Startup Scene

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (319+ words) The reported $12.5 billion valuation attached to the Los Angeles Lakers may seem worlds away from the realities of a small or midsize business (SMBs), but Josh Taves, Managing Director of Mergers & Acquisitions at The Post Oak Group, says the same…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (653+ words) Investors weigh the person running a startup as heavily as the idea behind it. Founders who know what venture capitalists look for in a leader can prepare long before the first pitch meeting. On today’s episode of Business Trends Today,…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (487+ words) Building a high-growth company is one of the most demanding journeys an entrepreneur can undergo. Balancing that effort with raising a family is often framed as an impossible trade-off. Yet, Beth Mazza and Victoria Sivrais have proven that women don’t…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (535+ words) Local news for Atlanta and beyond During my 17 years writing this column, I learned a few lessons that I have since followed long and strong. I can’t be an expert on every topic, so when in doubt or under-informed, I…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (250+ words) For small and growing businesses, expanding into global markets often feels like an impossible feat reserved exclusively for enterprise corporations with massive budgets and global supply chains. However, successful global expansion depends less on company size and much more on…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (711+ words) Entrepreneurs can spend months, or even years, refining a product before it ever reaches the market, but protecting the idea behind it often gets far less attention. A single misstep, like sharing an invention publicly before filing a patent application,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (305+ words) A construction software company founded in Alpharetta, Georgia, in 2009 has crossed into billion-dollar territory. Kahua, based in Alpharetta, announced this month that it secured a growth investment from Bain Capital valuing the company at more than $1 billion, a tenfold jump…...

3+ week, 17+ hour ago   (188+ words) Read Invest Atlanta greenlights $15 million tax break for Amsterdam Walk by Delaney Tarr for SaportaReport here....