{"146511":{"#nid":"146511","#data":{"type":"news","title":"City Leaders Announce Entrepreneurial Initiative","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson welcomed city and business leaders to campus on August 14 as Atlanta kicked off an initiative designed to create new businesses and jobs. Invest Atlanta\u2019s Start Up Atlanta program is geared toward entrepreneurship. The initiative\u2019s website will visually map out valuable resources \u2013including incubators, accelerators and service producers \u2013 and connections to create and support a network of entrepreneurs trying to launch or build a business in the city. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn his speech, Peterson spoke of the power of partnership.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech, the City of Atlanta, the State of Georgia and the Department of Commerce all share the same goals of expanding the entrepreneurial eco-system,\u201d said Peterson. \u201cWe are continuing to initiate and foster programs designed to strengthen these efforts.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther attendees included Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, Invest Atlanta President and CEO Brian McGowan and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director David Kappos, as well as local entrepreneurs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EClick \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.learnitlive.com\/view.php?esession_id=443\u0026amp;provider_table=cus2_rec\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E to see a recording of the event.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWritten by Vett Vandiver, Student Communications Assistant\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Supports \u2018Start Up\u2019 Community"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson welcomed city and business leaders to campus on August 14 as Atlanta kicked off an initiative designed to create new businesses and jobs. Invest Atlanta\u2019s Start Up Atlanta program is geared toward entrepreneurship.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson welcomed city and business leaders to campus on August 14 as Atlanta kicked off an initiative designed to create new businesses and jobs."}],"uid":"27560","created_gmt":"2012-08-15 16:46:47","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:40","author":"Jason Maderer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-08-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-08-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"83641":{"id":"83641","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449178095","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:15","changed":"1475894700","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:00"}},"media_ids":["83641"],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2301","name":"entrepreneur"},{"id":"22401","name":"G. P. Bud Peterson"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003EMedia Relations\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-2966\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maderer@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}