After two months and six full days of course work another FastTrac® TechVenture™ course concluded. There were 36 budding entrepreneurs from Emory, Georgia Tech, Morehouse School of Medicine, and University of Georgia who participated. The course taught researchers and aspiring entrepreneurs about the nuts and bolts of running a new business, familiarizing them with start-ups and preparing them to work with business leaders and investors.
The group heard from five presidents/CEOs, three VPs/COOs, an executive recruiter, a patent attorney, and a venture capitalist. Donovan Moxey, a 3D animation software company co-founder led weekly class discussions.
Congratulations to our Graduates: Heather Bara, Gregory Berns, Beau Bruce, Austin Cape, Amanda Caster, Ping Chen, Sharath Cholleti, Felmont Eaves, Ernesto Escobar, Baowei Fei, Douglas Friedman, Christopher Gillig, Cengiz Gunay, Michael Hellerstein, Brantley Herrin, R. Chris Hopkins, Erin Keller, David LaBorde, Renhao Li, Brandon Miller, Jonathan Neff, Susan Nicholas, Chantel Nicolas, Modele Ogunniyi, Omotunde Olubi, Muralidhar Padala, Amir Rezvan, Felipe Sarmiento, Jennifer Sherer, Mark Spivak, Kelvin Suggs, Srini Tridandapani, Erika Tyburski, Lawrence Wilson, Daqing Wu, and Kevin Woods.
Thank you to our speakers and mentors for volunteering your time! Speakers: Barry Brager, Tom Callaway, Robert Crutchfield, Charlie Deignan, Richard diMonda, Sherry Knowles, Vince La Terza, Russell Medford, Timothy Patrick, Ed Schutter, Todd Sherer, Daniel White, and David Wynes.
Also thank you to our Co-sponsors: University of Georgia’s Small Business Development Center, Kauffman Foundation, Atlanta’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute, and SBA.gov (Small Business Administration).