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Attention Female Founders: There's A New $100K Pitch Competition Coming To Atlanta This Fall

Attention Female Founders: There's A New $100K Pitch Competition Coming To Atlanta This Fall

New York's early-stage, women-led VC firm HearstLab is coming to Atlanta this fall...and they want to hear pitches from local female founders. HearstLab has picked Atlanta for its next live pitch event location. Selected companies will pitch in front of a live audience and an

Two Student-Run Georgia Startups Take Top Honors At Silicon Valley Pitch Competition

Two Student-Run Georgia Startups Take Top Honors At Silicon Valley Pitch Competition

Two startups, one from Emory University and one with roots at the University of Georgia, made their mark at this month’s TiE U Global Pitch Competition in Silicon Valley. The university program, founded in 2013, helps college entrepreneurs hone their pitches and connect with a global group of mentors.

Three Atlanta Companies Net $30K on Export Challenge Pitch Day

Three Atlanta Companies Net $30K on Export Challenge Pitch Day

Editor’s note: This article was first published in Global Atlanta, an online news publication devoted to revealing the city’s ties with the world and helping local companies navigate the global economy.It was written by Managing Editor Trevor Williams and is published here as part of a content

Atlanta-based Blooksy Wants To Make You The Next Big Author

Atlanta-based Blooksy Wants To Make You The Next Big Author

After publishing five books himself, Anthony “AJ” Joiner knew writers needed a tech solution to shape their ideas into books and get those books into the hands of more readers. He’s taken his background as a software project manager into the publishing world with Blooksy, an Atlanta-based subscription-

Edtech Startup Possip Takes Both Prizes and $60K at 36|86 Pitch Competition

Edtech Startup Possip Takes Both Prizes and $60K at 36|86 Pitch Competition

After competing against eight startups, edtech company Possip took both the $10,000 crowd favorite award and the main prize of $50,000 at the 36|86 Entrepreneur Festival Pitch Competition last week. The cash prizes were presented by LaunchTN CEO Margaret Dolan. Possip CEO Shani Dowell took the stage

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Georgia Tech, ATDC to Host the NFL's Annual Super Bowl Startup Pitch Competition

The NFL has announced that it will hold its fourth annual startup pitch competition, set to coincide with Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta. The “1st and Future” pitch event is being held in conjunction with Georgia Tech and the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), the state of Georgia’s startup

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Music Tech Entrepreneur On Finding Your Groove At Pitch Competitions As a Pre-Launch Startup

Robert Hatcher’s passion for music led him to a new stage to perform: pitch competitions. The Georgia State MBA student is pursuing grad school while simultaneously building his startup, Soundcollide. “Entrepreneurship means creating your own lane, to either create value for yourself or to provide value for others,” shares