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From A Chattanooga Startup, A Friend-Finding Compass For Festivals

A pair of Totem Compasses.
Totem
A pair of Totem Compasses.

Imagine you’re at a music festival with huge crowds.

Your friends are there, too.

But somewhere along the way, you can’t find them, they can’t find you - and for whatever reason, your phones won’t reconnect you.

Totem is a startup here in Chattanooga that is launching a friend-finding compass that needs no cell service, wi-fi or Bluetooth.

Carter Fowler is Totem’s co-founder.

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