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Start It Up Georgia Graduation and Grant Funding Winners

Last fall, Atlanta Tech Village launched Start It Up Georgia with the mission to provide free training, support, and guidance to all Georgians who wanted to become entrepreneurs.   Here are a few stats on the program: 709 people…
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Evo Haven Founders Building Container Community Amid Housing Crisis

Founders: Majesty & Elize Gayle Venture Name: Evo Haven Impact Focus Area(s): Sustainable Housing; Opportunity Zone Fund Business Stage: Startup Year Venture Established: 2020 Business Type: LLC   Evo Group Holdings…
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Community Foundation’s GoATL Impact Investing Fund Announces New Commitments

Three activities result in $1 million deployed for COVID-19 recovery and more than $2 million raised for future deployment    ATLANTA – The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta’s GoATL Fund provides flexible, cost-effective…
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Drawdown Georgia Launches to Accelerate Climate Solutions

Nonpartisan effort to scale solutions by bringing Georgians together to crowdsolve for climate progress   The end of 2020 marked the launch of a long-term, multi-stakeholder climate initiative in Georgia - one designed to bring business…
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Three Ways You Can Support the Climate Change Revolution (from your couch) in 2021

By: Ed Thomas, Co-Founder and CEO of 412 Technology   In 2020 alone, it seemed like half of California was on fire, there have been so many hurricanes that we’ve run out of names, and the year is on pace to match 2016 as the hottest…
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Entrepreneur Profile: Jasmine Burton, Wish for WASH

Profile Summary: Entrepreneur Name: Jasmine Burton Venture Name: Wish for WASH Impact Focus Area(s): Water, Sanitation and Hygiene; Global Health; Health Equity; Health Education Business Stage (Ideation, Startup, Early, Later,…
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Farm-to-Home Explorer Kits for Daymaker Kids

By: Ben Haynes, Daymaker Giving   “Food education should be a cornerstone of every child’s education." - Erin Croom, founder of Small Bites Adventure Club in Atlanta, Georgia Daymaker believes that everyone should have access…
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A Mission Investing Partnership: A Nonprofit Leveraged 1 Foundation’s $100k Loan Into Over $2.3 Million In Only 3 Months

By: Thelma Johnson, CEO of Albany Community Together! (ACT) & Christine Reeves Strigaro, Executive Director of The Sapelo Foundation    Albany Community Together! (ACT!) is a Community Financial Development Institution (CDFI)…
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Aegis: Starting a Financial and Economic Transformation

Entrepreneur Name: Reginald Maisonneuve Venture Name: Aegis LLC Impact Focus Area(s): Financial & Economic Transformation for the consumer, enterprise & government. Core areas include: Financial Health Affordable…
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Athens Seeks to Become a Purpose-Driven Business Hub

October 26, 2020   By: Nathan Stuck, Ad Victoriam Solutions and B Local Georgia As the B Corp movement continues to gain traction throughout the Southeast, it also continues to gain in popularity in Georgia. The city of Athens,…
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Fixing the Horribly Broken Healthcare System

October 2, 2020   Your business looks beyond a P&L statement for this week, this month and even this quarter, because you know that the social impact evolves and pays back over the long term. You know you and your business…
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Coalition of Public-Private Entities Launch Partnership to Advance Technology and Inclusive Innovation Statewide

September 21, 2020   Lieutenant Governor Endorses Efforts to Establish Georgia as the Technology Capital of the East Coast    Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan announced the official launch of the Partnership for Inclusive Innovation,…
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