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20 years ago Raj and I started a little company together in our dorm room…

Jeff Hilimire

It was there that I was placed with a roommate named Raj Choudhury , a skinny British kid who was immediately the most interesting person I had ever met. 2001 – Raj and I at our first ‘real’ office – Colony Square in midtown Atlanta. Raj and I found we shared two passions: Tetris and building websites.

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A Google Docs interview with Richard Simms, co-founder of Tech Talent South

Jeff Hilimire

My name is Richard Simms and, I am a Cofounder of Tech Talent South. Right now, we run programs here in Atlanta (where we started the company) as well as in Raleigh, Charlotte, and Asheville, NC. So Betsy is in Charlotte and you’re in Atlanta, correct? Who are you and what do you do? We already have!

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Balanced Teams: Why Atlassian got rid of the concept of cultural fit

Transformify

I would say that in the past, the tech industry was almost designed to keep some underrepresented people out. ’’ I am not interested in being included in spaces designed for specific groups of people who have no interest in what I can bring to the table. There is a second reason why I think that belonging is more important.

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CEO Converts Deep Knowledge to Actionable Steps in Image Consulting

Hearpreneur

Joshua Davis is the owner and CEO of a six-figure image consulting company in Atlanta. Determined not to work a ‘real job’ I remembered what I had learned at auction and started to buy and sell overstock designer clothes. How did you come up with your business name?

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20 Most Influential Graphic Design Companies From Around the World

crowdSPRING Blog

Graphic design is a notoriously competitive field and it can be tough for companies to stand out. But, at least twenty graphic design firms from around the world have proven to be the best in their field, with gorgeous portfolios filled with impressive clients and prominent design campaigns. Frog Design. MetaDesign.

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Importance Of A Business Card

YoungUpstarts

Savvy strategists transform the cards into amazing designs with the help of some decent spark business-cards templates. The design represents a business well. Each design element, like typeface, space, color, logo, and image, etc. It means that you are confident and ready to put your brand and name out there. Portability.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Our mission stems from our passion in creating automotive technology disruption, our vision of a more sustainable future and our belief in astoundingly desirable designs that the Fisker name has been known for all around the world. In 2011, I began learning about hair restoration and started North Atlanta Hair Restoration in 2012.