Atlanta Tech is on Fire

On November 19, I tweeted about 4 incredible Atlanta startups all reaching multi-billion dollar valuations (Calendly, OneTrust, Greenlight and Kabbage). 3,200+ liked the tweet. Why? I think it’s because there’s a special energy building in Atlanta. Let’s unpack what’s going on in this “overnight success hub” — it’s been 15 years in the making.

Atlanta has historically been a Fortune 500 town. Today Atlanta is home to 26 F1000 companies (16 F500) — household names like UPS, Delta, Coca Cola. All have been instrumental to “increasing the size of the pie” — these companies cumulatively do…