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Google For Startups Launches 2nd $5 Million Black Founders Fund

Google For Startups Launches 2nd $5 Million Black Founders Fund

Google for Startups Black Founders Fund is back for 2021. The $5 million fund, announced today, will give $100,000 in non-dilutive funds to 50 Black startup founders across the country. But Atlanta’s influence is all over this national program. Google for Startups US, headed by Jewel Burks

Charleston Duo Is Redefining The QR Code & Location-based Messaging

Charleston Duo Is Redefining The QR Code & Location-based Messaging

Cousins Marlon Brown and Kendrick Pullen are on a mission to change how and when we send messages. That’s no small task, given that individuals and companies alike are really more and more on SMS, iMessage, and other app-based messaging services to connect with clients and potential customers.

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

Google for Startups Black Founders Fund Puts $2.35m in Atlanta Startups

Google for Startups Black Founders Fund Puts $2.35m in Atlanta Startups

Google for Startups announced that of the 76 recipients of its $5 million Google for Startups Black Founders Fund and revealed the 35 Black-owned startup founders in metro Atlanta were the beneficiaries of $2.35 million in non-dilutive cash awards. “We are committed to helping Black founders who

Four Atlanta Startups Join Google for Startups Black Founders Exchange

Four Atlanta Startups Join Google for Startups Black Founders Exchange

Four Atlanta-based startups have been selected for Google for Startups Black Founders Exchange, which will be held virtually from October 7-29 this year. In partnership with American Underground, the Black Founders Exchange is designed to connect founders and provide hands-on mentorship. To date, companies who have gone

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Changing Course: Google for Startups Pivots To Launch All-Online Atlanta Founders Academy During Pandemic

If you didn’t already know that coronavirus was a thing, you might not even have noticed that the Atlanta Founders Academy had switched plans. Not long ago, Google for Startups announced the Atlanta Founders Academy, which would assist 40 startup founders through an 8-month series of programming and

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Exclusive: Atlanta-Based Entrepreneur Jewel Burks Solomon named Head of Google For Startups, U.S.

Atlanta tech entrepreneur Jewel Burks Solomon has been named head of Google for Startups for the U.S., Hypepotamus has confirmed. Solomon is not only the first African-American woman to have this title — a highly significant matter in itself — but she is also the first person to ever hold