In partnership with Zane Venture Fund, Georgia State University’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute (ENI) is pleased to announce an entrepreneurship and innovation summit that will take place on Oct. 13 to 14. Read to learn more.
Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of Public Policy and the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute (ENI) hosted 25 fellows from the Alumni Enrichment Institute (AEI) for the Mandela Washington Fellows for Young African Leaders. This flagship program was created by the U.S. Department of State over 10 years ago serving almost 5,100 participants. Read about their visit with ENI.
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 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.
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.
Cathy Yang Liu, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Public Management and Policy in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University was awarded as an Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) Entrepreneurship Policy Fellowship Faculty. This is a joint effort between APPAM and the Kauffman Foundation to promote entrepreneurship research in the policy community and it’s in the first year. Read awards article.
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.
The Entrepreneurship and innovation Institute (ENI) of Georgia State University’s Robinson College of Business has received the Excellence in Student Engagement in Entrepreneurship Award at the 10th annual Deshpande Symposium for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education. The award recognizes an institution that encourages student leadership and engagement and supports the development of entrepreneurial awareness, skills and practice. Read 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…
The internet has the power to connect people all over the world, but it can also manipulate and change a digital creator’s work with little to no consequence. GSU/CMII’s Elizabeth Strickler recently spoke at TEDxAtlanta, explaining the power of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for digital artists and the future of digital art and media. Read more.
