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Techstars Partners With digitalundivided to Increase Startup Diversity Across Network

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Global accelerator program Techstars has been committed to leading the startup world in discussions about diversity — or lack thereof — in entrepreneurship. In 2015, they announced a far-reaching diversity commitment, an organization-wide declaration “to improve opportunities for women and underrepresented minorities throughout our global ecosystem and open the door to entrepreneurs everywhere.” The latest in […]

First Look At the $100M Georgia Cyber Center: The Largest Investment in Cybersecurity By a State

In early 2017, Georgia state government made clear its commitment to growing and nurturing the state’s cybersecurity talent with the allocation of an initial $58 million, and then another $35 million, into the Hull McKnight Georgia Cyber Center for Innovation and Training. The campus of the Augusta-based center officially opened on July 10. “This visionary approach […]

$100M Georgia Cyber Center Chooses Innovation Partner

In order to expand the footprint and resources for cybersecurity startups in Georgia, the soon-to-open Hull McKnight Georgia Cyber Center for Innovation and Training in Augusta has formed a strategic partnership with entrepreneur-focused non-profit theClubhou.se to manage its new innovation space, opening this July. The $100 million Cyber Center is the single largest investment in a cybersecurity facility […]

Middle East-Based Virtual Incubator Plants Regional Partner to Look for Southeastern Startups

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FasterCapital, a virtual incubator based in Dubai, is looking for southeastern startups and has placed boots on the ground to do it. Former Silicon Valley startup catalyst and technology entrepreneur Arthur Stepanyan is serving as the startup program’s first Regional Partner in the southeast and will be based in Atlanta. Stepanyan joins 130 Regional Partners […]

In 18 Months, Bunker Labs Raleigh-Durham Incubator Has Supported 250 Veteran-Owned Startups

About 1 in 10 businesses nationwide are veteran-owned — according to the Small Business Administration, veterans are 45 percent more likely to be self-employed than non-veterans. When first starting out, they often need to take advantage of their local startup communities to learn how to translate the skills they learned in the field or to grow […]