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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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…