Category: Emerging Tech
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Ch-ching! Making Money Online with Compare Cards Founder Chris Mettler
Entrepreneurs are the masters of “crazy” ideas. Before the Internet was what it is today (and with no technical background), Chris Mettler was already building online-based businesses in college. Now, he’s Founder and President of Compare Cards by LendingTree. In this episode of South Pod, Chris shares insights for hiring, best practices for using venture…
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From Gaming to Saving Lives: ZIAN CEO Mark Semler on Moving Medical Products to Market
A creator at heart, Mark Semler, CEO of ZIAN at Medical University of South Carolina, thrives on creating what’s missing. His team moves ideas “out of surgeons’ heads into product creation,” including an “uncheatable” concussion diagnostic device that’s already saved many lives and helped others recover from strokes. In this episode of South Pod, Mark…
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Swell Timing: Startup Expert Jack Harvey Explains How to Catch a Clean Tech Wave
“It’s not just the team, it’s not just the capital, it’s not just the idea. The thing that trumps all of them is timing.” In this podcast, Accelarise CEO Jack Harvey shares in-depth insight on what it takes to be an entrepreneur, current tech trends on where the market is headed and just how he…
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Connecting Young Talent to the Future with Rocket Scientist Krissa Watry
This Charleston-based tech company is breaking barriers and introducing students to the space industry. Dynepic, founded by Krissa Watry, a USAF Academy and MIT educated engineer, and Jacqueline Arn, a 40+ year educator, provides children a safe way to connect with technology and create the future. In our inaugural podcast, Krissa joins hosts Stanfield Gray…
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Hey, Alexa: Will Amazon’s New HQ2 Roost in the South?
Nine southern metros sailed through the first round of Amazon’s selection process in a highly public and fiercely competitive bid for their second headquarters. Dubbed “HQ2”, the move by Amazon will bring enormous changes to the winning metro, with an estimated 50,000 highly paid technology and executive jobs, $5 billion in local investment and momentous…
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Want Smarter Cities with Smarter Startups? Try Durham’s Open Data Approach to Smart Government
This is the latest contributor post from Tom Snyder, Executive Director of RIoT, a Raleigh, North Carolina-based network of technologists, engineers, business leaders, academics, policy makers, and entrepreneurs focused on growing Internet of Things opportunities regionally and nationally. Data is fueling the fourth wave of the global economy. The Internet of Things, big data, artificial intelligence…
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Virtually Unstoppable? Atlatl’s CEO Talks Immersive Technology, iPhones & the Future of AR/VR
“Immersive 3D content is the obvious next thing.” Mark Zuckerberg made this comment not long after Facebook’s $2 billion acquisition of virtual reality startup, Oculus, and his predictions are proving right. While the augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) market is still relatively new in the grand scheme of things, it’s growing at warp-speed.…
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Power Up with These 8 Southern Solar Innovators
This week’s Total Eclipse has us nerding out on all things solar. The solar power industry is ripe for disruption; pair the big utilities landscape with a need to improve efficiency, access, and affordability, and you have an innovative entrepreneur’s dream landscape. Plus, as solar energy becomes cheaper, new startup opportunities increase. According to the…
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Learn to Code at These 10 Southern Bootcamps
Last week, Greenville, SC-based programming school The Iron Yard announced plans to shutter operations after its summer courses wrap up. The news came as a bit of a surprise to folks who have followed their success. Since launching in 2013, the Iron Yard became one of the nation’s largest coding bootcamps, counting 15 campuses (including…
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How Ceterus snagged $10.2 million from Southern VCs in just one year
Since taking the stage at DIG SOUTH’s Wild Pitch in April, Charleston-based Ceterus has raised $6 million, bringing their total funding to $10.2 million in just over a year. Their impressive success hasn’t stopped there — the automated bookkeeping platform has quadrupled in size (their 100th employee joined the team in June) and tripled their…
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QC FinTech’s 2017 Cohort Weighs In: Why Charlotte and What’s Next?
As the second-largest banking center in the nation (home to Bank of America’s corporate headquarters, Wells Fargo’s east coast operations, and myriad other financial institutions), it’s no wonder Charlotte, NC is also quickly emerging as a leading hub for fintech innovation. Several younger, growth-stage companies have already found huge success in ‘bank city.’ DealCloud, a…
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Four Technologies Creating Positive Change in Healthcare
Healthcare is changing on so many levels. Patients’ needs are evolving, and expectations are increasing for the quality and access of services offered by providers. The main catalyst igniting these changes, as is the case with most things these days, is technology. In years past, patient experience and doctor-patient relationships weren’t at the forefront of…
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New Restaurant App Launches in Charleston During DIG SOUTH
CurEat – the innovative new restaurant app designed to help residents and travelers discover a great place to dine and drink – became available in the iTunes App Store January 2017. CurEat provides trustworthy, curated lists of award-winning, independent and time-honored restaurants in over 60 cities across the United States, and empowers users to create and…
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20 Powerful Women in Business Speaking at DIG SOUTH
DIG SOUTH’s 5th Annual Innovation Conference is less than a month away! The speaker lineup features 150+ successful entrepreneurs, executives, and investors from around the country, including several glass-ceiling-shattering women who are leading the charge in marketing, media, e-commerce, technology, healthcare, and more. Here’s a sampling of some of the women powering up our agenda this April,…
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Three Good Reasons Your Boss Should Send You to DIG SOUTH
The fifth annual DIG SOUTH Innovation Conference is just one month away! Our founder, Stanfield Gray, shares three reasons why you need to be there. And if you’re waiting to register — don’t forget! Badge rates increase on March 31. 1. Hyper-efficient use of the company’s resources DIG the deal. How much would it cost…
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DIG SOUTH Unveils 2017 Speaker Lineup, Featuring 155 Top Executives, Entrepreneurs and Venture Capitalists
Fifth annual conference to include C-Suite presenters from Vox Media, Jet.com, Casper, DraftKings, Rubicon Global, Blackbaud, BoomTown, MakerBot and more Charleston, SC – March 20, 2017 – DIG SOUTH Innovation Conference (DIG ICON), the Southeast’s premier event for digital innovators, today announced its 2017 speaker lineup featuring 155 leading executives and entrepreneurs including Jet.com President Liza…
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DIG the Innovators: February 28, 2017
DIG the Innovators is a bi-weekly brief on the latest and greatest from leading brands and fiercely ambitious entrepreneurs across the South. These are the people and companies who make our #SucceedInTheSouth motto ring true. Accelerator Opportunities Abound The BridgeCommunity, an Atlanta-based startup commercialization program founded by Coca-Cola, has officially opened applications for its second…
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Why I Dig Vox, Jet, Casper and the Timeless Streets of Charleston – And You Will Too
At its best, DIG Innovation Conference should inspire and connect you in original fashion. To do that, we have to think and do things differently from the typical conference. And we do. DIG SOUTH is produced in a beautiful performing arts center, not a hotel ballroom. We curate inimitable speakers like Dr. Robert Cooper, a…
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4 Industries That Are Set To Explode In The South This Year
2016 was quite the year for co-working, SnapChat, online retail, and digital sports (and we’ll surely hear more about all of those from the likes of Casper CEO Philip Krim, Jet.com’s Liza Landsman, and the Atlanta Hawks’ Chief Creative Officer Peter Sorckoff at DIG ICON). Last year also laid a solid foundation for new developments…
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10 Southern Companies Growing the Sharing Economy in 2017
The sharing economy has exploded over the past few years, providing consumers with convenient access to goods and services and opening new income opportunities for anyone with a car, home, or household toolbox. Most anyone with a smart phone has used Airbnb or Uber; in September, the ride-sharing service reported 8 million users, 160,000…
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Atlanta Teams Hit It Out of the Park in Tech
Almost exactly two years ago, Twitter was flooded by Atlanta Hawks fans tweeting about their experience in Philips Arena. But the NBA team wasn’t trending for the score in the game against the Memphis Grizzlies, but for “Swipe Right Night,” a partner event between the Hawks and dating app Tinder. #SwipeRightATL is just one example of the…
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Six Southern startups bringing you gratitude and positivity this Thanksgiving
The “thanks – giving” part of Thanksgiving often gets overshadowed by stress. Do you really have to make Paleo-approved sides for your cousin? How do you make sure no one brings up the election? Will Waze actually save you from getting a speeding ticket? Exactly how early can you duck out of the office on…
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The first-ever Palmetto Game Jam hits Charleston this November
Years from now you can look back on November 12th and 13th, 2016 and say “I competed in the very first Palmetto Game Jam. It was intense, joyful, grueling, and beautiful all at the same time. I worked with a small team to make a functioning video game in 24 hours. I don’t remember our…
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11 Southern tech companies brewing up beer innovations
Oktoberfest may be officially coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean your celebrations have to. Brewers, developers, and entrepreneurs are using technology to disrupt the massive and traditional $300 billion beer industry…and it’s working. According to Brewers Association, craft breweries have doubled their market share since 2010, and in 2014, startups in the…
