Echo: Changing Our World One Block At A Time

Mar 07, 09 in Entrepreneurship, Fun, Startups, Web/Tech

Yesterday I spent one of the most exciting 30 minutes of my week talking with Lila King and Karyn Lu of Echo. Echo is an art and civic journalism project that will produce and collect stories tied to physical locations throughout Atlanta.

Karyn and Lila believe everyone has a fascinating story to tell. The interview below gives a little peek into the Echo story.

Karyn and Lila won $10,000 in seed money from the New Media Women Entrepreneurs. During the day Lila leads the online team behind CNN's iReport.com where Karyn is the user experience lead. It's great to see this kind of big thinking emerge from the people behind the scenes at the established media companies in Atlanta.

Comments

Great story on two of Atlanta's great female entrepreneurs. Good luck to Lila and Karyn!

Shannon Hubbell | Mar 07, 09 at 09:56 AM

Very cool. Imagination, vision, and the audacity to change things - awesome! Plus this city would be so much better if it could actually become walking-friendly.

Thanks for sharing!

David Cohen | Mar 07, 09 at 11:15 AM

Lila and Karyn, mark the date Wed. Mar. 18th on your calendars. It is the first StartupChicks.net event being held at Tap at 6:00 p.m. (bottom of King & Spalding building, corner of 14th & Peachtree, free valet parking if you get your ticket stamped). The group's core members locally are all involved in technology startups. Congratulations on your win!

Celia Dyer | Mar 09, 09 at 08:43 AM