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More Than Pitch Practice | Atlanta Mayoral Candidates Tech Pitch

More Than Pitch Practice | Atlanta Mayoral Candidates Tech Pitch

How will the next Atlanta Mayor affect the tech community? General Assembly Atlanta, along with TechSquare Labs and New Leaders Council, are brining you the Atlanta Mayoral Tech Pitch, October 25th! This unique pitch-styled forum will allow the candidates to express their platforms similarly to how startup companies pitch

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International Bank Grants Morehouse College $400K To Support Diverse Founders

Even in the forward-thinking tech world, the diversity gap remains. Kauffman research on the state of entrepreneurship shows that entrepreneurs are 80 percent white and more than 64 percent male; companies with all-female founders are at a considerable disadvantage when it comes to funding. Even in Atlanta, where

TechHire Takes on the Diversity Divide with CodeStart

TechHire Takes on the Diversity Divide with CodeStart

Technology is where the action is right now in the business world, but two obstacles threaten to put the brakes on the speed of success: There aren't enough skilled workers to go around, and the workforce itself - like the tech industry in general - isn't very diverse.

Atlanta on the Rise with $4 Million White House TechHire Grant

Atlanta on the Rise with $4 Million White House TechHire Grant

In an effort to boost technology communities across the country, the White House administration announced today that it has issued $150 million in U.S. Department of Labor grants. Claiming $4 million of that pot? Atlanta. ATL TechHire, a partnership between the Atlanta Workforce Agency, TechSquare Labs, and The Iron

Growing Companies & Children | Fathers Share Work-Life Advice

Growing Companies & Children | Fathers Share Work-Life Advice

Four Atlanta dads share how they balance burgeoning empires and budding households. Here’s the fatherpreneurship advice of Rob Forman, co-founder and COO of Salesloft, David Payne, co-founder of Scoutmob and Switchyards, Rodney Sampson, founder of Kingonomics and partner at TechSquare Labs, and Christopher Turner, co-founder and

CodeStart Program Strives to Level Diversity Divide

CodeStart Program Strives to Level Diversity Divide

The technology sphere has long been criticized for its lack of diversity. With a measly 10% of Blacks making up computer science degrees, and only 9.2% of Blacks and Hispanics representing the industry, major players across sectors are joining forces to help fill the technology job gap with a

The White House Names Atlanta New TechHire City

The White House Names Atlanta New TechHire City

This week is scorching with tech activity as the hustle and bustle of SXSW is underway - hell, even President Obama is packing up his Louis Vuitton valise and joining 400k+ tech geeks in Austin. So, it came as no surprise when epic news dropped from the Administration that Atlanta was