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Batch 42: Tech Square Trading Cards
Tech Square Trading Cards are the a glimpse into this innovative, entrepreneurial, and bright community of Atlanta. This weeks batch has faces from Georgia Tech, Sandbox ATL, TopPick, and Southern Company.
Spotlight: Rented.com
Andrew McConnell, CEO of Rented.com, explains how their platform connects home owners with professional short-term rental managers. It's the easier, safer and more guaranteed way to be making an income off your second home. See how Rented.com is enjoying the ATDC program and learn how you can make money off your vacation homes.
Batch 41: Tech Square Trading Cards
In Batch 41, we have a mix of entrepreneurs, generalists, and students with backgrounds in programming, fintech, marketing, and even breakdancing! These are four of the faces that make the world of Tech Square go round.
Batch 40: Tech Square Trading Cards
Tech Square offers an incredibly diverse community from investors, to entrepreneurs, to students, to student-entrepreneurs. In Batch 40, we are featuring four friendly faces with expertise in computer science, venture capital, and marketing. Reach out and make a connection!
Hump Day Exchange: The Student Hustle
On the sixteenth episode of Hump Day Exchange, we sat down with Lekha Surasani, Director of Finance and Operations for HackGT; Wesley Samples, Co-Director of Startup Exchange; and Chloe Belangia, Executive Director of TEDxGeorgiaTech. All three guests are organizers of student-founded organizations on Georgia Tech's campus, each with the common goal of promoting student curiosity, innovation, and drive.
Batch 38: Tech Square Trading Cards
We don't know about you, but we love to expand our network. Who knows what you can learn, connect or achieve! Here are four faces to get you started, featuring all skills from investing to data analytics.
Tech Square Tries: The Barrelhouse
This week, we stayed very local to Tech Square and sat down for a meal at The Barrelhouse. They have a good mix of standard sandwiches and salads, but there are also a few hidden gems on their menu.
Create-X Demo Day
Teams are accepted after rounds of interviews where they present their startup idea to the coaches. Once accepted, each team receives $20,000 of seed money, donated by Christopher Klaus.
Hump Day Exchange: Womansplaining
To explore this topic, we brought in Jen Bonnett, Director and General Manager of ATDC, Wei-Chun Tai, partner at Mosely Ventures, and Annie Harrison Elliott, playwright of Empty Rooms, which will be performed in the Garage. Listen to what these women had to say about the challenges and opportunities they face on a daily basis.
Scheller and Partners Focus on Inclusion
Management Leadership for Tomorrow is a nonprofit that aims to transform the careers of Black, Hispanic, and Native American people. They offer many programs from college career prep, MBA prep, and executive level programs.
Spotlight: Athena Lab Harmonic Tags
Did you know that ATHENA Lab, stands for Agile Technologies for High-Performance Electromagnetic Novel Applications? We frequent their lab to understand their breakthrough technologies in the newest electromagnetic and wireless technologies.
Hump Day Exchange: The Emergence of eSports
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Spotlight: Athena Lab Wireless Sensors
Jimmy Hester gives us the inside scoop on ATHENA Lab. He explains that their project is, "a convergence between the internet of things and 5G networks". They are building wireless directional sensors which are fueled by a solar cell and have a 30 meter reading range.
Seven Weeks to Awesome
Each year, brilliant minds from dozens of universities descend on Tech Square for summer internships at local startups and Fortune 500 companies. Enter Sandbox Academy, where interns sharpen their skills, and level up their professional profile.
Hump Day Exchange: Drones by Land, Sea, and Air
Listen to this episode of our podcast, where we discover the newest innovation in drones and what it's like to be a drone racer.