“You talk about solving this big problem; why don’t you just go do it?” a Vanderbilt professor told entrepreneur Jessica Harthcock. That problem came out of Harthcock’s personal experience pursuing recovery following a gymnastics-induced spinal injury at age 17 that left her paralyzed from the chest down. “I wasn’t given any chance of recovery,” says Harthcock. […]
Sinead Miller was an Olympic-bound competitive road cyclist and member of the national USA Women’s Road Cycling team for a decade. But in 2010, during a race in the Netherlands, Miller crashed. The accident resulted in multiple injuries, including broken bones and a traumatic brain injury at just 20 years old. That life-changing moment led […]
Payments technology platform AvidXchange, one of the few southeastern companies valued at over a billion dollars, has pulled in a Chief Growth Officer with 25+ years experience growing fintech revenue streams and sales. Dan Drees, most recently of Fiserv, will be responsible for the go-to market of AvidXchange’s products, expanding into new industry verticals and, […]
Last summer, Robin Gregg came on board a growing payment startup, geared towards the freight industry, as their new CEO. With a background of 15+ years in the payments industry, including most recently SVP of Product and Growth Strategy at commercial payments solution company Fleetcor, Gregg brought scaling experience to the leadership position. “I was excited about […]
Atlanta’s Castleberry Hill neighborhood sits in the heart of the city — a few streets over from the downtown business district and Georgia State; a stone’s throw away from the academic hub of the Atlanta University Center’s complex containing Morehouse, Spelman, and Clark Atlanta University. However, Downtown and the Westside are still marked by average […]