Ellen Softness
Ellen Softness
A serial entrepreneur who readily embraces change, Ellen Softness has owned and operated both service & product businesses, bricks & […]
Daniel Softness
Daniel Softness
An entrepreneur at heart with a forte for seeing what lies ahead for his businesses, and adapting to these changes, […]
StartupGSU Partners Receive Awards
StartupGSU Partners Receive Awards
StartupGSU, a unique organization at the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute, is a student-managed venture capital fund that awards sponsored, capital grants to Georgia State University undergraduate students who seek to launch or scale their ventures. Read to learn more.
First-ever Entrepreneurship SummitGSU a Success
First-ever Entrepreneurship SummitGSU a Success
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute (ENI) partnered with Zane Venture Fund to host the first-ever Entrepreneurship SummitGSU and third annual Main Street Entrepreneurs Seed Fund (MSESF) Demo Day. Read all about the two-day event.
Three Teams Represented GSU at TiE Atlanta This Year
Three Teams Represented GSU at TiE Atlanta This Year
This year’s TiE Atlanta competition, held at the GSU Buckhead Campus was split into two sections: a qualifying round and a final round. Out of the 22 businesses competing, three Georgia State students pitched their businesses in the qualifying round. Read all about it.
Buzz Coffee listed as one of Atlanta’s Essential Coffee Shops
Buzz Coffee listed as one of Atlanta’s Essential Coffee Shops
Eater Atlanta Magazine’s list of essential coffee shops is out and guess who made the list? Buzz Coffee and Winehouse is a Main Street Entrepreneurs Seed Fund company from cohort 2 with Tremayne Perry, founder/owner at the helm. This community focused establishment serves coffee, pastries and cocktails, later in the day. Read more.
Any Gamers in the House?
Any Gamers in the House?
MSESF Cohort 2 winner Regess Marshall (B.B.A. ’10, MBA ’19) has charted her education and entrepreneurial efforts around creating diverse, inclusive environments in the workplace, in the video game industry and in karaoke. Read more.
Georgia State’s Main Street Entrepreneurs Seed Fund To Support Underrepresented Founders Announces Third Cohort
Georgia State’s Main Street Entrepreneurs Seed Fund To Support Underrepresented Founders Announces Third Cohort
Georgia State University’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute (ENI) has selected a diverse group of founders and innovative companies for the third cohort of its Main Street Entrepreneurs Seed Fund. Learn who made the list.
Shake Yourself Awake with Nate Hybl
Shake Yourself Awake with Nate Hybl
Nate Hybl, restaurant creator and Georgia native worked for other restaurants for five years, starting in 2009, until he could launch the very first gusto! store in October of 2014. Since then, he has learned the hardships of entrepreneurship through scaling a small restaurant to a chain of locations all over the Metro Atlanta Area. Learn more.
2022 EO GSEA Competition
2022 EO GSEA Competition
The Atlanta Chapter of the Entrepreneur’s Organization (EO) held their annual competition for the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA). This year, GSEA was once again formatted as a Livestream pitch competition where six finalists from universities across the country competed for a chance to win cash prizes and move onto the Global Finals later this year. GSU was a finalist – read more.