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Daley Ervin

Engage Fund Brings On Daley Ervin, Formerly Airbnb, YPLan, As Entrepreneur-In-Residence

The Engage fund, an Atlanta-based venture fund and startup program backed by 11 corporations including Delta, Goldman Sachs, the Home Depot and UPS, as well as Georgia’s venture fund Invest Georgia, has expanded its team with the addition of Daley Ervin as Entrepreneur-in-Residence. Ervin has been

Tim Horan

Southern Tech Hub Brings In Former Army Commander and Startup COO As New Veteran-In-Residence

During his time serving his country, both domestically at Kentucky’s Fort Campbell and in Afghanistan, U.S. Army company commander Tim Horan wasn’t exactly sure what he would do once he was ready to transition back into civilian life. In what career field would the skills he had

Tech Talent: This Programmer Started a Company to Fill the Gap In Diverse Stock Photography

Tech Talent: This Programmer Started a Company to Fill the Gap In Diverse Stock Photography

Gerald Carter built a foundation in electrical engineering through his coursework at Tuskegee University and from there, dived into the hardware space. He also wanted a background in business and settled down to obtain his MBA, which has helped him with his current startup, DiversityPhotos.com. Now, with recent advances

Patty Watson

How TSYS's CIO Is Getting Thousands of Employees On Board for a "Technology Transformation"

“I have a pretty rigorous communication style,” shares Patty Watson, Senior EVP and Chief Information Officer of payments technology company TSYS. That includes external communication — she is teaching her team to actually go out and ask customers what they want before they build products — as well as internal communication with

Start Co. CEO On Growing Memphis' Tech Ecosystem and Helping Founders Walk "The Startup Valley of Death"

Start Co. CEO On Growing Memphis' Tech Ecosystem and Helping Founders Walk "The Startup Valley of Death"

Eric Mathews's honesty about what it took to build his own organization, early-stage startup accelerator Start Co., makes him the right fit to lead a program that helps founders build a raw idea into a viable company. Mathews had been an early-stage investor for a little

Eboni Freeman

It Took 3 Weeks and 30 Emails to Get Workplace Disability Accommodations, So She's Building a Tool to Help Others

When discussing the topic of parity in the workplace, one group is often left out of the conversation: individuals with disabilities. The average unemployment rate of this population hovers around twice that of the national rate. These statistics may be partially due to inefficiency in today’s workplace environments. Eboni

Baiyina Jihad

This Elementary School Teacher Wants to Reduce Violence With A Literacy App

South Fulton elementary school teacher Baiyina Jihad was searching for a way to encourage less violence in classrooms. The former Teach For America educator was playing with different ideas when she learned how much literacy is related to violence. Millions of adults in the U.S. lack basic literacy skills,