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SXSW Pitch Finalist: LexSet

Austin Startup

The Atlanta Braves What do you do when you are low on energy? This track brings together founders and funders and showcases exciting new companies, products, services, and business models across different verticals and industries. “ Each day is a new beginning”?—?The Collaborate with passion and generosity.

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Be Coachable

Austin Startup

I started every one of my tech businesses after Peachtree Software in the ATDC in Atlanta and was part of the Georgia Tech alumni committee that founded it. Not all incubators and accelerators are the same, and many have adopted vertical specializations and come packing serious heat from major partners in those verticals.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Cove.tool

Austin Startup

Based in Atlanta (which has been named the best city in the U.S. Based in Atlanta (which has been named the best city in the U.S. Tell us your favorite things about being in Atlanta. What is your top goal for CoveTool for 2020? To make sure every new construction and renovation is optimized for energy and cost.

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Don’t Settle When You Decide Where to Settle

Austin Startup

Many of you have probably read by now that I am returning from Austin to my roots in Atlanta. Even in the early Peachtree Software days, the decision to build our company in Atlanta was not made without some careful consideration. Oddly enough, our one primary competitor was in Austin, even more out of the way at the time.

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20 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

After a few conversations, she offered up an alternative name for the company, “Find Your Influence.” The final word, media, helped to define the vertical we were to operate in. The brand name has stood out and acted as an earworm of sorts during the sales conversion process. Atlanta) and the type service you offer (ex.

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