RITZ GROUP POD CAST 

The Ritz Group believes that Pod Casting can play a vital role because they capture and deliver "content" to members "on demand."

Our goal is to cover  the Ritz Group expertise and void in the ecosystem - The creation and management of shareholder companies 

We will start with the basics of  "what" and "why" private shareholder companies are prevalent in the entrepreneur capital funding portfolio.

Depending on the session,  we  will invite entrepreneurs and angel members to JOIN us to review their entrepreneur adventure.   Board Members, advisors and industry leaders will be invited to share their stories.

Sponsors can actively engage in the show and Ritz Group leverages their point of presence in the Georgia entrepreneurial ecosystem to create topics related to "going private"  and great guests.

All Pod Casts will be archived below and also archived on our Member database - Powered by Brite Idea Lab.         (Archive)

Angel Accelerator

 Angel Accelerator is major upgrade to the Ritz Group Angel Academy.   This means more sponsors, instructors, content and community engagement and support.

The Ritz Group is proud to lead the nation's first Angel Accelerator utilizing the newest private equity methodologies for creating and managing a Private Equity Shareholder company.

The number one problem nationwide, with the exception of Silicone Valley,  is the availability of Angel round seed funding.  This is a critical component to enable entrepreneurs to create the proof items required by Angel funds and Series A investors.

The Angel Accelerator is designed to create more Angels that are confident to invest in Seed Round Companies.   

The Angel Accelerator will consist of  Angel Registration into our ecosystem, a series of Breakfast orientation, prior to three half-day accelerator Co-Horts followed by a year end Shark Attack Graduation and networking main event.

Investors that should attend are executives who want to balance their portfolio's with a high return- higher risk investments,  existing Angels who have been out of the market for some time,  passive Angels who want to become lead angels and Angels with a check who want to engage passively, or mentors who want to provide equity guidance to their mentored companies.

All Sessions will be taught online and as applicable in person when pandemic safe.   Angel Academy candidates will have the option to mix and match breakfast orientations and the three Co-Hort module.            (Learn More)

Digitizing the Atlanta Resource Guide in 2021

          Video by Larry White

Over the last decade, the entrepreneurial eco-system in Georgia has grown to 20⁺ Organizations, 40⁺ incubators, accelerators and co-working spaces, 67⁺ Universities and higher education teaching entrepreneurial courses, over 500 angels, 200+ angel pools, funds and VC's, thousands of entrepreneurs, plus 17⁺ Fortune 1000 corporations with 15⁺ Corporate Innovation Centers.     Add to that active Chamber of Commerce,  plus State and federally funded grants/programs.  Georgia is a leader in providing start-up resources.   

GEORGIA UN-PLUGGED

Georgia’s entrepreneur eco-system has grown in every category, as well as geographically,  making collaboration, and sharing human, capital and physical resources even more .  However, the Georgia eco-system is siloed.    Georgia is not "Plugged-In."     There is NOT one single physical or digital venue to connect all these resources.

START UP ATLANTA.    This is an annual effort by the State Funded Start-up Atlanta to create a printed book to identify ALL of the resources in Atlanta.   In 2019 it listed approximately 180 organizations - far short of the actual resources in Georgia.   Again the printed book was published in 2020 and we are proposing to  electronically "port" the  Resource Guide to Brite Idea Lab - which means RESOURCES could keep their content current.

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The GEORGIA BRITE IDEA NETWORK:   The Brite Idea Lab Match Platform is designed specifically for the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem.  The Platform architecture recognizes Entrepreneurs have multiple Ideas – each with a different need.  Individuals have multiple business Identities.   That, angels and private equity funding sources each have a different “sweet spot” for their investment.  It recognizes that corporations play an integral role, along with product and service providers who want to sell within the ecosystem.

The TECHNOLOGY:  Brite Idea Lab recognizes that ALL ecosystem members have one issue in common.  That is, they all know what they “NEED” or “HAVE.”    The Brite Idea Lab platform enables all members to build a profile and define their “need” or “want” in their Match Criteria.   Conceptually this MATCH is similar to today’s popular dating platforms – only tailored for the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

The FEATURES:   A 365 Match Concierge, that continually delivers machine matches, contacts, submissions with a dashboard for creating files to store storing matches, follows and dissemination to colleagues

The ADOPTION:   To make Brite Idea Lab available to ALL Georgia member organizations, like the Ritz Group, and Co-working spaces, like the Globe Hub, will each make it available complimentary to their Members.   Entrepreneur adoption will lead to onboarding corporations who need to participate in the ecosystem, as well as product and service providers - who essentially fund the system with a one time and monthly subscription fees.

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