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Kevin Mobolade’s entrepreneurial journey into the FinTech space started after drawing a personal connection to a business white paper.  Growing up, Mobalade said he watched his immigrant parents navigate both…

The second iteration of Google For Startups Black Founders Found is a lesson in the power of community.  The 76 founders in the inaugural 2020 cohort were asked to nominate…

After publishing five books himself, Anthony “AJ” Joiner knew writers needed a tech solution to shape their ideas into books and get those books into the hands of more readers. …

The theme for this year’s Venture Atlanta conference, FORWARD, aptly addresses this moment in time for the Atlanta technology ecosystem, says  CEO Allyson Eman.  “This year’s number of applicants broke…

WHO: American Transaction Processors Coalition (ATPC) to formally launch with a panel discussion in front of 400 industry employees, chamber of commerce executives, university leadership and elected officials from Congress,…

A Birmingham-based startup wants to help with your bar tab on New Year’s Eve (and on every other night, for that matter). TabX, the brainchild of Jay Taylor and his…

Following an almost 5-year career as a pro basketball player Ronnie Cropper returned to his home of Atlanta to invest in real estate. Unfortunately, soon after, the market crashed and his…

The winner of Fintech South’s 2023 Innovation Challenge wants to bring community banks into the Netflix Era. No, your banker isn’t going to star in any binge-worthy series any time…

Listen up, all you spankin’ new entrepreneurs putting off your taxes last minute. We recently spoke with Jeff Weinkle, a tax manager at HA&W, and he gave us the scoop…

Are you looking to secure funding to take your business to the next level? Join Small Business Majority, Invest Atlanta, Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs, LiftFund, and LISC Atlanta, for…

Storj has a master plan. Not just any kind of master plan, a four-stage master plan that will take their storage platform to the next level. Their vision for the…

If there’s one thing in life that’s for sure, it’s taxes. But if you groan and moan as April 15 approaches every year, Stephen Bradshaw, CPA has some good news.…

Many small businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic qualify for the Employee Retention Credit. Your business could be eligible to receive up to $26,000 in tax credits per qualified employee,…

From embedded finance to “buy now, pay later” to digital-only banks, FinTech startups have been at the cutting edge of delivering new ways to access money and credit.  One such…

The General Assembly passed the Georgia Musical Investment Act (started as HB-155 –  effective January 1, 2018).  This act, led by Georgia Music Partners (GMP), was passed to retain Georgia…

For Georgia’s tech talent, a childhood pastime that mom might have yelled about being a waste of time could very well prove to be an incredibly lucrative career path. Atlanta…

Matt Baxter (@mattwbaxter) has recently launched StaxExchange, a website where folks who have earned tax credits sell them  to businesses or individuals to offset their tax bills.  This 31-year-old Altantan left his job…

Earlier this week Sanjay Parekh, founder of Startup Riot , Founder Fables, and Shop Down the Debt shared his opinion of GA’s Angel Tax Credit. In 2010 the Georgia legislature passed Georgia HB 1069 creating…

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Join the SBA for an informational session on building capital for your business. This workshop will cover ways to build and/or improve your business credit, how to position your business…