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What Chattanooga's Community Internet Expansion Means For Startups

What Chattanooga's Community Internet Expansion Means For Startups

“Gig City” continues to find innovative ways to help local businesses. Chattanooga announced last month that it is upping its commitment to more ubiquitous internet access with the launch of the country’s first 25 gig internet service delivered over a 100% fiber optic network. That comes after EPB – Chattanooga’

A Lesson In Bootstrapped Growth From Chattanooga-Based Text Request

A Lesson In Bootstrapped Growth From Chattanooga-Based Text Request

It was almost like Chattanooga-based Text Request was born for this moment. The eight-year-old SaaS startup helps organizations communicate more efficiently with customers via text messaging campaigns. The idea was certainly scalable back when the startup first got off the ground. But the team has entered “hyper-

In The Ongoing Talent War, Is Retention More Important Than Recruiting?

In The Ongoing Talent War, Is Retention More Important Than Recruiting?

For Max Farrell, the employee-employer relationship had been fundamentally flawed long before the “Great Resignation” made it a pressing topic for most companies. “For the longest time companies just ‘recruited away’ their turnover challenges, which we've always seen as a really backwards approach to growing a business,

Freeform 3D Printing Startup In Chattanooga Looks To The Moon With New NASA Partnership

Freeform 3D Printing Startup In Chattanooga Looks To The Moon With New NASA Partnership

Real estate demands and the overall housing shortage brought about a Construction Tech boom in the VC world. US construction-related startups alone raised $2.8 billion since January 2020, with Southeast startups raising $285.5 million in that same time frame, according to available Crunchbase data. But construction on

For Atlanta-based Variant, Driver-Centric Innovation Is Key To Changing Trucking Industry

For Atlanta-based Variant, Driver-Centric Innovation Is Key To Changing Trucking Industry

Cameron Ramsdell built his career around the shipping and logistics industry. But he wasn’t initially sold on trucking. While US Census data shows there are 711,000 different trucking companies employing over 3.5 million people, Ramsdell told Hypepotamus that the industry remained fragmented and largely adverse to technology

FreightWaves' CEO talks green future for the shipping industry

FreightWaves' CEO talks green future for the shipping industry

Logistics and analytics startup FreightWaves is ready to make sustainability an integral part of the transportation industry. “Shippers already think about cost, transit times, and service levels when they're designing their supply chains. We want to make carbon the fourth variable,” Craig Fuller, Chief Executive Officer & Founder

With New Patent & Sponsorship with the Tennessee Titans, CPR Wrap Looks To Help More People Save Lives

With New Patent & Sponsorship with the Tennessee Titans, CPR Wrap Looks To Help More People Save Lives

Even for founders building life-saving consumer goods, COVID took its toll. Felicia Jackson, the founder of Tennessee-based CPR Wrap, had to make the difficult decision to downsize her already small team during the pandemic. But she remained focused on getting her single-use CPR tool out to more