{"605011":{"#nid":"605011","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Students2Startups","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents2Startups (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.investatlanta.com\/students2startups\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.investatlanta.com\/students2startups\u003C\/a\u003E) will subsidize students coming from Atlanta-based universities to intern with Atlanta\u0026rsquo;s growing startups.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe deadline for student applications is 4\/23.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHere\u0026rsquo;s why we\u0026rsquo;re launching this Students2Startups pilot program:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EStartups have constantly evolving tech talent needs and often lack the resources to upskill or hire paid,\u0026nbsp;full-time interns.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EThis means that students, especially those in need of financial resources, may choose a traditional, paid opportunities.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAs a result, many talented students are not exposed to the necessary skills for entrepreneurship.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHere\u0026rsquo;s what we\u0026rsquo;re doing:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EWe want to eliminate some of these barriers to entry and expose Atlanta-based students to entrepreneurship.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EInvest Atlanta and WorkSource Atlanta will be paying 2\/3 and the startup 1\/3 of the costs for students to intern with the Atlanta-based startup company.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAtlanta-based students at universities will\u0026nbsp;commit to 35 hours\/week in the program and will own deliverables over the course of the experience.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EStartups\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Ewill commit to provide mentorship and create workplan with substantive and varied work to expose students to various tech-related careers.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Students2Startups will subsidize students coming from Atlanta-based universities to intern with Atlanta\u2019s growing startups."}],"uid":"33693","created_gmt":"2018-04-12 15:32:47","changed_gmt":"2018-04-12 15:32:47","author":"Kayleigh Haskin","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-04-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-04-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"605010":{"id":"605010","type":"image","title":"Invest Atlanta","body":null,"created":"1523547150","gmt_created":"2018-04-12 15:32:30","changed":"1523547150","gmt_changed":"2018-04-12 15:32:30","alt":"","file":{"fid":"230667","name":"image001.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/image001_9.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/image001_9.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":7873,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/image001_9.jpg?itok=sgWs0sfx"}}},"media_ids":["605010"],"groups":[{"id":"473211","name":"_OLD: School of History and Sociology Student Blog"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"166849","name":"HSOC Blog"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}