The Safr app was born, like many great ideas, while Fred Burns was waiting in line. A line to drop off his twin boys at the YMCA, more specifically. Parents…
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2020 has put a spotlight on the VC community’s pitfalls and its potential. For Stefanie Diaz, the year has brought new startup opportunities front and center. As she told Hypepotamus,…
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Atlanta popularized southern rap and Hip-Hop. Memphis claims soul, gospel, rhythm and blues, and rock ‘n’ roll. New Orleans brought us jazz and Nashville serves as the epicenter of the…
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During their respective seasons, The NFL had wristbands and the NBA had rings to keep players safe and ultimately track any potential COVID exposure. Pro Football Hall of Famer Champ…
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While we don’t have any official stats on R.E.M.’s overall impact on the VC world since the Athens-based rock band formed in 1980, we do know they influenced at least…
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Video: Atlanta’s Candice Blacknall brings her MD-MBA experience to improve EdTech for medical students
Candice Blacknall described herself as a “non-traditional” student when we sat down for a Zoom interview earlier this week. After nine years in the U.S. Army as a health care…
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Jeannie Tarkenton, CEO and founder of Funding U, started our conversation by acknowledging the reality faced by up to 45 million Americans: Talking about student loan debt isn’t really an…
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Now in its third year, Nex Cubed has made a name for itself investing in underrepresented founders in the digital health, edtech, property technology, and fintech spaces. In fact, the…