David Payne

Atlanta native Max Ade chuckles when he thinks about his move back to Georgia from the West Coast. “It felt like we were on the last flight out during an…

A struggle over an apartment security deposit has been spun into a rapidly scaling startup with roots across the Southeast.  Based out of New Orleans, RentCheck was started after Lydia…

Over 150 of Atlanta’s startup ecosystem members gathered last Friday night for the inaugural Atlanta Startup Awards to find out who would take home the trophy in each of five company…

Switchyards has emerged as the hub for design and consumer startups in Atlanta. Its visionaries, David Payne and Michael Tavani, serial entrepreneurs, most noted for co-founding Scoutmob, launched the renovated downtown club as a place for 100-plus resident…

Lately, I’ve been been working closely with a group of startup founders in the idea stage.  In other words, they know the space they want to focus on, but don’t…

Four Atlanta dads share how they balance burgeoning empires and budding households. Here’s the fatherpreneurship advice of Rob Forman, co-founder and COO of Salesloft, David Payne, co-founder of Scoutmob and Switchyards, Rodney Sampson, founder…

The road to startup success doesn’t necessarily smell like roses. It holds a signature scent of sweat, musty cement, and coffee — lots of coffee. The sounds resonate roaring cheers,…

My name is David Payne and I’ve been working on startups for the better part of twenty years in NYC, SF, London and (now) Atlanta.  My best-known startup in Atlanta…