Sam Agarwal and Justin Hackney

Summer Launch Program culminates in new Athens startups

The 2018 Summer Launch Program completed its eight-week program with a pitch competition in front of a distinguished panel of judges on July 30. Automated chatbot company, bobchats, walked away with the top prize of $5,000.

Ken and Anita Corsini are filmed by a cameraman inside a house for their HGTV series

Two UGA alums flip Atlanta homes on HGTV

Ken and Anita Corsini weren’t looking to become HGTV stars.
They had already launched a successful house-flipping business in 2005 that saw them purchasing, renovating, and selling more than 100 houses a year.

Georgia MBA instructors and students pose for a photo with members of Global Payments at FinTech Atlanta.

Flexing economic muscle

A partnership between the University of Georgia and financial technology companies in Atlanta is boosting a booming sector in the region and priming Georgia MBA graduates for high-demand jobs.

Are patent trolls holding up innovation?

Takeaways
So-called patent trolls sometimes squat on patented ideas rather than produce a product to extract payments from licensing agreements or litigation.