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Like Father, Like Son — These Duos Went from Family to Startup Partners

It’s one thing to take over the family business. But it’s another thing to go straight into a new business venture with your dad. This presents a whole new set of challenges — like not knowing if you should call your partner by his name or ‘dad’ when in

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TechSquare Labs Company Stackfolio Wins Judges' Favorite and $150K Investment at Google Demo Day

Stackfolio, an online marketplace that aims to optimize loan trading, won the Judges' Favorite award at the 2017 Google Demo Day, a pitch event that puts startups in front of top investors from all over the country. Competing against 12 other North American startups, the TechSquare Labs portfolio company

Wyzerr Takes Home $50K Prize at 36|86 For Their Gamified Surveys, Launches Publicly

Wyzerr Takes Home $50K Prize at 36|86 For Their Gamified Surveys, Launches Publicly

Beating out 30+ startups at Launch Tennesee's 36|86 South conference this week, Kentucky-based startup Wyzerr impressed the 1000+ audience to take home the $50K prize. Wyzerr uses artificial intelligence and playful UX design to retain consumers' attention while filling out their surveys, allowing companies to

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Blockchain Health Records Platform Patientory Crowd Funds Over $7 Million In 3-Day Token Sale

Using a nontraditional, but certainly effective, funding method, Atlanta-based healthcare startup Patientory used a token sale to raise $7.2 million from over 1700 individual investors in 3 days, without giving up any equity at all. Token sales, increasingly common amongst blockchain platforms, are a democratized form of funding

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These Georgia Tech Students Won Toyota's Mobility Challenge For Wheelchair-Geared Taxi App

When you bring together a fresh perspective and new technologies, solutions to old problems emerge. That’s the idea behind the Next Generation Mobility Challenge, which was co-created by Toyota to inspire young people to develop mobility solutions for social equity and inclusion problems. Improved and streamlined transportation, according

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Will the Growing Number Of Corporate Innovation Centers Affect Atlanta's Startup Landscape?

If you’re flying with Delta out of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport this summer, the beginning of your trip could look something like this: hail a Lyft to the airport to accrue extra SkyMiles, speed through security with CLEAR pre-check, and then plop down in a seat at your

AT&T Partners With City of Atlanta On Smart City Solutions Competition

AT&T Partners With City of Atlanta On Smart City Solutions Competition

In an effort to address Atlanta's biggest issues, AT&T is partnering up with the City of Atlanta and Code for Atlanta, a local hack meetup group, to launch the Atlanta Civic Coding Competition (dubbed C3). The competition will invite the public, individuals and teams alike, to