Village News

Competitive Sports Analysis- Villager Spotlight (VIDEO)

August 4, 2014

As a community, Atlanta Tech Village is only as great as the sum of our parts. Lucky for us, we have some pretty amazing people within these walls. Our Village Spotlight gives us an opportunity to introduce you to folks who are working on some incredible things, have become an integral part of our community, and demonstrated our values in a tangible way.Competitive Sports Analysis (CSA) provides highly accurate, predictive data for sports that gives their customers the competitive edge to help them win. Founded by Diane Bloodworth, CSA is big data that could change football forever. Their product scoutPRO was recently highlighted as one of the 7 Best Sports Apps by TechCocktail. Giving league winning predictions for Fantasy players through scoutPro, and a data driven scouting and game planning system for coaches, their app could change the way college football coaches prep for games and recruit talent. They can also help you get bragging rights for winning all your Fantasy brackets. (seriously, I have won two seasons in a row using them).Causing disruption in the sports space, gaining incredible traction, and all around great people, we are proud to have the CSA team call the Village home.World, meet our members of the month- Diane Bloodworth and John Deming.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo5V4TAzw0g&feature=youtu.be

The Toilet Paper Society

July 30, 2014

Yes, the Toilet Paper Society exists. And we have to tell you, it's pretty awesome. Great product, witty branding, and the opportunity to give back while you are doing your... uh, "business." America, meet TPS.

7 Figure Club & Alumni Membership

July 2, 2014

The Village is continuing to grow with well over 600 members and 200 startups to date! As we grow, we are able to identify additional ways we can meet the needs of the startups in our space and provide greater ways to build our community. We are excited to announce two new ways to achieve both- our 7 Figure Club and Alumni Membership.

Changing Waiting Rooms- Clockwise MD

May 29, 2014

I am pretty sure we ALL hate waiting for doctor appointments. Very rarely is it a positive experience as we are seen sometimes hours after our scheduled time, or are left waiting even when urgent care is needed. Luckily, Mike Burke Founder and CEO of Clockwise MD, is providing patients with ways to manage their waiting experience. Leading a rapidly growing and successful startup in the Village, Mike and his team are a great part of our community and I am excited to share their work with you. Check it out!

Paying It Forward

May 26, 2014

A sense of community is paramount at the Village. Our core values of Be Nice, Dream Big, Pay it Forward, and Work Hard, Play Hard. are integral to who we are and the startups who choose to work in our space. Whether it’s through scholarships, everyday interactions, making connections, or community events, we are all committed to making a positive impact on the Atlanta tech scene and we choose to pay it forward whenever we can.

Moving BitPay to Atlanta and the Rise of Bitcoin

May 22, 2014

If you have missed who BitPay is, you need to catch up. This Atlanta startup has grown from 2 cofounders to a team of over 40+ folks in the past fifteen months and recently raised a round of $30M in funding with a $160M valuation. With the BitPay team expected to reach close to 100 employees within the year, they recently graduated from the Village and took over an entire floor in the building next to us. We are glad to be neighbors! Here is a quick interview with founders, Tony Gallippi and Stephen Pair.

An Interview with Insightpool

May 19, 2014

Led by Devon Wijesinghe and his bold leadership style, Insightpool is one of the hottest startups at the Village. They now reside in a prime corner office suite on our 4th floor, but it wasn't always that way. Insightpool has defined hard work, competition, and a scrappy mentality since our doors first opened. They have been a part of the Village community since the very beginning and we have gotten front row seats as they score big deals, grow, and contribute greatly to the startup community. I love introducing Devon to folks and am inspired by his honesty and tenacity as he works to grow Insightpool in Atlanta. See what you think from my interview below.

A Village Graduation- Celebrating Bitpay

May 14, 2014

I first met Stephen Pair and Tony Gallippi in January of 2013. Two cofounders of a startup named Bitpay, they were relocating from Orlando to Atlanta to build their company and came for a tour of the Village. At that time, the Village was about one month old, pre-renovation, and very much stuck in the 1980's. But Stephen and Tony caught our vision, believed in the city of Atlanta, and joined our small community almost immediately. In many ways, Atlanta Tech Village and Bitpay have grown up together.Tony and Stephen were a wonderful addition to our community from the very beginning. They were passionate about their work and the way it would change the world. Stephen painstakingly walked me through what Bitcoin was and even helped me set up my first wallet.

Practice your Pitch!

May 8, 2014

“If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.” ― Albert EinsteinAbout a year ago, right around the time Kevin Sandlin joined the Village, he also pitched at Startup Riot, went through ATDC’s Pitch Gauntlet, presented at Atlanta Startup Village, and attended a few sessions (as a mentor) of Startup Gauntlet. In the midst of those events and at the Village, he saw a recurring theme:

Growing a Village- Halfway There!

April 17, 2014

This week was a big week at Atlanta Tech Village. We are officially a little more than halfway through the $10 million renovation of our 103,000 square foot building. Renovations are as tough as they are exciting. The Village team is learning as we go, just like every other startup, and our amazing community has grown and learned with us. For that, we are thankful! Our halfway point calls for a quick update. Here's how the Village is growing! As of today, we have 183 startups and 544 members. We are getting ready to graduate our 2nd company who has successfully outgrown our space (over 25 people), have 100% pre-sold our 5th floor that is opening the first week in June, and already begun pre-selling our 3rd and final floor that will open in September. Being one of the top 10 largest tech communities in the US is helping to pull together startups already in Atlanta and attracting even more of them to our city.

Congratulating the Smith & Howard Scholarship Winners!

March 28, 2014

We have several founding sponsors at Atlanta Tech Village, each participating and giving in their own unique ways to support our growing community. When Smith & Howard came to us expressing interest in getting involved, they wanted to create something that had a direct and meaningful impact on Village members and allow them to focus solely on building their businesses. Thus the Smith & Howard Scholarship was born!This 6-month scholarship covers all membership fees for the selected companies, allowing them to devote all of their scarce resources to growing their business, in addition to providing mentorship and connections to the S&H network. With this second cohort of scholarship seekers, the applicant pool was bigger and even more competitive than the first. The scholarship provides six months of free membership for four people in the Smith & Howard private office at the Village and two incredible startups were chosen: SparkMarket and Vergilis.Spark Market provides equity crowdfunding to local business owners. Vergilis enables local service providers to connect to customers in an accountable and convenient way. In the true spirit of engineering serendipitous interactions, these two companies have thrived off of sharing an office together. Both companies focus on empowering their local communities, and from day one they have worked together to connect to the community, from presenting at neighborhood associations together to networking together, and now Stanley with Vergilis is redesigning SparkMarket's website in exchange for some legal help. Join us in congratulating these two awesome Village companies in their quest to change the world!

The World's First Automated CRM Assistant

March 26, 2014

Voxa is on a mission to reclaim your sales rep's time by logging and associating email tasks to the appropriate places within your CRM. They are a well funded and growing startup in the Village with an incredible team. Check out the interview with Johnson Cook, CEO of Voxa, to learn more.What is Voxa?Voxa is intelligent integration for e-mail to CRM, natural language task triggers, and actionable analytics from where sales people and knowledge workers spend more time than anywhere else: e-mail. Voxa is the world's first automated CRM assistant.Why did you start Voxa?

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