Category: Charlotte
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UPS to Buy Delivery Platform Roadie, Drones Come to Georgia, DIG SOUTH CEO/Founder to Appear on Game Changer Chat
UPS to Buy Delivery Platform Roadie ATLANTA – Same-day delivery. United Parcel Service Inc. is getting into same-day delivery with a deal to buy Roadie Inc., a platform that uses gig workers to deliver items from retailers and other shippers quickly. Roadie founder Marc Gorlin sat down for a fireside chat at DIG SOUTH Tech Summit 2019, sharing…
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TABConf is Back, Austin Startup Printing Homes, Catch Talent Launches Tampa Market
Bitcoin Developer Community to Convene for TABCONF ATLANTA – TABConf is back! The conference kicks off November 4-6. Created in 2018, The Atlanta Bitcoin Conference (TABConf) was formed to help educate communities about decentralized and blockchain technologies. The grassroots event focuses on quality content, provides education, builds community, and challenges attendees to learn new things. The…
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Call for Startups Open, Emmy Award-Nominated Television Docuseries START UP Returns for Its Ninth Season
Who’s revved up and ready to pitch in person?! The DIG SOUTH Tech SummitCall for Startups is now open. Apply here or refer your favorite startups to join our Wild Pitch event on July 30 in Charleston at the beautiful Sottile Theatre at College of Charleston. Connect with investors, hire top talent and get deals done. Selected teams will also…
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Benefitfocus Appoints New CEO, Karen Houghton Steps Away From Atlanta Tech Village, Lithium Extraction Tech Mines $20M for EnergyX
Benefitfocus Appoints Matthew Levin CEO Charleston-based Benefitfocus, an industry-leading benefits technology platform that simplifies benefits administration for employers, health plans, and brokers, announced that Matthew Levin has been appointed president and chief executive officer and to the Benefitfocus board of directors, effective May 10, 2021. Benefitfocus is a longtime supporter of DIG SOUTH. “On behalf…
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Shyft Shifts Into New Gear, Cisco Acquires Sedona Systems, Boomtown Accelerators Hiring in ATL
Shyft Auto Gains Traction Shyft Auto founders (and recent Wild Pitch Wednesday guests) say they didn’t have a pandemic in mind when they originally developed a tech platform to help car dealerships go “contactless.” Then COVID-19 hit, just as they were launching, and it became even more relevant. “When repair shops closed their waiting areas,…
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Cleaning Robot Captures Hearts, Safer Reusables from QUVI, ROK Tech Wins Gold, Raleigh’s AURA AI Tech Lands $50M Contract
Tampa Startup With High-Tech Cleaning Robots Is Getting National Attention Christine Gallo has spent the last 18 months pivoting from simply trying to save lives to now trying to protect businesses. “Before it was pandemonium, and now it’s strategic,” said Gallo, owner and founder of IP Program Infection Prevention. “We were trying to save lives…
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Pryon Cracks Top 100 ‘Most Promising’ AI Startups List, Member Roundup
SAVE-THE-DATE IN-PERSON + STREAMINGJULY 28-30, 2021 – CHARLESTON DIG SOUTH TECH SUMMITROARS BACK! JOIN DIG NATION – INCLUDES FREE BADGE – ONLY 250 LEFT! Artificial Intelligence startup Pryon, led by veteran tech entrepreneur Igor Jablokov, is gaining more traction. It’s a member of private equity and venture capital firm CB Insights’ AI 100, a ranking of…
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Lenovo CEO Calls “new IT” the Key to Company Evolution, Wild Pitch Wednesday with Shyft Auto
WILD PITCH WEDNESDAYFEATURING: SHYFT AUTO Wed, March 17, 11amREGISTER NOW Shyft Auto helps reduce chaos at automotive repair shops while giving consumers an Amazon-like experience for service. Shyft’s technology helps repair shops offer contactless solutions to their customers, while increasing retention, revenue, and satisfaction scores. The Shyft Auto team was a recipient of the NC…
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Wild Pitch Wednesday with Paul Sparrow of Chief Outsiders
Learn New Growth Tools from CMO Paul Sparrow on DIG CAFÉ March 10 at 11 AM ETREGISTER NOW Check Your Engine Oil Before Driving: Capitalizing on the Unique Economic State of Your Business Chief Marketing Officer, speaker, and business growth expert Paul Sparrow shares a simple methodology for determining the economic health and trajectory of a given…
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Driving Growth with CMO Paul Sparrow on DIG Café, Pendo is Hiring, Member Roundup Data Protocol Hiring
Learn New Growth Tools from CMO Paul Sparrow on DIG CAFÉ Wednesday, March 10 at 11 AM ET REGISTER NOW Check Your Engine Oil Before Driving: Capitalizing on the Unique Economic State of Your Business Chief Marketing Officer, speaker, and business growth expert Paul Sparrow shares a simple methodology for determining the economic health and trajectory of…
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CMO & Growth Expert Paul Sparrow on DIG Café, Shyft into Wild Pitch Wednesday, Terminus Sets the Pace, The Coasts Join Forces
Learn New Growth Tools from DIG NATION Member & CMO Paul Sparrow on DIG CAFÉ Wednesday, March 10 at 11 AM ETREGISTER NOW Check Your Engine Oil Before Driving: Capitalizing on the Unique Economic State of Your Business Chief Marketing Officer, speaker, and business growth expert Paul Sparrow shares a simple methodology for determining the economic health…
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Shyft into Wild Pitch March 17, Emotive Makes Money moved, SOUTH POD tonight with Iron Bridge Capital
WILD PITCH Wednesday with Shyft Auto Featuring Marcus AmanWednesday, March 17 @ 11 AM ETREGISTER NOW About ShyftShyft Auto helps reduce chaos at automotive repair shops while giving consumers an amazon-like experience for service. Shyft’s technology helps repair shops offer contactless solutions to their customers, while increasing retention, revenue, and satisfaction scores. The Shyft Auto…
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Tomorrow! BatteryXchange Electrifies On Wild Pitch Wednesday, Gamestop Shockwaves in the South
BatteryXchange Electrifies Wild Pitch Wednesday Tomorrow Plug in to Watch Entrepreneur Desmond Wiggan Pitch on ZoomFebruary 17 – 11:00 AM EST Register Now About BatteryXchangeBatteryXchange(“BXE”) is an ecosystem of smart kiosks that seeks to increase connectivity between people, businesses, and communities. BXE uses its rental platform to provide on-demand portable batteries to connect people, businesses, & communities to…
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Michael Jordan Tops the Investor Charts, BatteryXchange Gets Electric On Wild Pitch Wednesday, Lenovo Hits the Speedway
BatteryXchange to Electrify Wild Pitch Wednesday Zoom in to Watch Desmond Wiggan Pitch on February 17 – 11:00 AM EST Register Now About BatteryXchangeBatteryXchange(“BXE”) is an ecosystem of smart kiosks that seeks to increase connectivity between people, businesses, and communities. BXE uses its rental platform to provide on-demand portable batteries to connect people, businesses, & communities…
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WILD PITCH Tomorrow with Nerve.fm, NASA Grant for Drone Delivery + Bringing New Life to Laundromats with 2ULaundry
Wild Pitch Wednesday Kicks off for our 2021 season! Featuring Nerve.fmWednesday, February 3 – 11:00 AM ESTSponsored by Oracle for StartupsREGISTER NOW Wild Pitch Wednesday is back and we are kicking off this season with the Co-Founders of Nerve.fm, a music streaming service promising to pay artists what they deserve. Join us for this exciting live…
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WILD PITCH is BACK with Nerve.fm, Amazon Gives the Scoop on Hiring on SOUTH POD, Whose Funding is On Fire?
Wild Pitch Wednesday Returns with New Music Streaming Service Nerve.fm Featuring Nerve.fmWednesday, February 3 – 11:00 AM ESTSponsored by Oracle for StartupsREGISTER NOW Wild Pitch Wednesday is back and we are kicking off this season with the Co-Founders of Nerve.fm, a music streaming service promising to pay artists what they deserve. Join us for this…
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Register for Amazon Nashville on DIG CAFÉ, Austin Mints a Unicorn, Using AI for ROI
DIG Café Resumes Tomorrow, Jan. 13 at 11am Featuring Amazon Director Brice Brewer Brewer leads Amazon Nashville as one of the company’s Directors within Worldwide Operations Technology. An experienced leader with more than 20 years of proven success leading engineering, technology and big data initiatives, Brewer counts an additional 7 years in the healthcare industry. ON…
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DIG CAFÉ is Back with Amazon Nashville, Atlanta Breeds a Unicorn, Decoding Legal Topics with Oracle for Startups
Get ready DIG NATION. Mark your calendars for next Wednesday, Jan. 13 at 11AM as we resume with the first DIG Café of the season featuring Amazon Director Brice Brewer. Brewer leads Amazon Nashville as a one of the company’s Directors within Worldwide Operations Technology. An experienced leader with more than 20 years of proven success…
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Durham’s Spoonflower Blooms, Zoom & Google Meet Eliminate Time Restraints, IBM Acquisition, Venture Summit Connect West Discount + Fintech Generations
DURHAM’S SPOONFLOWER BLOOMS TO TRIPLE-DIGIT GROWTH DURING COVID Back in March, Spoonflower, an on-demand, digital printing company, reported 30% year-over-year growth in the first quarter. By most standards, it was poised for a “nice” year going forward, says its CEO Michael Jones. Then the pandemic hit. “We saw a little bit of a slow down for…
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NFL HOFer Champ Bailey Creates Smart Masks, Partnership for Inclusive Innovation Announces $250k Grant, Venture Summit Virtual Connect West Discount
Partnership for Inclusive Innovation Announces First $250,000 Grant for Pilot Program The Partnership for Inclusive Innovation, with the support of Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, has announced its first funded pilot program, theClubhou.se: Mesh Network. This organization aims to empower entrepreneurs and provide resources to create new businesses in traditionally under-resourced communities. The pilot was competitively selected…
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How does Darth Vader Like His Turkey? Here’s How to Give Back + Scaling Social Impact
IT’S TIME TO GIVE BACK! WHEREVER YOU ARE TODAY This Thanksgiving might feel or look a little different for you this year, but the DIG team has researched some ways we can all celebrate the spirit of the holiday. Whether you are staying home or ready to serve others, we can all participate. Here’s how. Also,…
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Wild Pitch Wednesday TODAY, Real Time Animation in Fortnite & Warburg Pincus on SOUTH POD
Wild Pitch Wednesday on Zoom – TODAY! Featuring QuatroMoneyWednesday, November, 1811:00 AM ESTREGISTER Unless you’re a soon-to-be freshman or parent of one, most people don’t spend every day thinking about college finance, but QuatroMoney does. Quatromoney is built to help students and families get college cost transparency and calculate the best financing options based on their…
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FinTech Startup Reimagines Retail Experience with In-Store, Contactless Self Checkout From Anywhere
Charlotte, NC (September 2020) As retailers wonder how to address in-store safety and encourage consumers to get back into the store for holiday shopping, XcooBee (www.XcooBee.com), a payments and privacy solutions Fintech startup, launches a new, innovative system that includes components of digital payments and digital commerce translated for the in-store retail experience. The system…
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DIG NATION Fall Confab, Wild Pitch Wed with PureSkill.gg, Dragon Army Invades South Pod, Tech in the South News, Gotcha Ride to the Polls?
EXCLUSIVE DIG NATION MEMBER EVENT! DIG NATION FALL CONFABOCTOBER 28, 4 PMFeaturing SocialFlow CEO Jim AndersonREGISTER NOW Social Media, Politics, and the Election: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly More than half of adults in the U.S. receive news from social media, and that means that social networks play an outsized role in politics. By…
