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As Uncertainty Looms, Local Tech Leaders and Investors Get Back To Basics

As Uncertainty Looms, Local Tech Leaders and Investors Get Back To Basics

It started with whispers in offices, during company happy hours, and in Zoom meetings. The startup success wave had been good — great, really — for tech ventures that raised record funding rounds at sky-high valuations. From HealthTech to WorkTech to FinTech, startups were solving some of the biggest challenges facing

Birmingham Restaurant Veterans Team Up To Make Staffing Process More Flexible & Accessible

Birmingham Restaurant Veterans Team Up To Make Staffing Process More Flexible & Accessible

Staffing shortages have plagued restaurants in the wake of the pandemic, causing many to close or drastically reduce hours and the number of tables available on any given day. But as the restaurant veterans behind Birmingham startup Croux know, the issue didn’t start with COVID. “Turnover has always been

This Family of Founders Is Helping Perfect Your Job Pitch

This Family of Founders Is Helping Perfect Your Job Pitch

The meaning behind the name of Atlanta-based startup Quinn Cobbledger is personal for mother-son founding team Laura Emory Matthews and Wesley Matthews. It’s a combination of streets the family grew up on over the years. But the problem they are solving for is far too universal in

With Fresh Series A Funding, Charleston-Based Sprockets Demonstrates Southeast's Strong WorkTech Scene

With Fresh Series A Funding, Charleston-Based Sprockets Demonstrates Southeast's Strong WorkTech Scene

The nature of work is changing. And if funding is any indication, the Southeast startup scene is helping to shape what’s next for companies. There are over 550 HR and recruiting-focused startups in the region, including many we’ve recently featured like Virginia-based Inclusively, Birmingham-based Boulo

The Great Resignation: When Employees Can Go Anywhere, How Are Startups Attracting Talent?

The Great Resignation: When Employees Can Go Anywhere, How Are Startups Attracting Talent?

Upwards of 38 million American workers joined “The Great Resignation” in 2021, and surveys suggest that number might only grow in 2022. What’s driving the numbers? Some fled burnout and toxic work settings. Many others were lured away by higher wages and a hot “employee market." Some people,

Atlanta Startup Grayscale Lands $3.25M To Improve High-Volume Hiring Through Texting

Atlanta Startup Grayscale Lands $3.25M To Improve High-Volume Hiring Through Texting

Ty Abernethy has spent the last decade using tech to address the inefficient process of hiring new talent. The University of Georgia grad co-founded ConveyIQ in New York in 2012, an interviewing platform ultimately acquired by Entelo. Atlanta Ventures has taken note of his latest startup, the Atlanta-based

Techstars Atlanta Grad Joonko Lands $10M To Match Companies With Diverse Tech Talent

Techstars Atlanta Grad Joonko Lands $10M To Match Companies With Diverse Tech Talent

Junko Tabei, the first woman to summit Mount Everest in 1975, serves as an apt namesake for one fast-growing startup in Birmingham. It certainly does take grit and perseverance to improve how tech companies source great talent. Joonko, the brainchild of Ilit Raz, is a diversity, equity, and inclusion