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Hypepotamus Founder’s Day Party Photos

Maria Joyner — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:31 +0000

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.

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Jermaine Dupri Talks with Stephen Fleming Part 2

Devin Hardy — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:00:48 +0000

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 operates Global 14. Audio Transcript Transcript services provided by TranscriptsHQ.com, a proud Atlanta startup. Stephen Fleming, Georgia Institute of Technology: So you are starting a new business as an experienced entrepreneur. You have done this for a long time. What did you learn at So So Def that’s going to change the way you run GLOBAL 14 as a business – not as a website but as a business? Jermaine Dupri, So So Def Recordings & Global 14: Well, I mean it’s pretty much the same. When I first started Global 14, people were telling me everything that they were telling me when I first started producing, coming from Atlanta. I was the youngest producer to have a number one record by the way. So when I first came out, people were like, “You’re too young. You’re from the South.” All of this same stuff that I was saying. So when I started Global 14 and I said that I’m going to have my own social network, it felt like the same conversation. “Wait a minute, you’re black, you don’t know nothing about tech, you want to be the black Mark Zuckerberg. You’re from the South and tech is out in San Francisco.” All of the don’ts and everything that they could possibly say to me to try to make me not do it. But what they didn’t understand is that I saw the connection and that is all that matters when you are dealing with this type of situation. If you can engage people and get more people engaged in what you are doing, then the success is already there. The number game has gotten destroyed in the tech world just basically, just because. But if you have people totally engaged in what you are doing, you’re on the right track to being successful in this business. All I took from what I had already started was that, “Jermaine, just don’t pay attention to what everything else is.” It kind of looks the same. You know I would go into a studio and create music from scratch and it’s the same way as creating code and the same way of coming up with ideas for Global 14. Fleming: How many of them are looking at startups? Maybe not their own startups like you are doing, but some of the startups here, as something that they may want to invest in, get involved in, be a mentor to. Are there connections there or do we need to build those connections? Dupri: Yeah, I’m not sure. You have to put in the work. I just came from Lake Tahoe, flew straight to be here and talk to everybody. You have to put in the work. I mean, it’s not going to come to you. I want everybody in this room to understand that I’m not doing this from a standpoint of saying I’m a celebrity so I feel like I have an advantage. I’m doing this because I have gone through the channels that showed me that I should be in this world. Everything in tech lives with music and everything in music is starting to live in the tech world. So it’s almost like a connection that we have to have and I’m starting to see that a lot more people that’s in this business on my side, they are not paying attention to the tech world the way they’re supposed to. And the tech guys don’t even care about the people that are on the music side, they just like “We’re going to do whatever we want to do, and we are going to make y’all do what y’all want to do. You ain’t going to tell us nothing.” And I’m seeing that and I’m like, I’m not going to be one of these people that a tech person tells me what to do. You know what I mean? We’re going to have a marriage if it’s going to work. I just don’t come from that type of the world. So as I see this, I don’t really see any other people in my world doing this. As I look around this room right now, I don’t know. I see people from GLOBAL 14 who are here though.

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All the Deets You Need for June 4 Startup Day ATL

Devin Hardy — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:37:26 +0000

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 rooftop party sponsored by Dell. At 1pm, June 4 Startup Day ATL begins at the Historic Academy of Medicine with an opening keynote by Merrick Furst, CEO of Flashpoint GT, who will share an introduction to Startup Engineering and provide context for the rest of the day. After his talk, the Flashpoint GT cohort companies will take center stage and stand in the spotlight for their four-minute pitches — the culmination of the 12-week accelerator program. At 2:30 pm, we’ll shuffle from the main auditorium to the south wing ballroom, where attendees will gather for the opening session of the Summer Startup Academy. Those eager summer interns enrolled in the Academy will sit side-by-side with folks from the Atlanta startup community for a series of three core conversations. Join us as we dive deep into these topics: Leadership in Startups, Why Startup Engineering Matters, and How Do You Raise Money on an Idea? At 4:30pm, we’ll all gather back in the main auditorium for a panel conversation featuring former Flashpoint GT cohort companies, who will share firsthand stories of their particular processes in reaching startup success and how it has shaped their startups today. At 5:30pm, everyone will migrate across the street to the Renaissance Hotel 866 Rooftop Lounge for the Summer Startup Celebration rooftop party sponsored by Dell. Whether your brain is filled with the great educational programming from the afternoon or you’re coming from a hard day at the office, you can join us as we celebrate the entire Atlanta startup community’s success. We’re excited to have the Atlanta Startup Drinks folks bringing their monthly gathering to the party. For those of you who have yet to commit even the merest amount of your time to Summer Startup Academy, don’t worry, it’s not too late. You can audit the June 4 sessions and join the Class of 2013 after experiencing the Connected Awesomeness that will be shared that day.

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Represent ATL during National Day Of Civic Hacking June 1-2

Devin Hardy — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:51:44 +0000

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 together once again to make Atlanta better. The National Day of Civic Hacking bring together citizens, software developers, and entrepreneurs to help make communities across the country better. Individuals and team participating will create new solutions to specific challenges facing our community using publicly-released data, code, and technology to solve the problems germane to our neighborhoods, cities, state, and ultimately, our country as a whole. The Atlanta hackathon will tackle challenges issues by a Georgia food collective, Midtown Alliance, Peace Corps, and a few others. This two-day event will be held at Centergy Building, 5th Street Atlanta, GA NW 30308 in Hodges Room 75, and will include a Random Hacks of Kindness hackathon and a community-wide block party. The hackathon kicks off Saturday, June 1 at 8am and will conclude in time for the community-wide block party starting Sunday, June 2 at 2pm, which will feature a live band, great food, and Mayor Kasim Reed, who will launch four apps that were developed at the February Govathon. The National Day of Civic Hacking provides the opportunity for Atlantans to get involved in civic hacking: a new form of civic engagement that leverages the skills and spirit of entrepreneurs to propel substantive, technology-based solutions to issues important to their communities. Last week, Atlantans came together to prepare for June 1-2 during a meeting of the Better Atlanta Project, a collaborative initiative organized by Hypepotamus, Random Hacks of Kindness Atlanta, and a number of other organizations. If you have an idea for a challenge submit here. Register for the Atlanta National Day of Civic Hacking here. Become a sponsor of the Atlanta National Day of Civic Hacking here.

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3 Reasons Why Your Graduate Should Join an Atlanta Startup

Jon Birdsong — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:00:28 +0000

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 forever. Now the real world hits. If your graduate is anything like the majority of recent graduates, a seamless transition into a professional occupation is unlikely. Moving trucks are packed and your graduate might even head back home for a month or two while figuring out the next professional step during the summer. In many instances, occasional interviews between summer vacation schedules render the ambitious and bright graduate frustrated. The quixotic outlook of landing a job come September is tougher as the season escapes; the sudden significance of your graduate’s next decision could put them on the path roaring through their 20’s or on a windy road of menial job experiments for a few years. Neither is better or worse. Yet, graduation seemed like yesterday. I’ve been there. Don’t fret. There is more opportunity in the Atlanta startup community than one could imagine and it is craving your graduate’s talents. There are even free programs to help them get involved. The following are three reasons why your graduate should join an Atlanta startup: The Real World is Exposed - In startups, it’s not important where they went to high school, their parent’s occupation, or the latest grade point average of their last semester. Startups emphasize work ethic, a willingness to learn, and perseverance to push through obstacles. Many ambitious graduates from Atlanta’s higher-ed universities have already lined up a summer internship/job at one of Atlanta’s. If you want to expose your graduates to the real world, real customers, and real consequences for performance, an early stage startup is a great option. Learned Skills Transfer to All Industries - There are 4 roles one can fill for an early stage company: code, sell, market, or retain customers: name a great company who doesn’t desire those abilities. There’s no need for “corporate strategy” or “financial modeling” at such a resource-sensitive time of the company. The mission is to build a product and take it to market; being exposed to this process early in a career will do wonders for your graduate. I’ve also found this process helps identify where their professional strengths lie. Technology is America’s Main Comparative Advantage - Many parents of my Uncle’s generation witnessed the Internet’s rise and fall in the early 2000′s resulting in a “told you so” attitude. As you read this via email on your Blackberry, you may have missed the technology curve, but it’ll be too costly for your graduate to miss it. As the global landscape becomes more competitive, the advantages our country had while our grandfathers grew industries and infrastructure are different than what they are today. Technology and innovation may be the safest bet for your graduate’s long term job outlook. Often times, a journey with a startup (internship or full time position) leads to the next thing. Startups are always looking for help, even for interns that work while searching for another job. As your graduate navigates the most important decision in their short-lived professional career: the first job, don’t be remiss to share the exciting progress and opportunities of the Atlanta startup community.

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Jermaine Dupri Talks with Stephen Fleming Part 1

Scott Henderson — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:00:05 +0000

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 tech startup. Audio Transcript Transcript services provided by TranscriptsHQ.com, a proud Atlanta startup. Stephen Fleming, Georgia Institute of Technology: You are now a software entrepreneur with a startup, disrupting your own business model with GLOBAL 14. So tell us about GLOBAL 14. Jermaine Dupri, So So Def Recordings & Global 14: One day in these 20 years of having a record company, it was this one lifetime thing where I went to the office and I was trying to figure out why I spent $200,000 dollars on a sosofef.com. You know, back in this time I am talking about, you would go to a web designer and they would charge you an arm and a leg to build your website. Well, I was one of those people who got charged an arm and a leg and probably the rest of my feet and everything else. So we built this site that moves around and all of this that’s supposed to make a fascinating website. But the traffic for my website was wack, nobody was coming and I don’t even know if the content was right because my artists were not even paying attention to the website. It was something that I started focusing on at this point. One day I created a blog and my blog was GLOBAL 14. When I created my blog, more traffic was coming to my blog than to my website and I’m saying that I did this for free and I did this for nothing and here I got a $250,000 dollar website that no one cares about. And I am like, “Something ain’t right, this is not right.” I’m constantly going through and watching this on a daily basis and I’m seeing comments over here and nothing over here. Then one morning I came to the office and I said, “Listen, today we are going to scrap sosodef.com and turn it into GLOBAL 14.” And everybody in the office was like, “What’s wrong? What do you mean? We are going to kill off your own company.” And I’m like, “No, I’m not, I’m just going to merge with what I think the people like and where they will pay attention more compared to what’s going on this right here.” And that was the beginning of my introduction into creating GLOBAL 14 the social network. In that little piece of time I found that more people were interested in fashion, music, and other things that I would say. On my blog I would give you more information about Jermaine Dupri than what you would get on sosodef.com. I started noticing that, and then about two years later, I became the President of Virgin Records and when I was at Virgin, Janet Jackson was the biggest artist on the label. I created this thing where her fans could create the cover. And I was on MySpace. I had interns and the interns at my studio, every time I was walking out of my studio there were on the computer and I was like, “What are you guys doing?” And they were like, “We’re on MySpace.” And I’m like, “What the hell is MySpace?” I had no idea what MySpace was so they introduced me to MySpace and I got on it and I started realizing that I could finally talk directly to the consumer. Or I could see what the consumers are actually saying. So then I created that contest for Janet. I saw these kids sending pictures and saying, “Can you show this to Janet? I drew this for her.” And the artwork was better than the people that worked at the building, these kids were really really talented. So I go back into the office and I say, “I want to do this contest for Janet where her fans around the world can draw the artwork and she will pick four covers and we will put these four covers out and whatever four covers, that’s the covers that we use. The contest was going great, everybody in the office thought it was incredible, except for the legal boys. Fleming: We knew the lawyers had to get involved. Dupri: These legal guys they dress like you. (Laughter) So these legal guys come into the office and they say, “Well, Jermaine, this is cool, great contest but we can’t do this on a global scale.” And I’m like, “Do you understand what we are talking about right now? Janet Jackson probably has more fans in Europe than she has in the United States.” These guys didn’t care, they were just like, “So what? Great idea. Good for you little guy but we’re not going to be able to do this globally.” So from that day forth, it destroyed my relationship with the kids on MySpace. And what these legal guys didn’t understand was that I was talking directly to these people. [These kids] could get on the site and talk directly to me and get real information. That day they disrupted my conversation with the kids – that’s the day I decided that I needed my own situation so that I could get this information globally to everybody around the world. Fleming: So that’s GLOBAL 14. I joined this weekend and I’m probably the only 51 year old white guy on the site. Dupri: No you’re not, you’re not. Fleming: But in all the poking around I did, I couldn’t figure what does the name mean. I get the GLOBAL part, what is the 14? Dupri: 14 is JD in numbers. Fleming: I get that. That’s very cool.

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Help Choose the Winner for “Your Hypepotamus Story”

Scott Henderson — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:59:09 +0000

Thank you to everyone who submitted their entries to the “Your Hypepotamus Story” collaborative media project. It was good to read and see what people created to help us assemble the scrapbook for our first year. We’ve narrowed the entries down to three finalists. Now, we need YOUR help in selecting the Blue Ribbon Champion. Which of these three stands out as the one worthy of a free Hypepotamus “Collaboration” t-shirt? Cast your vote by this Thursday (May 23) by 12 noon ET – all you have to do is leave a comment below indicating which one you think is the Blue Ribbon Champion. And be sure to let folks on Twitter and Facebook know you voted. Finalist #1 – Jon Birdsong, Rivalry.com (@jonnybird) I kept hearing about this place called Hypepotamus. Stories of “how these two successful entrepreneurs started this cool space near Tech Square.” At the time, we (SalesLoft) were working out of Pardot’s office in Buckhead and just about to head off to TechStars Boulder for the summer. Going through the 3-month, rigorous TechStars Boulder program was an eye-opening moment for me. It confirmed my beliefs that Atlanta’s startup community wasn’t heading in the right direction. Entrepreneurs weren’t leading it. I kept thinking of the perfect space to help organize a community of real entrepreneurs. In my mind, I pictured a place just like TechStars Boulder’s headquarter somewhere near Tech Square. When we came back from Boulder, we were fired up. The culture and lessons we experienced in Boulder had to be shared with the Atlanta community. There was no cool place to do it. Then I walked into Hypepotamus for the first time. I was floored. It was everything I imagined and the perfect place to share what we learned. The first step was to create an intimate meetup where entrepreneurs showcased their product. We called it Atlanta Startup Village and hosted the first 4 meetups at Hypepotamus until it became too big for the space. It was amazing and I’m forever grateful of Heath, Kevin, and Scott for their generosity with the space. Ever since, Hypepotamus has been an eternal sponsor of Atlanta Startup Village and a continual reference of places to enter the Atlanta Startup Community. Finalist #2 – Rob Forman, SalesLoft (@rob4manhere) After leaving my last startup, I bounced around co-working spots in Atlanta looking for something different. I couldn’t put my finger on exactly what I was I looking for. I didn’t need the next place to put on headphones. I needed a reason to remove them. I wanted to find other passionate entrepreneurs building cool things. I got introduced to Hypepotamus through the Lean Startup meetup. It immediately struck me as unique and powerful. But the real hook came from connecting with Kevin and Heath. They talked a mile a minute, over each other like rowdy brothers, with huge ideas about storytelling, connectedness and density. They talked about the town, their kids and the things we needed to build successful companies. They talked about an open space, physically open but also wide open in their minds, and charging $0 for it because money wasn’t the point. People were the point. I’ll admit I struggled to keep pace but I knew they were onto something. I made the 70-minute MARTA trek from Alpharetta to Midtown. Sometimes multiple times a week. I wanted to work near them just to see what new things they were in to. More people kept showing up, bigger events were hosted, and grander ideas emerged. There was pent up demand for a way to connect community. Their mission to increase density was gaining traction and I had a front row seat. In fact, that density is how I got connected to my new team at SalesLoft. I had seen the team around the space several times, similarly excited about culture and community. Then after Scott’s first fireside chat with David Cummings, I got introduced to Kyle and the vision of sales intelligence. I found the team I could help lead and they found a key contributor they were missing. We were a great fit and just needed a way to intersect. Thanks to Kevin, Heath and Scott for talking faster and sharing so much more than I could understand in the moment. And thanks to everyone at Hype for creating a place where I could bump into smart, passionate people. Let’s remove the headphones and build something great together. Finalist #3 – Will King, eCommHub.com (@iamwillking) After being a free spirited, aspiring-entrepreneur in Silicon Valley for a year, I was strong-armed by my parents into moving back to Atlanta to finish up my degree at GT. It was all for the better and I didn’t even know it. Over winter break, I scoured the interwebz for anything and everything related to startups in Atlanta. One of the first places I landed on was http://startupsemester.gatech.edu/ an initiative started by my now good friends Jerome Choo and Aswin Natarajan. With nothing to lose, I cold emailed them and told them about my adventures in San Francisco and the valley. They promptly reached back and out we set up a meeting for the first week of the semester. Fast forward and I’m rubbing my eyes while I turn off my alarm clock. 10AM. I was really late for my meeting with Jerome at the Tech Sq Waffle House, so I threw on some clothes and ran over. Jerome was super understanding and for the next half hour we chatted about the Atlanta and Georgia Tech startup scene. When I mentioned that I frequented some co-working spaces in the Bay, his eyes lit up. “That’s awesome! We got one across the street, come check it out.” When I stepped foot into Hypepotamus, I felt at home. There were hackers hackin’ away, whiteboards scribbled with notes and lean canvases, and an energetic vibe. I couldn’t be happier and almost felt in debt to Jerome just for showing me the place. For the next couple of days I came in and got to know people. It was just so natural. I even found my current (business!) partner there. We’ve been together for 5 months and really ramping up in growth. This summer will be a critical stage in our company, but I’ll save that for another story. Till then you can catch me at the Hype

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Happenings This Week: May 19-25, 2013

Michael Flanigan — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:04:02 +0000

Another week of Connected Awesomeness is headed your way. Here’s what going on around town this week: Sunday, May 19 Noon-2 PM – PyLadies Hack Day! at Big Nerd Ranch PyLadies ATL needs a web presence on the PyLadies site. For more information and to register click here. Monday, May 20 6:30 PM-8:30 PM – Hardware Startup Meetup at Hypepotamus Do you have a hardware startup? Then this one is for you. This is just going to be a basic get to know you meeting to see what kind of interest we have. The idea is to help hardware based startup connect with people, places and organizations that will be of value. Register here. 7 PM-9 PM – Javascript Modern Tooling at Ogilvy and Mather, 271 17th Street NW, Suite 2100, Atlanta, GA This talk is the result of all the great tools we have available to us for creating great javascript applications. Our speaker will demonstrate an array of javascript libraries and services in quick succession and create and publish a cloud ready app from scratch. This will hopefully be inspirational for beginner to intermediate developers that haven’t seen rapid development of a fullstack javascript app. Register here. Tuesday, May 21 1:00 PM–5:00 PM – E-Commerce Office Hours at Hypepotamus Here’s your chance to get out of the warehouse and surround yourself with other e-commerce players. Bring your laptop and feel free to set up 1:1 meetings with folks you want to talk with. Register here. 1:30 PM–4:30 PM – Turnstone Office Hours Bus at Atlanta Tech Village The Turnstone bus will be parked out front of ATV for “mobile office hours.” Where else can you find subject matter experts in fields like business development, accounting, finance, development, and more, all hanging out on one bus? I call shotgun! Sign up here to participate. 5:00 PM–6:00 PM – E-Commerce School at Hypepotamus We’ll have four different e-commerce players give 15 solid minutes about what they’re buidling, what they’ve learned, and where they’re going next. Register here. 6:00 PM–7:00 PM – Fail Smart:Mistakes to Learn From at Atlanta Tech Village A panel discussion with Rigor, Kabbage, Rivalry, and SignUp4, who have braved the battlefields and learned how to turn failures into successes, moderated by Amber Saunders. Learn more and register here. 6:30 PM–8:30PM – Atlanta iOS Developers at Hypepotamus Join people developing native or web applications for the Apple iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch or any iOS device (including Mac apps). We have speakers and workshops ranging from software and usability design to deep dive iPhone SDK topics as well as Titanium, MonoTouch, HTML5, WebKit Html, JavaScript and CSS. Membership is, officially, free – but a suggested donation of approximately $2 / mo will help support the costs associated with organizing the group and, potentially, enhancing our tools and events. Our presentations and code are available on GitHub click here. Register here. Thursday, May 23 6:00 PM–8:00 PM – OSWAP Atlanta: Top Ten Web Defences by Jim Manico at Dell SecureWorks, 1 Concourse Pkwy, Suite 500, Atlanta, GA In the past, security professionals thought firewalls, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), patching, and privacy policies were enough. Today, however, these methods are outdated and ineffective, as attacks on prominent, well-protected websites are occurring every day. The session will provide specific tips and guidelines to make website code both low risk and less vulnerable. Register here. 6:00 PM–7:30 PM – Midtown Dialogue: Future of Work at Hypepotamus Networking mixer followed by in-the-round 10 minute one-on-one interviews focused on the Future of Work, followed by Q&A. Though the event is sold out, you can put your name on the wait list here. Friday, May 24 7:30 AM–9:30 AM – Startup Gauntlet Atlanta – Part 1 at ATDC: Community Room – 75 Fifth Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30308 Most technology startups fail. Why? They start executing before they have a sound business model. What about you? Have you discovered a scalable and profitable business model yet? After this 6-week intensive program, you will have identified the core of your business model – your customer segment and value proposition. Or you may discover there isn’t one. That’s OK too. Better to find out now than after spending years and a fortune only to find out you were wrong. Register here. 10:00 AM–12:00 PM – Panasonic Office Hours at Hypepotamus Office hours with Panasonic’s John Avery. Just complete this email request to get on the schedule. It’s gonna be a busy one. Be sure to check out these awesome events.

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Around Atlanta: A Weekly Roundup

Devin Hardy — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:38:39 +0000

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: ProtéJ, a non-profit venture ran by Jewish leaders and social entrepreneurs, announced they will host a Shark Tank style program on June 6 at 6:30 PM. The program will feature nonprofit leaders showcasing the impact they are having on Atlanta Jewish life. You can register for the event here. GirlTank launched a crowdfunding platform designed to help women grow and scale their daring social enterprises to make an impact in the community. From Asia to Africa to the Americas, get ready for a variety of projects that will move and wow you. Here are Ten Tech Startups that are making the South proud according to Techli. It includes a company that does a lot with email in Atlanta and another that has a cool mobile app for languages, but that’s all we’re gonna say. Check it out. Cynthia Kaye, CEO of Logical Choice Technologies, raised $5 million in private equity as the company prepares to enter the competitive mobile market. Read more here. Register for National Day of Civic Hacking to join the Random Hack of Kindness Atlanta hackathon happening on June 1-2. Register for this national day of giving back here. Google, in partnership with Startup Chicks, is hosting a free event on May 23 to teach startups how to leverage technology. It is open to everyone. All you have to do is sign up here. Atlanta Magazine interviewed Kyle Azevedo for national bike month about ViaCycle and whether or not Atlanta was ready for their bike system. Read this interesting article here. eCommHub wrote a fabulous post on growing a startup team that is definitely worth checking out. If you hadn’t yet heard Augur is part of the 2013 TechStars Boulder class and have already started their journey. A Virginia-based venture capital firm has just finished raising $225 million and plans to invest most of it in Atlanta. Read more about this here. Flashpoint is having their summer demo day June 4 and is partnering with us to kick off our summer startup academy and share the story of Flashpoint with the community. Check out some preliminary details and register here. Agency Spotter, who pitched at one of the Atlanta Startup Village meetups, won 3rd place this past week at the Ultra Light Boston meetup. So much is always going on and we’re looking for your news – just shoot us an email and let us know what stories you see happening in the tech startup community in Atlanta.

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Startups and Corporations + “Future of Work”

Devin Hardy — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:02:10 +0000

Wanna rub elbows with corporate leaders, business owners, and civic leaders? Join them this Thursday, May 23, from 6-7:30pm here at Hypepotamus for the Midtown Alliance’s “Midtown Dialogue: The Future of Work” event. This special event will explore dynamics of a changing workplace and the ways corporations are integrating mechanisms for collaboration, entrepreneurship and creative problem solving. Join us afterwards to share your own experiences in a discussion with Midtown thought leaders and corporate stewards. Participants will explore two distinct themes: the first being what entrepreneurs need from real estate developers to create a modern kind of workspace and the second how corporations create mental and physical spaces for innovation internally. Scott Henderson, executive director at Hypepotamus, will serve as the moderator for the evening. You’ll hear from four different perpsectives: Ashish Mistry, entrepreneur and managing partner of BLH Venture Partners James Harris, founding partner of N4MD.com Carie Davis, global innovation director at Coca-Cola Nicola Smith, vice president of innovation at Engauge Only 75 RSVPs for this event remain, reserve your spot here.

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