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Elaine Richards

Why Rubicon Global's New President Is Excited About Garbage

As waste technology solutions provider Rubicon Global closes out a year that saw two funding rounds (bringing total outside funding to $220 million at over a billion-dollar valuation) and new national and international partnerships, the company has brought on a leader with experience bringing technology to staid industries. New

Tech Talent: This Junior Programmer Uses Improv to Be a Better Team Player

Tech Talent: This Junior Programmer Uses Improv to Be a Better Team Player

Improv comedy is not the first thing that you think about when referring to programming. However, DigitalCrafts student Valerie Thoma has figured out how to apply spontaneous comedy principles to coding. For example, improv's "Yes, and..." principle applies directly to being open-minded while working with

This CFO Says Bookkeeping Is Broken — So She's Fixing It With Technology

Unless you’re a CFO or finance manager, it’s hard to fully appreciate the tediousness and time it takes to recruit and hire an effective bookkeeper for your business’ needs. For longtime finance exec Natasha Goldstein, the struggle was a particularly frustrating one. During her time as the director

Why This Developer-Turned-CEO Thinks Your E-Commerce Site Has Too Much Content

Why This Developer-Turned-CEO Thinks Your E-Commerce Site Has Too Much Content

Natasha Murphy's passion is e-commerce, and she channels that passion by finding the most effective ways to showcase her clients' products. She does this by designing their sites through her e-commerce development agency, Nicely Built, which helps clients use Shopify, a DIY platform used to

Ben Dyer Was One of Atlanta's First Successful Software Founders. Now He's Back As TechSquare Labs' Partner

Ben Dyer Was One of Atlanta's First Successful Software Founders. Now He's Back As TechSquare Labs' Partner

In case you couldn’t tell from the name of his first successfully-exited company, Peachtree Software, Ben Dyer is an Atlanta native. Following the sale of the software company, which began as the city's first true computer retailer, in 1981, Dyer founded and sold multiple technology startups,

Kelly Fitzgerald Built A Home for Chattanooga's Startup Community By Focusing On 'Human Design'

Kelly Fitzgerald Built A Home for Chattanooga's Startup Community By Focusing On 'Human Design'

Kelly Fitzgerald knows that the difference between an office space and a community is the intention behind its design. The founder of Chattanooga's first — and one of its largest — co-working spaces, Society of Work, Fitzgerald utilizes her background in architecture to craft the experience of her members

From Homeless Teen to Startup Launcher, Jake Hare Found the Right Messaging Through Failure

From Homeless Teen to Startup Launcher, Jake Hare Found the Right Messaging Through Failure

Grade school textbooks often show only a handful of lucrative careers — the usual suspects like lawyer, doctor, or celebrity/athlete. Or so Jake Hare thought. Hare's childhood wasn't easy — he grew up in California in a working class family that was, for a time during his