WEEKLY UPDATE | Innovation @ Georgia Tech
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Summer is here and we invite you to explore all the opportunities available to you. It's the perfect time to participate in customer discovery virtual calls, invite someone to be your mentor, and participate in a host of free or low cost events. There is no time like the present to learn, grow, and develop your idea. If you would like to discuss your possible next steps,
jump on an IdeaBuzz call
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Join our workshop on how to Rapidly Prototype and Design hosted by the James Dyson Foundation. Learn to prototype products that are technically viable and commercially scalable. Start to think outside the box to build great designs from a panel of experts from Dyson Engineering and James Dyson Foundation. Join to get an inside look at the engineering behind products and what makes a great prototype.
Open to everyone!
Date:
Thursday, May 21
Time:
5 pm - 6 pm EDT
Location:
Virtual
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"Entrepreneurs’ Night is an integral part of the ATDC experience. Every month all ATDC members are invited to gather together at this fun, informal event. Join us for some of the best networking for Georgia’s technology startup entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs’ Night takes place the third Thursday of every month from 5 pm to 7 pm."
Open to everyone!
Date:
Thursday, May 21
Time:
5 pm - 7 pm EDT
Location:
Virtual
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Competitions & Funding Opportunities
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Tie Atlanta has partnered with the Zane Venture Fund to provide greater ACCESS to investable startups within the Southeast ecosystem to help them grow and scale. Startups should be in the
Early Stage, Seed, or Seed+ funding stage with at least one female or minority founder/cofounder, post revenue (generating sales), and based in the southeast US.
1st place - $50,000 and
opportunity to present at TiECON Atlanta 2020
2nd place - $30,000
3rd place - $20,000
Open to everyone!
Deadline extended:
Friday, May 22
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Undergraduate student teams have the opportunity to work on innovative solutions to unmet health and clinical problems and win up to $100,000 prizes for 2020. There are 6 prizes that can be won:
- DEBUT Challenge prizes:
- 1st Prize: The Steven H. Krosnick Prize: $20,000
- 2nd Prize: $15,000
- 3rd Prize: $10,000
- HIV/AIDS Prize: $15,000 (with funds from the NIH Office of AIDS Research)
- The Healthcare Technologies for Low-Resource Settings Prize: $15,000 (with funds from the National Institute of Minority and Health Disparities)
- Venture Prize: $15,000
- Design Excellence Prize: $5,000
- Honorable Mentions: $1,000
Open to all undergraduate students!
Deadline:
Monday, June 1
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"Every successful startup must go through the initial phase of defining their customer segment and validating their market value proposition. This phase is called customer discovery and is usually conducted with in person interviews. With the impact of COVID-19, it can obviously be difficult to engage in person-to-person interaction. Using online tools can be a great alternative to reaching people in a particular field.
In this course, you will learn how to:
- Gather evidence to prove or disprove your business idea
- Derisk your startup
- Find and connect with potential customers using online tools"
Date:
Thursday, May 21
Time:
6 pm - 7:30 pm EDT
Location:
Virtual
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Join
Dr. Nashlie Sephus
, Applied Service Manager at Amazon Web Services, for an information packed webinar on the key information needed when scouting talent and what is meant by the software development lifecycle.
Date:
Tuesday, May 26
Time:
8 pm EDT
Location:
Virtual
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Join Network Under 40 and Northwestern Mutual for an interactive session to discuss how to assess your talents and reimagine your next career steps. You will leave with a toolkit of resources.
Date:
Thursday, May 28
Time:
12 pm - 1 pm EDT
Location:
Virtual
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Resources & General Opportunities
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Are you are social entrepreneur with a COVID-19 solution? Microsoft is inviting applications for its
Global Social Entrepreneurship Program
. This endeavor brings together technical and business support with grant dollars to help you to bring your innovative idea to life.
Founder Gym has partnered with Microsoft for Startups to provide scholarships for underrepresented founders to build solutions for vulnerable populations impacted by COVID-19
Deadline:
Ongoing
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Explore a wide variety of funding opportunities collected by naceda.
Deadline:
Ongoing
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Apply for grants and raise capital through crowdfunding. Have an idea or company that needs funding, coaching, or connections? Then looked no further than the iFundWomen where they have a ton of resources at your fingertips.
Deadline:
Ongoing
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This tool has been created to help college students affected by COVID-19 final resources. While it is located in Georgia, it has nationally-available resources. Resources are available for food, healthcare, connectivity, etc.
Deadline:
Ongoing
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Explore various opportunities that are available to current startups. This collection of resources is updated regularly by ATDC. To add to this list email Adam Gautsch (
Adam.Gautsch@atdc.org
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Making the Virtual World Fun
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Over the next few weeks we will be sharing various opportunities that now exist to make the virtual world fun. We invite you participate in the event/activity/opportunity listed below.
This week we feature volunteer opportunities!
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Volunteer from Home
The world may look a little different; however, your help is still needed. Find time to volunteer from home to make the world a little brighter for someone else. Click on the links below to explore various opportunities:
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What we are reading this week
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With a number of us still working remotely this is a great opportunity for you to meet with VCs to pitch your startup without the extra cost of flights and hotels. It may look and feel different but it also levels the playing field.
Read the article.
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In a time of uncertainty it's important to look at individuals who have weathered similar storms before in order to understand, and possibly learn from their strategy of resilience.
Read the article.
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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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Don't Miss These Future Events
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Apply by June 15.
The Supermaker grant and mentorship program will award up to $100,000 to help keep startups alive during the global pandemic. Companies should be pre-revenue (have not made any sales).
Click here to find out more and apply.
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Office of Undergraduate Education| Clough Commons 205
studentinnovation@gatech.edu | http://innovation.gatech.edu
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