It’s no secret that the wedding industry has grown to colossal proportions. In 2016, the average cost of a wedding reached an all-time high of $32,329, with the entire U.S. wedding industry hitting almost $72 billion. After his wife and sister opened a bridal salon in 2003, Tom Esposito saw the potential to approach the […]
Two years ago Jonathan Allen was working at a market research firm helping companies who wanted to learn more about their customers, their product-market fit, and make informed decisions about the future. But he soon became frustrated with what he saw as an incredibly slow timeline, with in-person focus groups or research campaigns requiring weeks […]
Staying compliant when managing leases, especially when you have 100+ buildings, can quickly become an enormous task. Regulations change often (especially IASB and FASB-standards) and the Excel spreadsheet you use to track your properties can’t alert you about the new rules. Lease accounting platform LeaseQuery, designed by accountants, helps you manage and reduce the financial risk associated with lease portfolios with features […]
Atlanta-based agile software testing company QASymphony has raised a $40 million series C round led by New York’s Insight Venture Partners. The funding will help the company expand the team both here in Atlanta and in their recently-opened London office. QASymphony helps companies create better software through enterprise-level agile QA testing tools. They count over 450 customers including such […]
From Bowling Green, Kentucky (an hour outside of Nashville, TN), entrepreneur April Foster built an empire in Inked Brands. The crafter-turned-tech-founder helps influencers grow their business in authentic ways through e-commerce, transitioning into this side of the business seamlessly after major success with a scrapbook business (she has shipped over 300,000 kits!). Foster saw the influencers she worked with (think bloggers, crafters, etc. […]