The inaugural E-Commerce School took place this past Tuesday, May 21 at Hypepotamus in front of an excited crowd of e-commerce companies, emerging startups, and tech enablers. This event – the first of this new monthly gathering – provided a networking opportunity for e-commerce leaders and the chance for experts of e-commerce to dissipate some shared knowledge. After an afternoon of open office h... »
Atlanta always such great things going on increasingly in the area of technology and entrepreneurship. Here are some interesting stories we found this week related to Atlanta: Atlanta-based startup Kabbage, a small business lender, has teamed up with Intuit to utilize data from Intuit’s QuickBooks software to instantly approve and extend funding to small businesses – even expanding fun... »
On Wednesday, May 29, the Nissan Marketing Innovation Lab team will be in town to meet with Atlanta’s marketing tech startups by spending the day at Hypepotamus. We’re excited to announce they’ll be holding Office Hours from 2pm – 4pm at Hypepotamus. Come meet Fred Reinfelder, Richard Amling, and Chad Kartchner. The Nissan Marketing Innovation Lab is a newly-created corporate inn... »
The annual investor conference, Venture Atlanta, has issued its official call for companies to apply as presenters for this year’s event scheduled for October 22-23 at the Georgia Aquarium. This two-day event provides the stage for entrepreneurs to showcase their companies to regional and national venture capitalists, angel investors, and investment bankers, while also networking with member... »
On May 1, over 300 people from the Atlanta tech startup community came together for the Hypepotamus Founder’s Day Party – a celebration of the first year of Hypepotamus. Our friend, Jason Seagle helped us photograph the fun and festivities. Here’s some of them. Do you see anyone you know? Leave a comment below to tag that person. »
At the Startup Rally on February 18, 2013, Jermaine Dupri, So So Def Recordings and Global 14, sat down with Stephen Fleming of Georgia Institute of Technology to share the story of his entrepreneurial journey that started when he made money selling mixed tapes as a kid and continues today with Global 14. In this segment, Dupri explains how what he learned at So So Def Recordings has shaped how he... »
Photo: 866 Rooftop Lounge – location for Summer Startup Celebration sponsored by Dell We’re calling it June 4 Startup Day ATL and it promises to be another day of Connected Awesomeness here in Atlanta. All in one day on the same city block, you can take part in Flashpoint GT Demo Day, experience the opening session of the Summer Startup Academy, and join the Summer Startup Celebration ... »
On June 1-2, Atlantans will gather for the first ever National Day of Civic Hacking, a national initiative launched by the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), and organized in Georgia by the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG). Building off the success of Govathon, Clean Web ATL Hackathon, and ATL Hoops Hackathon, the Atlanta tech startup community will come to... »
Jon Birdsong (@JonnyBird) is the CEO of Rivalry, a sales process management company out of Atlanta, Georgia. You can find him on Google +. Commencement speeches are in high occurrence as another school year comes to an end. You may have proudly watched as your graduate bounced across stage to receive their diploma; the memorable event will hopefully be etched in the memory of family and friends fo... »
At the Startup Rally on February 18, 2013, Jermaine Dupri, So So Def Recordings and Global 14, sat down with Stephen Fleming of Georgia Institute of Technology to share the story of his entrepreneurial journey that started when he made money selling mixed tapes as a kid and continues today with Global 14. In this segment, Dupri explains how his work as a music producer led him to launch his own te... »
