If you’ve ever tried to track down a college transcript or skill-based certificate for a new job, you know all about the arduous employment verification process. But it is also…
Tag:
gig economy
-
-
FeatureProfiles
For Atlanta-based SnapNurse, Flexibility Is Central To Post-Pandemic Medical Staffing
A startup founder must know they’re on to something when the name of their company becomes a verb. That’s exactly what founder and CEO Cherie Kloss hears from nurses and…
-
NewsStartup News
Atlanta-Based FinTech Startup Buckle Raises $31 Million to Expand Its Ridesharing Insurance Business
by Mike Jordanby Mike JordanAtlanta-based financial services company Buckle quietly (!) announced last week that it has raised $31 million in a huge Series A funding round. A tech-enabled provider of insurance coverage for…
-
CompaniesNews
Steady, Atlanta-Based App For Gig Economy Workers Backed by Shaq, Raises $15 Million in Series B
by Mike Jordanby Mike JordanThe COVID-19 pandemic has not gone away, and neither has it given the economy any clear signs that things are back to normal. But Atlanta-based app Steady doesn’t have a…
-
FeatureNews
From the Founders of Kabbage, Sales Promotion Platform Drum Launches With $11M Seed Funding
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinDrum, a new company from the team behind fintech unicorn Kabbage, is launching with an $11 million seed funding round from Propel Venture Partners, Felicis Ventures, BlueRun Ventures, American Express…
-
B2BB2CCompanies
The Gig Connected Marketplace Brings Construction Work Into the Gig Economy
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinSoutheastern readers looking at the below chart of the U.S. from the Brookings Institute may very well feel discouraged. This 2018 visualization demonstrably shows how the Southeast is the worst…
-
B2CCompanies
Esgro Protects Gig Workers By Securing Payments In Escrow On the Blockchain
by Muriel Vegaby Muriel VegaMicro-businesses — event organizers, photographers, personal trainers or a repair person — often don’t have protection in the (common) event that their client cancels last minute. On the other side…
-
B2BCompanies
How A Temp Staffing Firm Turned Its Internal Software Into A Startup to Help Other Gig Workers
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinThough the “gig economy” is a trendy phenomenon to talk about these days, the underlying truth is that short-term contract labor is, well, not new. The Bureau of Labor Statistics…
