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Hacking the Enterprise: Here's Why Corporations Open (Useful) Innovation Centers

Over 25 global corporations including Coca-Cola, thyssenkrupp, Home Depot and Stanley Black & Decker tap into Atlanta's dynamic concentration of startups, talent and entrepreneurial initiatives by standing up an off-site innovation center. Innovation centers can make a significant impact on business growth when done well. Off-

startup taxes

Why Tax Season Is Just Getting Started For Entrepreneurs

Organization is key when tax season comes around, but for entrepreneurs, tax season never ends. With changing incomes and laws to outside investment and staff influx throughout the year, tax season starts the day a founder files their last tax return with the government. "A proper tax strategy is

smart city

Schoolhouse Tech: Why Smart Cities Must Also Be Inclusive Ones

I recently had the pleasure of accompanying the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) on its annual LINK trip in my capacity as the ARC’s citizen board member for the City of Atlanta. The purpose of the trip is for more than 100 government, business and non-profit sector leaders to

Delta

Innovation Impact: Delta Says, “We’re Not Chasing Technology for Technology’s Sake”

Earlier this year, Delta became the only airline named to Fast Company’s 10 Most Innovative Companies in Travel. Though the Atlanta-based carrier does have its share of flashy technology projects — a recently-announced robotic exoskeleton research group comes to mind — COO Gil West says that the majority of

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How to Keep Your Business Model Agile As You Scale And Seek Investment

As you scale your startup and refine your business model to start conversations with investors, having your Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and cash flow measurements ready to go can help speed up the path to a seed round. Business modeling can help paint a clearer picture to outside investors of

In Defense of Tiny Companies

In Defense of Tiny Companies

Why the best companies are like blueberries. Growing up, I remember picking blueberries with my family every summer at a local berry patch in rural Georgia. As we filled our baskets to the brim, our conversations centered around a single question: what makes the perfect blueberry? For the longest time,

corporate innovation

Hacking the Enterprise: A Corporate Innovation How-To Guide

In our work helping organizations build and sustain cultures of innovation, we've found that people in roles not directly connected to “innovation” aren’t sure what to do when they’re asked to “be innovative” or support innovation culture. In an effort to help these people internalize what