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.
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.
Ashley Bella, the CEO of ArtzyBella (’20), is a Georgia State University alum and a graduate of the Main Street Entrepreneurs Seed Fund Cohort 1. She recently announced the completion of a one-of-a-kind mural entitled “Be Love.” Read the story.
Georgia State celebrated Cohort 2 of the Main Street Entrepreneurs Seed Fund as the university community, entrepreneurs, investors, and industry partners gathered at Center Parc Stadium for the 2nd annual Demo Day. Read the full story and see photos from the afternoon.
After Georgia State’s Main Street Entrepreneurs Seed Fund and Georgia Tech’s Create-X, the KemNu team is tackling student engagement on campus and online. Read more.
Twitch has partnered with Cxmmunity and is launching the second season of their HBCU Esports League to promote esports programs. Learn more.
Georgia State’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute (ENI) has won two international awards for its work in supporting entrepreneurs from underrepresented backgrounds. The awards were announced at the 35th Annual International Conference on Business Incubation (ICBI35), hosted virtually by the International Business Innovation Association (InBIA) on April 25-30, 2021. Read the full article.
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.
Jennifer Sherer, Director of Entrepreneurship & Innovation Institute shares with the Business RadioX host the details of the second cohort of Main Street Entrepreneurs Seed Fund (MSESF) – listen to the full radio interview.
On June 4th, It Takes A Village Pre-Accelerator Program hosted Cohort 5 Graduation and Demo Day. This cohort is special because they had a “new normal” aspect of their experience. In response to COVID-19, the program was virtual for three months. Although the pre-accelerator was conducted remotely, participants worked hard to finalize their innovative products and pitches.
