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Idea Accelerator Session 2
Kristen Dunning, Professional Plant Girl takes home top prize of $2,500 with her natural skin products.
Idea Accelerator Session 1
Valeria Brenner, ThryftShip takes home the top prize of $2,500 with her social media inspired shipping business.
Entrepreneurship Study Abroad
Study abroad programs are turning the whole globe into a Terry campus. 24 of the business college’s best and brightest left Georgia for a Maymester study abroad course in Peru and Chile.
LEARNING THE BUSINESS AT THE LAUNCH PAD
UGA teaches aspiring entrepreneurs what it takes to start a business in the Launch Pad, the entrepreneurial living and learning community.
Swifte to present at sxsw
Co-founders of the app Swifte, Justine Avoudikpon and Sofia Demay, plan to take community carpooling to the next level at SXSW’s Student Startup Madness Competition this month.
Congratulations to Reservior LLC!!!
UGA senior Jesse Lafian won UGA’s Next Top Entrepreneur 2017! Judges heard pitches from the top eight teams selected to compete from applicants across the nation. Jesse’s pitch for his startup, Reservoir, won the judges over and they awarded him $10,000 to put towards his company.
Athens Startup Week
In its second year, Athens Startup Week, a part of the official Techstars startup program and happening during the first Acropolis: Athens’ Innovation Festival, is a way to show talent, find talent or just see what’s going on in Athens.
Building a program
The University of Georgia Entrepreneurship Program is undergoing some changes this year to build up and diversify the students it teaches.
New Certificate
The University of Georgia will offer a campus-wide certificate program for students who are interested in launching and growing businesses and nonprofit organizations.