Global Entrepreneurship & Innovation Ecosystems
Study Away to Austin, Texas!
Spring Break 2024 | March 2-8, 2024
Join us on this amazing opportunity! Open to ALL students and majors at UGA.
The knowledge gained can be a career differentiator for innovative UGA students!
Why Austin, Texas?
Led by Entrepreneurship Program professor, Don Chambers, the inaugural Entrepreneurship Program study of Global Innovations Eco Systems in Austin, TX is a complement to the study abroad to Tel Aviv, Israel. Austin has become one of the top tech hubs in the US and is known to be in the top 20 cities worldwide for Innovation and top 10 worldwide for top talent. In 2020-21 it was highlighted as the "the place to be" for tech founders and VC capital. Also in 2021, Austin had the highest rate of new tech workers in the country and has now been rated as the #1 tech town for 2 straight years.
FIELD plans include:
Visiting top incubators and accelerators
Visiting entrepreneurship centers including at UT- Austin
Visiting with local Venture Capitalists, community and government leaders and UGA alums
Visiting local startups from early stage to Unicorn (private firms valued at $1 billion+)
Capstone project - "shark tank" style ideation workshop
Have questions?
Email Don at donald.chambers@uga.edu