Spotlight on Innovation: Atlanta Startup Village #95 Welcomes Four Dynamic Tech Startups

Introducing It Takes A Village Cohort #3

To date, Atlanta Tech Village has graduated 21 startups that have raised a combined $435K in funding and $1.8M in revenue from our It Takes A Village Pre-Accelerator program. With all the success from 2018, we are keeping the momentum rolling into the new year with the introduction of our third cohort!

ANNOUNCING ATLANTA STARTUP VILLAGE #65

If you haven’t attended an Atlanta Startup Village, then you are missing the largest monthly gathering of entrepreneurs in the Southeast. A simple format of free beer, 30 minutes of networking, and local startups giving five-minute pitches draws 300+ people each month, with another 150+ watching live stream. It’s an incredible event that brings together the Atlanta tech community and gives an up-close look at some of the technology coming out of our city. You should join us.Make sure you join the meetup page and check out the details below. We hope to see you there!

Imposter Syndrome, It's Real

If you downplay your success by saying you got lucky or were just in the right place at the right time, you may suffer from imposter syndrome. If someone congratulates you on a big accomplishment and you brush it off, you may have imposter syndrome.Entrepreneurs can be their own worst enemies and in situations like this women can be especially hard on themselves. We live in a world where, if you are a woman in tech, it is easy to believe you have to be twice as good to get ahead because this field is largely male-dominated. It is estimated that 70 percent of people (not just women) feel this way, according to a study in the International Journal of Behavioral Science. Imposter syndrome occurs when we feel like a fraud—when we feel that our successes are undeserved. We convince ourselves they’re based on luck, timing, or other factors outside of our control, instead of embracing the fact that we’re actually responsible for having made those successes happen. There are so many ways to overcome these feelings through a few practical steps.

Do You Know What Your Startup Does?

That's A Wrap! - It Takes A Village Graduation Party Recap

After launching the It Takes A Village Pre-Accelerator program one year ago we have continued our intentional efforts of supporting diverse perspective and inclusive work environments by helping 22 amazing startups led by women and people of color get to the next level within the past 12-months.With the success of our first cohort, we relaunched the program giving 11 more diverse startups the opportunity to gain access to community, curriculum, and capital over the span of 6-months. We could talk all day about all the awesome things our 2nd cohort has done but we'll let the numbers speak for themselves:

ANNOUNCING ATLANTA STARTUP VILLAGE #64

If you haven’t attended an Atlanta Startup Village, then you are missing the largest monthly gathering of entrepreneurs in the Southeast. A simple format of free beer, 30 minutes of networking, and local startups giving five-minute pitches draws 300+ people each month, with another 150+ watching live stream. It’s an incredible event that brings together the Atlanta tech community and gives an up-close look at some of the technology coming out of our city. You should join us.Make sure you join the meetup page and check out the details below. We hope to see you there!

Goals, goals, goals

Let’s talk New Year’s Resolutions. Most people start of the new year with some kind of goal, promise, or resolution, whether it’s to grow your business, lose weight or save money. Unfortunately studies show 92% of people who set New Year’s Resolutions never actually achieve them. Our culture is so focused on setting these resolutions but only 8% of people are actually achieving them. Something isn’t adding up.

Marketing + Customer Service = SUCCESS

83% of satisfied customers are willing to market your business, according to Laurie Faiola, Director of Customer Marketing at HubSpot. Hopefully, there is no confusion about that number being quite impressive nor the fact that customers should be the purpose behind every effort of your startup. So it would make sense that, when considering any sort of business service strategy, customers should be in the center of your “wheelhouse”.

THE MISSION OF ATLANTA TECH VILLAGE

Atlanta Tech Village is the 4th largest tech hub in America. We provide an amenity rich 103,000 square foot building designed to connect, inspire, and support over 1,000 entrepreneurs as they seek to change the world through technology.We are startups’ biggest fans. Here’s how it all comes together:

THUNDER, DINOSAURS, SELFIES, OH MY - THE RETURN OF THE TECH VILLAGE ELF

From exploring the Community Center with his BFF to cheering on Atlanta United, the Tech Village Elf had an adventurous year at Atlanta Tech Village!Without further ado, our beloved Village holiday tradition: The 9 Days of the Tech Village Elf posted to the Atlanta Tech Village Instagram account. From our family to yours, we hope you had the happiest of holidays. Here’s to a new year!*SOUND ON*1. If it doesn’t work out with Kiki, we’ll be your rebound. The #TechVillageElf is back. Get ready for 10 days of mischief and mayhem.

2018 - A Year in Review

It's about to be a new year, and Atlanta Tech Village is officially turning 6 years old. What a year it was for the Village! We continue to see amazing growth in Atlanta and in our community. As we focus on the new year ahead, let's take a quick nostalgic look back at our favorite numbers of 2018 from the impressive to the ridiculous.

Not Everybody Should Be A Founder

You have minimal baggage in your life, e.g. no oppositional spouse, no crushing mortgage, minimal debt, no drug habit, and relatively low current monetary needs; and you can exist for a while without a day job. You haven’t yet become a Porsche aficionado; your old Corolla is fine. Or, if you are in the lucky club that is born into family wealth that gives you financial freedom, be thankful. However, always keep in mind that your goal should be to expand what you have been entrusted and not to burn through your inheritance pursuing a dream for which you are ill suited. Even the richest people are well advised to set loss limits on any investment of money and time. At the onset of a venture, either frugal living or a fat bank account will buy you some time to pursue your ambition, but keep in mind that time is the one thing you can never recoup.