{"494641":{"#nid":"494641","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Applications Now Open for Startup Summer","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDo you have the next brilliant startup idea?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStartup Summer is looking for great ideas from Tech students for its 2016 program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStartup Summer is an intensive 12-week program in which student teams launch startups based on their ideas and prototypes. Teams are provided $20,000 in seed funding, mentorship, workspace, intellectual property protection, and visibility. Applications are now open for this summer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo date, 21 teams have been through the 2-year-old program and launched their startups.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022CREATE-X and Startup Summer gave us the ability to go from an idea to a launched startup,\u0022 said Patrick Pittaluga, a co-founder of Grubbly Farms from the 2015 class of Startup Summer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESean Warner, another Grubbly co-founder, said the program helped them understand their market and positioned them to start earning revenue for their service.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGimme Vending, a student startup from Startup Summer 2014, helps vending machine operators efficiently manage their fleet of machines and route drivers for improved management visibility and increased revenue production. Since Startup Summer, the team has raised $450,000 in outside funding.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStartup Summer is the LAUNCH signature element within CREATE-X, an initiative established by Tech alumnus Chris Klaus to build entrepreneurial confidence among Georgia Tech undergraduates.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EApplications for Startup Summer are due Friday, March 18. Earlier applications will receive immediate consideration and decisions. To learn more about Startup Summer, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cre8x.wufoo.com\/forms\/startup-summer-2016-info-session-z1w9z4kb052baq8\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERSVP\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E to attend an info session on\u0026nbsp;Wednesday, Feb. 10\u0026nbsp;from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 102 of Clough Commons. Pizza and refreshments will be served.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.startupsummer.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.startupsummer.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E. To apply now, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.startupsummer.gatech.edu\/apply\u0022\u003Ewww.startupsummer.gatech.edu\/apply\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETeams are provided with $20,000 in seed funding, mentorship, workspace, intellectual property protection, and visibility. Applications are now open for this summer.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Teams are provided with $20,000 in seed funding, mentorship, workspace, intellectual property protection, and visibility. Applications are now open for this summer."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2016-02-03 12:15:09","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:35","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-02-03T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-02-03T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"430611":{"id":"430611","type":"image","title":"CREATE-X","body":null,"created":"1449254381","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:39:41","changed":"1475895169","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:49"},"494931":{"id":"494931","type":"image","title":"Startup Summer 2016","body":null,"created":"1454612400","gmt_created":"2016-02-04 19:00:00","changed":"1475895253","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:13","alt":"Startup Summer 2016","file":{"fid":"204556","name":"8-5x11_printed_flyer.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/8-5x11_printed_flyer_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/8-5x11_printed_flyer_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1524569,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/8-5x11_printed_flyer_0.jpg?itok=37-D1F93"}}},"media_ids":["430611","494931"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.startupsummer.gatech.edu\/","title":"Startup Summer"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.startupsummer.gatech.edu\/apply","title":"Apply to Startup Summer"},{"url":"http:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu","title":"CREATE-X"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"137161","name":"CREATE-X"},{"id":"2435","name":"ECE"},{"id":"3472","name":"entrepreneurship"},{"id":"341","name":"innovation"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"166973","name":"startup"},{"id":"166972","name":"startup summer"},{"id":"166994","name":"startups"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jennifer.bomar@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJennifer Bomar\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EProgram and Operations Manager, CREATE-X\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:trisha.smith@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ETrisha Smith\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EAdministrative Professional III, CREATE-X\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}