Robert Hatcher (B.A. ’17, MBA ’20) conceived the idea for his company while in an entrepreneurship class as an undergrad here at Georgia State. An amateur musician and songwriter, his idea was to create a virtual music studio using blockchain technology — a kind of electronic ledger and the premise behind cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin — to track a song’s development from start to finish. Learn more.
The Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative (WEI) received a generous donation from the Atlanta Hawks Foundation to present a series of workshops, a pitch competition and grants for women entrepreneurs in the City of Atlanta. Business were divided into two groups one representing the Greater Atlanta Community and the second for their current cohort. Learn more.
Georgia State University’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute (ENI) has announced follow-on funding for select Main Street Entrepreneurs Seed Fund (MSESF) alumni companies. Seven companies from Main Street’s inaugural cohort (Cohort 1), which graduated from the business accelerator program in 2020, will be receiving an additional grant to use in scaling their ventures. Read more…
Read the results of a new survey where Atlanta ranked 11th in a list of top cities to start a new business. The study looked at factors including the five-year business-survival rate, COVID-19 cases and office-space affordability.
After a year’s hiatus, college students are back for a national entrepreneurship competition that seeks to find the next big idea. And with a national economy recovering from COVID-19, those big ideas are more needed than ever. Georgia State University is represented by Ethiopay. Find out more.
Georgia State University’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute (ENI) has selected a diverse and innovative group of founders for the second cohort of its Main Street Entrepreneurs Seed Fund (MSESF). Read further to see who made the list.
TiE Atlanta hosted its 8th annual TYE University Entrepreneurship Competition for college students across Georgia. This free competition is open to any Georgia college/university student or 2020 graduate. Read the full story and see which other Georgia State entrepreneurs competed this year.
GSU alumni Vishwa Mudigonda (B.B.A. ’19) and Viraj Patel (MBA ’20) of KenNu pitched in the Georgia Tech’s Create-X competition. They are co-founders of a social platform which enable people to connect with friends and engaging in interactive groups/hangouts. Check out their event Preview Day page to learn more about their platform.
The #1 women’s undergraduate entrepreneurship competition organized by Smith College has selected DeliverHer FemCare as a semi-finalist in the 2021 Draper Competition. Read more about the competition.
The 12 selected grantees are inspiring young leaders and innovators focused on tackling some of society’s most difficult challenges with responsible products, services, and solutions appealing to individual consumers and corporations. A GSU alum, Dia Davis (B.B.A. ’19) and a GSU student, Nicole Toole (B.B.A. ’22) selected by WBENC – learn more.
