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MY JOURNEY TO launching Tapped33 began with curiosity, not capital. While traveling throughout Europe during my Navy deployment, I fell in love with the beer culture in Prague and Germany and wanted to learn...

Atlanta has long been known as a mecca for business owners. Many of these new business owners are young; some of them, in fact, are too young to sign their own business incorporation papers. All over the city, creative kids are finding ways to turn their interests into professional enterprises—usually with some help from their parents—and learning important lessons about responsibility and leadership along the way.

When Catherine and JJ Jaxon welcomed their daughter Niall in 2009, they were typical first-time parents who followed their pediatrician’s advice to the letter. This meant ensuring she didn’t consume any peanuts, tree nuts, or other allergens as a baby. When she turned 3, she tasted a walnut—“and we quickly realized she was severely allergic,” Catherine recalls.

Atlanta-based app Patientory is trying to improve the global, multibillion-dollar health records system. Here's how it works.

Fast fashion is notoriously wasteful. But for Sara Irvani, the 29-year-old CEO of Third Oak, a new brand from local footwear company Okabashi Brands, sustainability is key.