Atlanta is set to be home to yet another HQ. The Atlanta University Center (AUC) will soon house The Propel Center’s innovation campus, which will focus on building tech talent…
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Google to Bring International Women’s Day Event Series to Atlanta
by Angela Kingby Angela KingGoogle will celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) with its IWD Event Series. IWD 2020 consists of 15 global summits — throughout Africa, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Australia and Europe —…
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Exclusive: Atlanta-Based Entrepreneur Jewel Burks Solomon named Head of Google For Startups, U.S.
by Mike Jordanby Mike JordanAtlanta tech entrepreneur Jewel Burks Solomon has been named head of Google for Startups for the U.S., Hypepotamus has confirmed. Solomon is not only the first African-American woman to have…
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How To Build Wellness Programs Your Startup Employees Will Love
by Huyen Winby Huyen WinThere are many benefits to implementing a workplace wellness program. Employee retention, absenteeism rates, cost savings, productivity, and staff morale all improve with these programs in place. Recent research backs…
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Building On, and Learning From, Atlanta’s Startup Connections
by Amrit Dhirby Amrit DhirFor the past few years, I have been a bit of a digital nomad. I lived out of a backpack as I hopped between startup ecosystems from Warsaw to Tokyo…
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First Google for Startups Atlanta Pop-Up Empowers Underrepresented Entrepreneurs With 48 hours of Focused Mentorship
by Muriel Vegaby Muriel VegaThe Google Atlanta midtown office was bustling during the first two days of October. Everywhere you looked you saw two people huddled together — a Google mentor and a startup…
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Ionic Security Adds New Investors JPMorgan Chase and Google In $40M Growth Round
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinIonic Security, the Atlanta-based data security company, has announced a growth capital raise of $40 million led by JPMorgan Chase & Co, with participation from new investor Google and existing…
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How We Work: These Ex-Googlers Built A “Grown Up” Startup That Makes Sure Employees Know the FullStory
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinThis is part of our How We Work series, which focuses on how successful southeastern tech companies are developing authentic work cultures. “‘Culture’ is just novel ways of doing creative, random stuff,”…