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This fireside chat focused on how collecting, using, and managing data is crucial to your business. The panel included three leaders of local startups that use data in different ways to efficiently drive their business.

Jared Serfozo (moderator) - CTO at Collaborative Real Estate
Andrew Bate – CEO at Safely.com
Michael Nguyen – CEO at DataTorch.io
Lawson Sumner – Chief Engineer at Ampere EV

Live podcast Q&A focused on when ideas become "official."
Moderated by Jared Serfozo of Tech Square ATL.

--Round Table Panelists--
Blanca Catalina García - BCG Innovation & MBDA@ATDC Startup Catalyst
Greg Coonley - Wahsega
Tim Felbinger - StartProto
Monroe Ramsey - Virtual Air
Veronica Woodruff - Travelsist

In collaboration with Startup Exchange, Georgia Tech's Student Entrepreneur Community, Serial Entrepreneur Lara Hodgson came to Tech Square for young startups to learn about her rise to success from Georgia Tech student to CEO of NOW Corporation and Entrepreneur in Residence at Harvard Business School.

Lara heads NOW Corporation, a B2B financing company that helps corporations grow quickly by allowing businesses to access customer payment immediately. Prior to NOW, she co-founded Nourish, a firm specializing in investment, and Insomnia a project management company. Lara has served as Chief Operating Officer of Dewberry Capital Corporation, a commercial real estate company.

Lara was also on the founding team of Dunk, serving as Executive Vice President to the performance footwear and apparel manufacturing/retail company founded with Shaquille O’Neal and Mike Piazza. Her extensive career has led her to be an Entrepreneur in Residence at Harvard Business School and an internationally recognized speaker, leading seminars on creativity, innovation, and access to capital.

In collaboration with Startup Exchange, Georgia Tech's Student Entrepreneur Community, this recorded fireside chat is with Chris Klaus: Georgia Tech Alumni, Serial Entrepreneur, and Co-Founder of CyberLaunch VC, NeuroLaunch and and Kaneva. But he is most known for being the Founder/CEO of Internet Security Systems which was acquired by IBM. He has also had a long relationship with Georgia Tech and invigorates the future of technology at Georgia Tech by supporting CREATE-X.

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Partnering with The Self Made Sisterhood, Tech Square ATL brings together a powerful group of Entrepreneurs during International Women's Day.

-Where does your confidence come from?
-What are the ways, if any, do women in business approach leadership differently than others?
-What has worked for you in navigating workplace dynamics around these differences?

Our Power Panel:
Jasmine Crowe — Founder & CEO, Goodr.Co
Margarita Caraballo — Chapter Director, Techqueria | Product Manager, MailChimp
Aleshia Eckard — E-Commerce & Digital Strategy Manager, Siemens Smart Infrastructure
Jenna Settle — Senior Engineer - Product Development, Abbott
Ifrah Khan — Founder & CEO, Usit.Inc
Stefanie Jewett (Moderator) — Founder & CEO, Activvely

This season’s Show&Tell featured 17 exhibitors, showing off their research and advancements in the Health and Wellness field. During the event at The Garage at Tech Square, four speakers were invited to share their predictions on how technology will impact this industry within the next five years.

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