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The band is back together. Atlanta’s startup dynamic duo Michael Tavani and Dave Payne are officially in cahoots to build Switchyards, a center of gravity for consumer startups in Downtown…

Michael Tavani (@tavani), co-founder of deal site Scoutmob, is drawing up plans to launch an incubator aimed at building design and consumer-brand startups. The Flatiron Building, Atlanta’s oldest skyscraper located downtown by Georgia State…

My name is David Payne and I’ve been working on startups for the better part of twenty years in NYC, SF, London and (now) Atlanta.  My best-known startup in Atlanta…

Nuts & Bolts of Anchor Tab FOUNDERS Matt Farmer, Justin Westbrooks, Austin Hodge, Hunter Hodge (check them out) NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES 4 VC OR ANGEL? Bootstrapped YEAR FOUNDED June 1,…

Quarter 2 in 2014 was huge for Atlanta startups. Take a look at who scored big this Spring. Kabbage The online financing corporation that focuses on small businesses scored $50…

The road to startup success doesn’t necessarily smell like roses. It holds a signature scent of sweat, musty cement, and coffee — lots of coffee. The sounds resonate roaring cheers,…

We know you have been waiting with bated breath to hear updates about Switchyards’ program and space for the past year. Exhale, we have the scoop. Switchyards Downtown Club, started…

Four Atlanta dads share how they balance burgeoning empires and budding households. Here’s the fatherpreneurship advice of Rob Forman, co-founder and COO of Salesloft, David Payne, co-founder of Scoutmob and Switchyards, Rodney Sampson, founder…

[Photo: View of the Coca-Cola Startup Weekend at Magnolia Hall in Piedmont Park.] Press Clippings Mashable shared three ways MailChimp is using data to grow their business The New Yorker…

Hypepotamus recently learned that most holiday shoppers procrastinate, so if you have yet to squeeze in the rest of your seasonal buys, fear not, because we have you covered. Not only…

Join us next Friday for our annual Kickoff event! Local entrepreneur Michael Tavani, founder of Switchyards and Scoutmob, will take the stage, followed by General Assembly’s workshop on the Atlanta…

Friends of Switchyards Roundtable 020. Doug Spear will lead a roundtable discussion: Raising Money (by the startup attorney who has helped Atlanta’s best startups raise money the last 10 years*).…

We are hooking you up with free tickets to the App Strategy Workshop on April 3, 3 PM -7 PM Atlanta App Strategy Workshop: Gain & Engage Users. Want to learn how to build…

Please join us for the first Metro Atlanta Chamber Innovation & Entrepreneurship (I&E) Advisory Committee meeting of 2016. We will meet at Switchyards Downtown Club, one of Atlanta’s newest entrepreneurial…

The third annual Startup Stories event sponsored by Thinc UGA returns to Athens on Monday, October 19th at Live Wire. Hosted by Four Athens, Startup Stories offers the Athens community a…

General Assembly is expanding into Atlanta and while they wait to move into Ponce City Market, they are hosting classes and events around town. Check out their class list: Introduction…

Join us at General Assembly’s Ponce City Market campus for Product Chiefs – A Discussion on Delighting Users. Two product chiefs from well known media brands will have a fireside…

 This article is from Force of Good by Lance Weatherby.   I have been reading and thinking a bit these days about the sources of startup ideas. How ideas that are worth turning…