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How We Work: Kabbage Avoids Bureaucracy As It Continues to Sprout

This is part of our How We Work series, which focuses on how successful southeastern tech companies are developing authentic work cultures. When you walk around the headquarters of fintech company Kabbage, you see a lot of open doors. You see a lot of vegetable puns — their internal newsletter is

enrichher

Female Founder-Focused Crowdfunding Platform EnrichHER to Pitch At SXSW

A new study, released last week at CES 2019 and entitled “This is Women’s Work: Stepping Up Startup Culture”, reiterates many of the same (disappointing) insights around women’s experiences in the startup world that previous surveys have found. However, a few novel insights emerged, one being the tendency

influence health

Doctor Ratings Giant Healthgrades Acquires Healthcare Marketing Tech Provider

Healthgrades, a large healthcare data and ratings firm, has expanded its southern presence with an acquisition of healthcare-focused digital marketing platform Influence Health. The Birmingham-based company also has a large Atlanta presence dating back to its acquisition of Atlanta healthcare startup Brightwhistle in 2015. Denver-based Healthgrades also

sam smith

Sam Smith's Collective Hustle Demonstrates the Business Case For Startup Diversity — Beyond Optics

“For me, it felt like I always had all of the puzzle pieces, they just weren't put together. One thing I want to prove is that, if you just look at a snapshot of the top 20 [startup cities], we could be an ecosystem that embraces diversity and

JUMP

As Scooter Regulations Finally Land, E-Bikes Hit Atlanta Streets. Could They Be A Better Transit Solution?

On the same day as the passing of an ordinance addressing dockless electric vehicles by the Atlanta City Council, residents will see a new mode of transportation brought to city streets by alternative transportation giant Uber. Today, the company’s subsidiary JUMP has set dockless electric bicycles in Atlanta’s

Bellhops

Bellhops, the Tech Startup That Helps You Move, Raises $30M and Opens Second Office In Atlanta

Bellhops, the Chattanooga-based on-demand moving startup, has raised a substantial Series C in what might be the burgeoning startup city’s largest technology funding round ever. Beyond a rapid expansion across new markets, the funding will go towards doubling the company’s employee base and a new office

Senegal Software

How A Temp Staffing Firm Turned Its Internal Software Into A Startup to Help Other Gig Workers

Though the “gig economy” is a trendy phenomenon to talk about these days, the underlying truth is that short-term contract labor is, well, not new. The Bureau of Labor Statistics found that the largest brackets of those who define themselves as self-employed or working as independent contractors are