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500 Startups Grad SynapseMX Takes Flight As It Helps Airlines Save on Fleet Maintenance
by Muriel Vegaby Muriel VegaAircraft maintenance costs major U.S. airlines billions every year. Every time there’s a maintenance delay (and a lot of grumpy passengers), the airline feels the impact immediately on its bottom…
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Pilleve’s Smart Pill Bottle Tracks Opioid Prescriptions to Prevent Overuse
by Muriel Vegaby Muriel VegaThe national opioid prescribing rate started increasing in 2006, with the total number of prescriptions dispensed peaking in 2012 at more than 255 million. Ranging from hydrocodone to oxycodone, opioids bind…
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Kela Ivonye Is Growing His IoT Hardware Startup In Kentucky — By Finding Unique Funding Routes
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinLast year, Kela Ivonye found himself uprooting from his home base in Louisville, Kentucky to Silicon Valley for an extended period of time for not just one, but two startup…
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Looking to Raise? Here’s What Techstars, 500 Startups, Atlanta Ventures and More Really Want to See
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinFunding — one of the most confusing parts of every entrepreneur’s journey. From asking friends and family to looking for seed capital to a solid venture-backed funding round, it’s hard…
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500 Startups Addresses the Future of Entrepreneurship — An Urgent Need To Focus On Inclusion
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinThis past weekend, Silicon Valley-based seed fund 500 Startups hosted a Unity and Inclusion Summit in Atlanta to gather preeminent investors, veteran and first-time entrepreneurs, and technology educators and students…
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BOOM! 500 Startups Brings Unity and Inclusion Summit To the Tech Hub Of the South
by Angela Kingby Angela KingDiversity is not just a PR strategy or recruiting tactic. It’s what 500 Startups — and these Atlanta leaders — are all about. 500 Startups, an early-stage venture fund and seed accelerator…
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Norcross Native in Camp with Power Partners at 500 Startups
by Kiki Roederby Kiki Roeder“It’s hard to convince people that their babies are ugly,” laughed Tammy Camp about founders and their companies at last week’s fireside chat with 500 Startups at Tech Square Labs.…