational mindset or simply the new norm, there's no doubt that it's harder to retain employees than it … Read More »
Cyber Hack Mitigation Startup Evident Launches In the U.S. With $8.8M Series A Round
Cybersecurity startup Evident, which mitigates both a company and individual cyber risk, has announced the closing of a … Read More »
Meet the Two Scaling Startups That Made It Into Endeavor Atlanta
Endeavor, the selective global network aimed at helping scaling startups connect with funding, resources, education, and … Read More »
Companies
Concerned About Your Company’s Cyber Risk? Curricula Teaches Your Employees To Be Watchguards
All it takes to invite a cyber attack is for one unsuspecting employee to accidentally click on a phishing email — … Read More »
Speakalytics Introduces AI to Quantify the Art of Selling — Over the Phone
As inside sales grows fifteen times faster than the more-traditional field approach, field sales are becoming a strategy … Read More »
2ULaundry Pulls In $2.5M to Put A Spin On Laundry: Outsourced Clean Clothes Through Text Message
Household chores take up between 1.4 and 2.5 hours of the average person’s day — and a good portion of that is one of … Read More »
Meet Fred! The First Switchyards-Supported Founder Startup That Takes On Landscape Design
Earlier this year, B2C startup hub Switchyards Downtown Club announced its Founder-in-Residence program. Select would-be … Read More »
People
Tech Talent: This Philosopher Turned to Coding to Explore Cryptocurrency
Following a stint in the marketing industry, Will Elliott found that his passion for symbolic logic could pair well with … Read More »
This Former Uber Manager Is Still Disrupting the Transportation Industry As Bellhops CEO
Bellhops started with two recently-graduated college students who were fed up with the complexities of moving multiple … Read More »
Tech Talent: How This Junior Programmer Successfully Turned ‘Spoiled Veggies’ Into A Career Journey
London Baker's take on the site Rotten Tomatoes — Spoiled Veggies — is sure to make you chuckle, but also impress you. … Read More »
Tech Talent: This Junior Programmer Thrives On Puzzling Out Tech Tools
Half the fun of programming is solving puzzles with out-of-the-box solutions. That's what attracted Sarah Abbey to … Read More »
Resources
You Are Who You Know: How To Build Relationships That’ll Actually Help You Succeed
Darrah Brustein started her payments processing technology company at the ripe age of 25. The Emory graduate had worked … Read More »
When’s the Right Time to Outsource Talent When Scaling Your Startup?
During the first days of your startup's life, your team may be comprised of just you and your business partner. … Read More »
From Angel Investor to Zebra Company: Your Startup Dictionary
The nature of startups makes them ever-evolving. Whether you're a tech veteran or new to the industry, new terms pop up … Read More »