Diversity

Junko Tabei, the first woman to summit Mount Everest in 1975, serves as an apt namesake for one fast-growing startup in Birmingham.  It certainly does take grit and perseverance to…

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…

After taking a few years off from creating one of Atlanta’s earliest platforms connecting hip-hop culture and technology, the influential podcast Digital Good Times has relaunched, with impeccable timing for…

From media to corporate outreach, there are plenty of statements being put out there today — some sincere and some seemingly more about posturing than progress — in support of…

On Monday, Atlanta Public School students filled Georgia Tech’s Ferst Center for the Arts for a fireside chat featuring Georgia Tech alum and entrepreneur Vernell Woods and entertainer Tip “T.I.”…

The inaugural Converge, a half-day event presented by the Technology Association of Georgia and Accenture, focused on how diversity and inclusion should drive innovation within the technology industry. The topic…

There’s lots of talk around the tech industry’s diversity issues. Media and pundits debate: Is it a pipeline issue? Is it lack of access? Is it preconceived bias?  One new…

Martina King sees her tech teams as a crime fighting force.  As CEO of payments fraud prevention company Featurespace, King oversees a workforce 200 strong across two continents. The UK-based…