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Monica Hooks of WEI Atlanta

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

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Cox Enterprises' Cleantech Team On Green Investing, Long-Term Sustainability, and Turning Trash Into Electricity

In a world where companies often ignore profit and raise more and more capital to double down on a specific vision, Cox Enterprises stands apart. The 120-year-old, family-run company has thrived — we’re talking $21 billion in annual revenue — through decades of changing business landscapes by constantly

Barry Givens

Barry Givens, New Techstars Social Impact Managing Director, Is Seeking Startups For "People, Community, and Planet"

Earlier this summer, Cox Enterprises and global accelerator Techstars announced that they were extending their partnership to launch a second Techstars program in Atlanta, this one focused on social impact companies. Techstars Atlanta, an industry-agnostic accelerator powered by Cox, is currently in its fourth year. Now, the new startup

Charlie Paparelli

Investor Real Talk: Professional Angel Charlie Paparelli On the Three Things He Looks For In Early-Stage Startups

Investor Real Talk will dive into the deep end with the folks that hold the pocketbook in the startup world. We'll get into angel funding, VC, growth equity, and even corporate venture to shine a light on why and how investors do what they do. "I invested

Bud Peterson

Outgoing Georgia Tech President Bud Peterson Reflects On Innovation, Cooperation, and Waffle House As An Economic Growth Engine

When G.P. “Bud” Peterson was appointed President of Georgia Tech in 2009, the campus and surrounding neighborhood looked quite different than its 2019 iteration. Many of the skyline-defining buildings — NCR, Coda, and countless apartments and condos — were not even conceived. Frankly, Midtown Atlanta was simply not the walkable,

Former Humana CTO Aaron Gani Founds Virtual Reality Startup to Change Health Behaviors

Former Humana CTO Aaron Gani Founds Virtual Reality Startup to Change Health Behaviors

Aaron Gani has always been a technologist, but it wasn't until he caught what he calls the "healthcare bug" that he was exposed to what a massive industry chronic disease is: out of the $3.6 trillion that U.S. consumers spend on healthcare annually, 85

Duriya Farooqui

How Former City of Atlanta COO Duriya Farooqui Curates Collaboration At the Point A Supply Chain Innovation Center

“For most of my career, I have been in these roles where I’ve had to galvanize and mobilize people with completely different backgrounds around these common causes.” Duriya Farooqui is explaining why she, as a former public service leader, has taken on the weighty charge of directing Point A,