![]() ![]() Alina Mencias, Start:ME program associate What started with Professor Peter Roberts hosting sessions in his living room along with the local community center is now a full-fledged program that is replicable and operational in three communities. A generous $1 million grant made by The Truist Foundation will allow the program to operate in its three established communities and expand to a fourth geographical location, yet to be named, in 2025. The accelerator’s seed investment pool has provided 125 ventures with almost $370,000 in start-up capital. The program has created and retained 722 jobs with annual revenues of $19.5 million. Since its founding in 2013, Start:ME has served 395 small businesses, of which 83 percent are led by people or color and 71 percent are led by women. Each community offers peer-selected grant pools of $15,000 to invest in local ventures looking to start or scale up. ![]() Start:ME supports talented small business owners who live, work, and/or provide valuable products and services to their local communities. The free, intensive program will operate on a hybrid schedule for 13 weeks spanning January to April, with a graduation ceremony in May. Applications open September 1, 2023, and will close October 1, 2023. Fifteen to 18 entrepreneurs from each community will be chosen to participate. Goizueta Business School’s Start:ME business accelerator program, now in its 10 th year, is recruiting promising microentrepreneurs in and around Clarkston, East Lake, and Southside Atlanta for its 2024 programs. ![]()
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