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Georgia State University joins Montclair State University’s 8th Annual Women Entrepreneurship Week 2021

Georgia State University joins Montclair State University’s 8th Annual Women Entrepreneurship Week 2021

Georgia State University’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute (ENI) and WomenLead program have joined together to celebrate Women Entrepreneurship Week (WEW) on October 18-22 by hosting an interactive virtual panel discussion featuring three female entrepreneurs as they share challenges and successes along their entrepreneurial journeys.

Business RadioX at Georgia State, Main Street Seed Fund

Business RadioX at GSU: Emily Alice Wilson

Business RadioX at GSU: Emily Alice Wilson

In this episode, Business RadioX interviews Emily Alice Wilson (B.A. ’21), a Georgia State University Alum, founder of EKAT Productions, and Main Street Entrepreneurs Seed Fund Cohort 2 participant. She received her bachelor of arts in film and media, while she also completed her Avid Editing certification through Georgia Film Academy. Listen in.

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Importance of Family Business: Spotlight on Nakel Bynum

Importance of Family Business: Spotlight on Nakel Bynum

Our inspiration to start the business consisted of two things, my grandfather and the pandemic. Originally, my grandfather ran a lawn care service several years before he suffered a stroke. He pretty much taught us everything from weed-eating to hedging to how-to-price, etc. Click to read more about this family business story.

Our Students and Alumni

For The Record: Dust-to-Digital

For The Record: Dust-to-Digital

After meeting at Georgia State, Lance (MBA ’03) and April (B.A. ’01) Ledbetter embarked on a lifelong journey together. As husband and wife and co-founders of Dust-to-Digital, a Grammy Award-winning record label mining music’s past to preserve it for future audiences. Read more.

Our Students and Alumni

Taking Notes

Taking Notes

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.

Our Students and Alumni

Two GSU Alums Win Grant Awards from WEI

Two GSU Alums Win Grant Awards from WEI

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.