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Maija Ehlinger

Atlanta, GA

Born and raised in Southern California, Maija has been in Atlanta since 2010. She is a graduate of Emory University and the Columbia Journalism School's Lede Program for data journalism.

New Investment Puts Atlanta-based Calendly's Valuation at Over $3 Billion

New Investment Puts Atlanta-based Calendly's Valuation at Over $3 Billion

Even before employees flocked to productivity tools to streamline remote work, Atlanta-based Calendly wanted to streamline the arduous process of scheduling a meeting. But it’s no surprise that the scheduling software doubled its subscription revenue in 2020. The company, founded in 2013 by Tope Awotona, helped propel Atlanta’

EXCLUSIVE: Google for Startups Founders Academy Expands Nationwide After Successful Atlanta Launch

EXCLUSIVE: Google for Startups Founders Academy Expands Nationwide After Successful Atlanta Launch

Pivoting the inaugural Founders Academy to a virtual setting didn’t deter Jewel Burks Solomon and the Google for Startups team. Over the course of eight months — in the middle of the pandemic — the Academy worked with over 40 Georgia-based founders to help them get an idea off the

Meet The 10 Social Impact Startups Selected For Techstars' Next Cohort

Meet The 10 Social Impact Startups Selected For Techstars' Next Cohort

Atlanta has been at the epicenter of the civil and human rights movement for decades. That made it the perfect place to launch Cox Enterprises Social Impact Accelerator, powered by Techstars. Led by Barry Givens, the program just announced its 2nd cohort. The ten selected startups come from across the

Atlanta-based Startup Acquired By Real Estate Management Giant

Atlanta-based Startup Acquired By Real Estate Management Giant

Techstars Atlanta is celebrating another successful acquisition. CommissionTrac, a cloud-based revenue management platform that streamlines back office admin work for commercial real estate agents, has been acquired by Yardi Systems. Based in Santa Barbara, California, Yardi provides end-to-end property and investment management software to those in the

This Engineer-Turned-Lawyer Is Using AI To Help Georgians Find COVID Vaccine Appointments

This Engineer-Turned-Lawyer Is Using AI To Help Georgians Find COVID Vaccine Appointments

Where there's a challenge, you’ll find an entrepreneur nearby building or coding a solution. As the nation works to distribute COVID-19 vaccines, one Atlanta-based entrepreneur has launched the Georgia Vax App, a text notification platform to streamline vaccine appointment information from various county Boards of

Meet the Atlanta Predictive Analytics Startup Helping Brands Launch Their Next Successful Product

Meet the Atlanta Predictive Analytics Startup Helping Brands Launch Their Next Successful Product

Startup founders and corporate leaders alike must master the art of the pivot in order to get new products on shelves. But such a pivot can mean costly market and product research studies. Father-and-son team Dillon Hall and Tim Hall experienced this problem first hand, so they built

With E-Grocer Subziwalla, Atlanta-based Founders Work To Deliver a Taste of Home

With E-Grocer Subziwalla, Atlanta-based Founders Work To Deliver a Taste of Home

It all started with a (friendly) debate over onions. Manav Thaker and Sajal Rohatgi, both Atlanta transplants, connected through the city’s business ecosystem. What started as a conversation over the best type of onions (Thaker is team yellow and Rohatgi is team red, for the record), developed into a