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Chanda Bell and Christa Pitts

Get To Know The CEOs: How Sisters Chanda Bell and Christa Pitts Built A Christmas Empire

Chanda Bell and Christa Pitts are constantly thinking about Christmas. Sure, end-of-year sales are top of mind as two entrepreneurs in the consumer product space. But the holiday means even more for the twins and now co-CEOs…because it is literally their job to deliver Christmas magic

GT biomedical engineering grad launches first consumer product during World Contraception Day

GT biomedical engineering grad launches first consumer product during World Contraception Day

Sammie Hasen’s passion for entrepreneurship and consumer products started well before joining Georgia Tech’s accelerator Create-X. As an “idea maker,” Hasen said she dabbled in entrepreneurship with a t-shirt brand early in her early teens before heading to Georgia Tech to study biomedical engineering. While at

Atlanta-based 1Q is democratizing market research one question at a time

Atlanta-based 1Q is democratizing market research one question at a time

Whenever we chat with Atlanta entrepreneurs, the conversation inevitably leans towards the potential the city has to become one of the biggest startup hubs in the country. Our conversation last week with 1Q’s CEO Keith Rinzler was no different. For Rinzler, Atlanta is just waiting for a big consumer-

1 year + 1 Month Later, The Consumer Show Keeps On Growing

1 year + 1 Month Later, The Consumer Show Keeps On Growing

Switchyards is gearing up for its monthly Thursday night take over – The Consumer Show. #theconsumershow highlights five startups, each of which presents their pitch for five minutes. Then, to foster community support, each startup will address two topics: what help they could use from the community and what they'

Real founder lesson

Real Founder Lesson: Do This Before You Write A Line Of Code

I graduated college in 1994. One year later Netscape went public, kicking off the beginning of the consumer internet. Most technology innovation over the following decade was about infrastructure — making sure people had broadband to their homes, developing phones with real computing power and growing wireless connectivity. Fast forward to

Kicking off the New Year with The Consumer Show

Kicking off the New Year with The Consumer Show

2017 is already off to a great start at #theconsumershow. As the only space in the city solely dedicated to B2C startups, our friends over at Switchyards Downtown Club host a monthly pitch event focused on consumer startups — “The Consumer Show” (#theconsumershow). In case you missed the last show, check