Digitally Connect the Georgia Ecosystem

GEORGIA ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP   "It takes a Village" 

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.

PLUG-IN and LITE-UP GEORGIA  in a True MATCH MARKET

Create a digital network for the Georgia Entrepreneur eco-system, powered by Brite Idea Lab Match platform, to foster collaboration within Georgia and eventually the world.

ALL members of the GA Brite Idea Network create a profile and specify their Match Criteria defining their “wants” or their “haves” to share, trade or sell, with other members.

FEATURES: 

• Easy to create profiles tailored for Entrepreneurs, small BIZ, corporations and Product/Service Providers             
• Unlimited Sub-Profiles for multiple Ideas, projects, ventures or business identities
• Match Preferences identifying what you Need or Have/Share/Sell
• 365 concierge delivery of Matches to your dashboard In-Box with match duplication filters
• Outlook type GUI dashboard folder, in-box and reading panes
• Work Matches storing in Files, Trash, emailing, contact list and Follows
• Easy colleague creation and match sharing
• Follow Requests, Grants and Revolks
• Storefronts for sponsors, product and service providers
• Traditional and Advanced SEARCH - for the old fashion way

ADVANTAGES TO THE GEORGIA ECOSYSTEM PARTNERS

• More entrepreneurial companies can be “FOUND” based on their NEEDs
• Angels can find, or be contacted based exclusively on their investment “SWEET SPOT”
• More syndication between investors investing in the same space or down rounds
• More Angel-to-Angel communication to share risk and due diligence
• Organizations showcase their mission and events to attract more MEMBERS
• Corporations can actively engage in the ecosystem to find technologies or B2B candidates
• Professional service providers can showcase and target their IDEAL Clients
• Sellers of Products and Services can target idea candidates for their offerings
• Members can turn on or off exactly Who they want to Match
• Members can narrow their match criteria and automatically receive candidates 365
• More collaboration and connection results in more funding for Georgia Entrepreneurs

ADOPTION IN GEORGIA 

Make Brite Idea Lab available to ALL Georgia member organizations, like the Ritz Group, and Co-working spaces, like the Globe Hub, who will each provide complimentary profiling to their Members.   Entrepreneur adoption will lead to on-boarding corporations who want 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.

THE RESULTS

• Georgia is the FIRST State to implement a match-based entrepreneurial ecosystem Network
• Forerunner to connecting our ecosystem to the World

CALL TO ACTION 

1.   Become a Georgia Eco-System Partner and participate in quarterly physical meetings
2.   Profile on  the Georgia Brite Idea Network and stay digitally connected 365.   [Plug-In]
3.   Spread the word.   Solicit others within the Georgia eco-system to PLUG-IN