Mike Jordan

A year ago my friend Muriel Vega, Hypepotamus’ former managing editor, invited me to coffee at Little Tart Bakeshop in Atlanta’s Summerhill neighborhood to discuss an editorial position at the…

Gerrit Van Leeuwen graduated from DigitalCrafts’ Full Stack Immersive Web Development on July 23. While his educational background was outside computer science (he holds a bachelor’s degree in communication from…

By now you’ve heard the big money news: Atlanta-based fintech company Kabbage is in the process being acquired by American Express.  There are all sorts of implications here, and you’re…

Abdella Shukur already has a degree that seems perfect for today’s times. He earned a bachelors from Emory University in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology. He also completed a year at…

Anyone earning a living as a writer will admit that they’re never all that excited to share news of new AI platforms that could one day spell the end of…

Since beer-o’-clock is a little earlier than it used to be (we all could certainly use a cold one at all times these days), it’s only right to share some…

Atlanta-based financial services company Buckle quietly (!) announced last week that it has raised $31 million in a huge Series A funding round. A tech-enabled provider of insurance coverage for…

In an announcement made public on August 5, eBay announced that the online marketplace is partnering with LendingPoint, the Atlanta-area platform that rapidly originates unsecured loans to merchants and service…