WEEKLY UPDATE | Innovation @ Georgia Tech
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Happy Thanksgiving to all Yellow Jackets!
Thanks to all our student innovators for all of your hard work in seeking to make a difference in the lives of those around you.
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Prototype Awards, up to $500, will be given to select students to assist with prototype construction. Apply for a Prototype Award today by clicking the link above!
Open to undergraduate students.
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Did you know that startups founded by GT students through CREATE-X now command a valuation of over $310M and have generated revenues of over $60M?
We accept students and ideas from all disciplines and our program is
open to undergraduate, graduate, online students, recent alumni, and international students
. If accepted, your team will receive $4,000 in funding, $50k in pro-bono legal/accounting consulting, coaching, coworking space, and mentorship to take your products to market.
Do you have questions about the application or program?
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Join us for a series of unique workshops (for drop-in participation or taken as a 3-credit course) developed specifically for those interested in social and environmental issues. The workshops will guide you in your in-depth (aka: going beyond symptoms and understanding the root cause) discovery journey by exposing you to tools like: network-mapping, impact gaps canvas, asset-based community development, storytelling.
Sign up for MGT 4803 - Social Impact: In-Depth Exploration and Design for academic credit, or drop by any Monday (College Business, Tech Square, 4:30 – 5:45 pm) to discover new tools and chat with subject-matter experts. Workshops prepare you for
I2S
, but competition participation is not required to attend the weekly sessions.
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Since the conclusion of the 2019 InVenture Prize, team Nix has continued to develop the innovative smart technology to reduce the addiction to nicotine and e-cigarettes.
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Explore the pictures from Startup Exchange's pitch competition that featured teams from 9 Yellow Jacket early-stage startups that competed for monetary prizes. Blake Patton,Tech Square Ventures; Brandy Stanfield Nagel, EII; Ben Andrews, ATDC; Garrett Smiley, Contrary Capital judged the competition. Blake Patton, Managing Partner of Tech Square Ventures, and Peter Stakoun, co-director of Startup Exchange sat down for fireside chat to kickoff the event.
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ALL undergraduate students are invited to register for the InVenture Prize competition! Student teams will work on perfecting their pitch, developing their product or service, while being paired with mentors. Monetary prizes for 1st, 2nd and People's Choice winning teams of the final competition on March 11, 2020 will be awarded at $20,000, $10,000 and $5,000 respectively.
Prizes also including patent filings of up to $20,000 for 1st and 2nd place. The 1st place winner is also automatically accepted into
CREATE-X Startup Launch program.
Submission Deadline
: Monday, January 13, 2020
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Grant Funding Opportunities
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Consider applying to the NSF for SBIR/STTR funding up to $1.5M with the help of
ATDC's SBIR/STTR expert
. Learn from the best in entrepreneurship and innovation. Interested? Read how FireHUD, Inc., winner of the 2016 InVenture Prize was awarded $750,000 to conduct R&D on a "Biometric IoT system for First Responders in November 2019.
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Submit your idea & we will partner one-on-one with you to move YOUR idea forward!
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Want to expand your team or join a team that already has an idea?
Join a team or expand your team by clicking below!
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Sign up today for an informal pitch session.
Receive up to $500 along with access to mentorship and coaching to help you create/build your idea.
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Don't Miss These Future Events
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Monday, Dec. 2
4:30pm - 8pm
McCamish Pavillion
Join us as we celebrate the innovation of Georgia Tech students.
Wednesday, Dec. 18
Nominate yourself to work with successful business leaders across Georgia to develop their product or service.
Monday, Jan. 13
Open to GT Undergraduates
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Center for Academic Enrichment | Clough Commons 205
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