WEI Is Back. Who in Atlanta should apply?
With its relaunch, WEI is looking to bring on 15 female entrepreneurs who are building either high-growth potential or are scalable social impact ventures and have already created over $50k in revenue.
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Tech Veteran Jennifer Bonnett Returns to Atlanta to Drive the City’s Bid to Become a Top 5 Tech Hub
Over the past few weeks, a sense of anticipation has been building across Atlanta’s tech scene. At networking events and startup hubs, the same question kept surfacing: "Did you hear who’s coming back?"
The answer, spoken with enthusiasm each time, was that Jennifer Bonnett had moved
Hypepotamus Resources For Southern Startups Navigating The COVID-19 Crisis
When the going gets tough, there's still work to do. As founders — aspiring or active — figuring out how the roadmap has changed and what to do with new realities and challenges from the COVID-19 crisis, Hypepotamus wants to be a resource to the community by connecting our
Alumna Entrepreneur Monica Hooks Takes the Reins as WEI's New Executive Director
As the newly minted executive editor of the Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative (WEI), Monica Hooks is well aware she has a legacy to uphold. That mandate would shake anyone growing into a new role, but respecting history while looking to the future is a challenge she relishes.
WEI is the
From Smart Bug Farms to Plant Data, Atlanta AgTech Challenge Kicks Off On the BeltLine
Agribusiness is Georgia’s number one industry, and is important across the Southeast at large. But with a projected 70 percent of the world’s population condensing in urban areas by the year 2050 — not to mention the effects of a warming world — the forward-thinking are looking towards farming
Federal Opportunity Zones: Both A Challenge and An Opportunity for the Southeast
Recent research has shown that those who live in Southern states tend to experience higher income inequality, especially among minority communities. The 2018 map of economics growth shows that more than 50 million Americans live in a distressed community (shown in red in the above image).
To attract more investment
Four Atlanta Startups Chosen to Travel to France for International Exchange Program
Four Atlanta startups have been chosen by the City of Atlanta for this year’s Atlanta International Startup Exchange program, a one-week exchange to Atlanta sister city Toulouse, France. Executives from ThingTech, Loupe, TC Poly, and Blind Tiger Communications will travel to France from September 30 through October 7