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SXSW Pitch Finalist: LexSet

Austin Startup

In January, LexSet, one of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , won third place (and $250,000) in Verizon’s Built on 5G Challenge , a nationwide search for solid 5G innovations that could be commercialized using its low latency, high bandwidth millimeter wave 5G network. The Atlanta Braves What do you do when you are low on energy?

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How We Grew Our Fashion Accessories Business To Over A Million Dollars In Sales

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

My immediate goal was to have a showroom in every market in the US – Atlanta, Dallas, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Eventually, our biggest client we maintained was the Home Shopping Network (HSN), and we grew that relationship to be one of their top handbag brands. One of my personal goals has always been retention.

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How Black People Leveraged Tech Bigotry to Boss the Blockchain Below the Radar

Austin Startup

The African-American community with a global movement known as the Afro-Tech quietly mastered blockchain/distributed ledger technology several years ago to benefit urban communities. What We Discovered About Blockchain The Afro-Tech approached blockchain and distributed ledger as how it will affect African-Americans in everyday living.

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How to Scale Support of Portfolio Companies

David Teten

Startup companies inherently have no brand; we leverage our brand and networks to promote theirs. This is roughly comparable to PRNewswire’s distribution service. Effectively, we are a market maker between our portfolio companies and the late-stage VCs and large enterprises which are our co-investors.

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The Best Free Email Marketing Tool for Startups and Small Businesses

Up and Running

A durable, trendsetting presence in the industry since 2001, the Atlanta-based firm sends over a billion emails per day and is the go-to choice for over 14 million organizations and individuals around the world. I use Mailchimp for the distribution of weekly newsletters, and for list growth via opt-ins for multiple types of campaigns.

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Want to Know a Secret? Your Customers Do.

ConversionXL

For marketers, then, the goal is to distribute that secret, in full or part, for maximum impact: To create real value for Insiders. The radio show This American Life unearthed the recipe , which had been published in 1979—down to the dram—in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. To amplify perceived value to woo Aspirants.

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Want to Know a Secret? Your Customers Do.

ConversionXL

For marketers, then, the goal is to distribute that secret, in full or part, for maximum impact: To create real value for Insiders. The radio show This American Life unearthed the recipe , which had been published in 1979—down to the dram—in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. To amplify perceived value to woo Aspirants.

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