{"689586":{"#nid":"689586","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Computing Associate Dean Cultivates Innovation With CREATE-X","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen Olufisayo \u201cFisayo\u201d Omojokun joined Georgia Tech, his teaching followed a familiar cadence. His courses were highly structured and consistent. Lectures, exams, office hours, and semester breaks were always known months in advance. The goals were clear, the outcomes known, and the educational journey largely mapped. Then, he heard about CREATE-X.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EA Spark of Curiosity\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EIn 2017, faculty conversations began circulating about a new kind of capstone experience, one driven by student discovery and entrepreneurial thinking rather than predetermined client requirements. The idea intrigued Omojokun.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cI remember thinking, this is really different from anything I\u2019ve ever taught,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EIn his previous courses, Omojokun took pride in providing the structured, rigorous framework students needed to master complex concepts. While those interactions were dynamic, the curriculum required a specific, focused trajectory. CREATE-X offered a different kind of challenge: the \u0022X\u0022 of the program, representing undefined, endless potential.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cCREATE-X is full of unknowns. You don\u2019t know what industry the students are diving into, what roadblocks they\u2019ll run into and navigate out of, or what small- to large-scale successes they\u2019ll achieve throughout the semester. It really had my blood pumping,\u201d he said. As someone who loves the challenge of academia, it was an invigorating way to help the next generation apply what they\u2019ve learned in a new context.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EOmojokun co-taught the first CREATE-X Capstone section with College of Computing students in fall 2018 alongside Craig Forest, associate director of the Invention Studio. While the initial computer science cohort was small, the experience was immediately powerful.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cIt was humble beginnings but deeply eye-opening,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EIn this new environment, students weren\u0027t just solving problems; they were seeking them and sometimes pivoting. Traditional client-driven capstones offer students invaluable experiences in delivering high-quality products, responding to clients\u2019 often evolving needs, and adhering to professional standards. CREATE-X added a layer of venture-validation, requiring students to identify a gap in the market and build something with commercial viability.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EAs the semesters continued, CREATE-X grew from a program with an interesting capstone course Omojokun enthusiastically co-taught to a professional inflection point for him. He found himself talking about it frequently, with colleagues, with students, even with prospective undergraduates who may not see a capstone for years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EHe began encouraging prospective and incoming students to take CREATE-X pathways.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cI would tell students, down to first-year students, when you get that opportunity to engage with CREATE-X, take it. You don\u2019t even have to wait until capstone, as there are multiple pathways; in fact, Startup Lab has no prerequisites. Whatever path you take, you\u2019ll remember it for years to come. Whether you officially take a problem solution to market or not, the entrepreneurial confidence gained is priceless.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ESpreading CREATE-X Into the College of Computing\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EBy 2020, when the first Jim Pope Faculty Fellowship cohort opened, applying felt natural. He had already become an unofficial ambassador for CREATE-X, helping students navigate options, promoting programs in classes, and rallying colleagues to engage.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cIt was an opportunity to become more connected to this thing that I felt was changing the game on campus,\u201d he said. \u201cIt cemented my affiliation with CREATE-X.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe fellowship gave name and weight to the work he was already doing, while also expanding what was possible.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe Jim Pope Faculty Fellowship provides faculty with $15,000 in discretionary funding, which can support a one-semester break from teaching, along with structured training in evidence\u2011based entrepreneurship, dedicated mentorship, and the opportunity to work closely with students launching startups.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe fellowship also equips faculty to become entrepreneurial instructors and mentors through the CREATE\u2011X ecosystem, giving them tools to integrate entrepreneurship into their coursework and curricula. Each cohort of fellows is trained to embed entrepreneurial methods, develop new innovation\u2011focused assignments, and serve as advisors within programs like Startup Lab, Idea\u2011to\u2011Prototype, and Startup Launch.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EFor faculty across Georgia Tech, the fellowship offers something rare: institutional backing, resources, and formal recognition for bringing entrepreneurship into their teaching and shaping how students learn to become problem\u2011solvers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EOmojokun said he sees CREATE-X as the apex of applying technical fundamentals.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EAs part of the fellowship, Omojokun brought the program\u2019s ethos into his courses, even a foundational course like CS 1331: Introduction to Object Oriented Programming, where he created a CREATE-X\u2013branded final project. Students built a \u201cproblem database\u201d application as their final homework assignment, cataloging real issues they encountered in daily life, assessing their skills to solve them, evaluating markets and metrics, and then deciding potential pathways forward.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s an innovation diary,\u201d he said. \u201cA tool that can get them closer to thinking like a founder.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe response from students, including many non-computing majors who take his section each semester, has been overwhelmingly positive. While the project is challenging, the open-ended nature and real-world relevance motivate deeper engagement.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cWhen students believe their work will solve a meaningful problem for a meaningful population, they bring passion to it,\u201d he said. \u201cThey start observing the world differently.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe more Omojokun saw, the deeper his enthusiasm grew.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EShaping the College of Computing\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EEven as he stepped into the role of inaugural chair of the School of Computing Instruction in 2022, CREATE-X remained at the forefront of Omojokun\u2019s conversations. Interest in the program continued to grow significantly. Students stopped him in the hallways to talk about their ideas. Faculty reached out to ask about mentorship opportunities. And he continued championing the program in the many settings he entered.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cIt turns out that the most engaged group of students in CREATE-X is computing undergraduates,\u201d Omojokun said. \u201cI wanted to make sure that high involvement continued, no matter what size we are,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EOver time, Omojokun strengthened the partnership between the College of Computing and CREATE-X, weaving entrepreneurship deeper into the College\u0027s curricular fabric.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ELast January, Omojokun was appointed as the associate dean for Undergraduate Education in the College of Computing. One of his priorities was highlighting CREATE-X\u2019s curricular impact. In coordination with key stakeholders \u2014 including Kelly Ann Fitzpatrick (computing), Craig Forest (mechanical engineering), and Raul Saxena (CREATE-X) \u2014 he nominated the program for the ABET Innovation Award. \u0026nbsp;The award honors programs that challenge the status quo in technical education and demonstrate a measurable impact on student learning in ABET-accredited disciplines, such as natural sciences, computing, engineering, and engineering technology. CREATE-X won.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe CREATE-X Advantage With Faculty\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EWhen faculty are considering something like the Jim Pope Fellowship, Omojokun said the biggest barrier he hears about from them is time. With courses that can enroll 300 students per section and extensive responsibilities beyond the classroom, time is a scarce resource.\u003Cbr\u003EHe could relate.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cThere are always lots of things on my physical and virtual desktop. I always warn people before they enter my office,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EHowever, Omojokun argued that participating in the fellowship program was time well spent because it helps them rediscover the most exciting parts of teaching.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s worth the time. One of the goals of teaching is to see students passionate about what they\u2019re learning, and CREATE-X makes that happen consistently,\u201d he said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe Future With Technology\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EAs AI reshapes industries, Omojokun believes that CREATE-X equips students to navigate the unknown and forge new paths as existing ones shift, providing a versatile skill set that transfers to employment, potentially self-employment, and beyond.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of uncertainty with AI in the workspace, but CREATE-X gives students the confidence and skills to succeed at whatever comes,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are putting students through this process of finding a problem that\u2019s meaningful and matters to the world; mastering that allows them to lead in any environment.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EApplications Now Open: Become a Jim Pope Faculty Fellow\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_8cOnwIrm4eKEh9Q\u0022\u003E2026 Jim Pope Faculty Fellowship\u003C\/a\u003E is now accepting applications. For faculty who want to explore integrating entrepreneurship into their teaching, mentoring student founders, and helping shape a culture of innovation across campus, this fellowship offers resources and a supported pathway to begin. Faculty from all disciplines are encouraged to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_8cOnwIrm4eKEh9Q\u0022\u003Eapply to the Jim Pope Fellowship\u003C\/a\u003E. Priority deadline: July 1; final deadline: Aug. 11.\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen Olufisayo \u201cFisayo\u201d Omojokun first encountered CREATE\u2011X, it challenged the highly structured teaching model he was accustomed to by centering learning around uncertainty, discovery, and entrepreneurial problem\u2011finding. As a faculty member, Jim Pope Faculty Fellow, and now associate dean in the College of Computing, he has championed CREATE\u2011X as a powerful way to help students apply technical fundamentals in unpredictable, real\u2011world contexts. Through initiatives like CREATE\u2011X\u2013inspired course projects and cross\u2011college partnerships, Omojokun has helped embed entrepreneurship more deeply into computing education at Georgia Tech. He believes programs like CREATE\u2011X are essential in preparing students to adapt, lead, and innovate in a future increasingly shaped by emerging technologies such as AI.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Olufisayo \u201cFisayo\u201d Omojokun, Georgia Tech associate dean in the College of Computing, found new energy in teaching through CREATE\u2011X, where open\u2011ended entrepreneurship equips students to confidently navigate uncertainty and solve real\u2011world problems."}],"uid":"36436","created_gmt":"2026-04-09 13:46:31","changed_gmt":"2026-04-09 13:51:21","author":"bdurham31","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-04-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-04-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"679902":{"id":"679902","type":"image","title":" Olufisayo \u201cFisayo\u201d Omojokun Associate Dean ","body":"\u003Cdiv\u003EOlufisayo \u201cFisayo\u201d Omojokun, associate dean in Georgia Tech\u2019s College of Computing\u003C\/div\u003E","created":"1775741406","gmt_created":"2026-04-09 13:30:06","changed":"1775742590","gmt_changed":"2026-04-09 13:49:50","alt":" Olufisayo \u201cFisayo\u201d Omojokun, associate dean in Georgia Tech\u2019s College of Computing","file":{"fid":"264123","name":"FisayoCloseUp-23-.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/04\/09\/FisayoCloseUp-23-.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/04\/09\/FisayoCloseUp-23-.png","mime":"image\/png","size":477042,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/04\/09\/FisayoCloseUp-23-.png?itok=3qsEriy1"}}},"media_ids":["679902"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gatech.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_8cOnwIrm4eKEh9Q","title":"2026 Jim Pope Faculty Fellowship "}],"groups":[{"id":"583966","name":"CREATE-X"},{"id":"655285","name":"GT Commercialization"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"139","name":"Business"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193658","name":"Commercialization"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"106361","name":"Business and Economic Development"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBreanna Durham\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMarketing Strategist\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["breanna.durham@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"689585":{"#nid":"689585","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CREATE-X Startup Brings Digital Access to the Unbanked","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen Victor Espinosa was an undergraduate student in Bogot\u00e1, he kept running into the same problem every time he tried to order books or basic items online: He didn\u2019t have a credit card. Instead, he had to give cash to someone who had a credit card and ask them to purchase for him. This wasn\u2019t strange in Colombia.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cIt was frustrating, but it showed me how many people were being left out of the digital world,\u201d Espinosa said. \u201cIn Colombia, only about two out of 10 people have a credit card. Cash is the main form of payment, but everything online requires digital access.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThat gap sparked the idea that would evolve into Loto Punto, a fintech startup building self-service kiosks to bridge the physical and digital worlds for unbanked communities.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EFrom a Single Problem to a Scalable Platform\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EEspinosa began his startup as an online platform for buying lottery tickets. He saw that customers didn\u2019t trust the idea of a digital receipt because they were used to a printout, so he pivoted to a kiosk similar to the ones in U.S. grocery stores. Customers could walk up, insert cash, and print a lottery ticket instantly.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cIt worked, but it had a ceiling,\u201d Espinosa said. \u201cIt only served people buying lottery tickets. We knew it wouldn\u2019t scale.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ETo address this, he expanded the kiosks to handle mobile phone top-ups, bill payments, and basic banking services. Then, in 2024, the company incorporated advanced technologies such as biometric recognition and blockchain. Stellar Blockchain, first a partner, later became an investor of the startup, which helped Loto Punto to enable low-cost, real-time digital transactions and remittances.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ENow, users can convert physical cash into digital value or withdraw cash from digital wallets through a single machine.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EA Global Solo Founder\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EEspinosa is the sole founder of Loto Punto, supported now by a 10\u2011person team of highly specialized engineers, designers, and manufacturing experts. He is currently pursuing his master\u2019s degree in computer science at Georgia Tech while leading the company through its next chapter as part of the CREATE-X Startup Launch Spring 2026 cohort.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EFinding CREATE-X and Finding a Community\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EEspinosa learned about CREATE-X during his first semester at Georgia Tech. In 2024, CREATE-X widened its Startup Launch program to include a spring cohort to give founders, particularly graduating seniors, another chance to go all-in on developing their startup.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EEspinosa admits he didn\u2019t expect much when he first learned about the program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cI didn\u2019t know universities had programs like this. In Colombia, we don\u2019t have accelerators embedded inside universities with venture support and dedicated staff,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, I assumed CREATE X would be small, maybe one office helping a few students.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EWhat Espinosa found was different.\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cThey\u2019re leveraging every resource that Georgia Tech offers. They can help with any challenge by tapping the doors of the network they already have established,\u201c he said. \u201cIt\u2019s an ecosystem.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EAs a part of the Startup Launch program, CREATE-X brings in founders from its ecosystem to speak to participants and give them actionable insights \u2014 founders who have raised funds, been acquired, and have had other successes as entrepreneurs.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cThat\u2019s different,\u201d Espinosa said. \u201cThey\u2019ve brought successful founders who have walked the talk. It\u2019s different to interact with somebody who was already successful in doing what you\u2019re doing.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ETesting, Measuring, and Learning Through Startup Launch\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EEven as a remote participant, Espinosa has connected well with his mentor, who meets with him weekly, and his mini-batch. During the program, startup teams are grouped together. They share their strategies, successes, and struggles as they develop throughout the program. Teams have weekly sprints where they focus on one or two activities and then measure those activities, which Espinosa said is helpful for maintaining focus and actually executing on ideas.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cIf you, as an entrepreneur, start thinking of the whole world of activities that you must do to get somewhere with your startup, you won\u2019t start,\u201d he said. \u201cBy creating attainable goals, step by step, that\u2019s how it compounds to reach bigger goals. But, you have to begin with something.\u201d\u003Cbr\u003ETeams are also encouraged to take calculated risks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cCREATE-X gives us a safe environment to test ideas,\u201d Espinosa said. \u201cAs an entrepreneur, it\u2019s a lonely road, but having someone who has been in your shoes before, it makes you brave to try things.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EOne of the first major tests he shared with the cohort was an ad campaign timed around the Super Bowl. In Startup Launch, Espinosa learned how to structure the experiment: defining KPIs, iterating audiences, and evaluating performance compared to industry benchmarks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cWe got around 45,000 views and above-average click-through rates,\u201d he said. \u201cBut the biggest lesson was that brand awareness alone can\u2019t be our only marketing strategy.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EEspinosa said his mentor helped open doors for him and kept him accountable, and the program itself kept him from being overwhelmed by all that a founder has to do.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cIn Startup Launch, you see how different approaches fit different phases,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re creating a path to grow and execute on your goals as a founder.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EWhy Now Is the Easiest Time to Build\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EEspinosa also emphasized that the tools to build and test ideas have never been more accessible.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cWhen I started, we didn\u2019t have AI. You had to do everything by hand. It was harder, and it took more resources,\u201d he said. \u201cRight now, it\u2019s a matter of prompting. In one hour, you can file for a grant. Before, it took at least a week to get your documents together.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EHe said the ability to test quickly and learn has also become inexpensive.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cYou don\u2019t need millions of dollars to do this,\u201d Espinosa said. \u201cIt\u0027s very cheap to fail, right? If that doesn\u0027t work, you can just try again in the morning.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EAbove all, Espinosa encouraged budding founders to take advantage of the opportunities around them.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cAs a founder, you must tap every door that you have available to you. You have to explore different paths,\u201d he said. \u201cSome of those are networking, some are physical space, some are interest. Get your hands on every single resource that comes your way.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ELooking Ahead: The Future of Payments\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EAs he thinks about where the finance world is going, Espinosa said the payments industry is rapidly converging toward blockchain, stablecoins, and faster, frictionless user experiences.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re seeing a lot of movement around stablecoins. We\u2019re seeing resource flow from one country to another. We believe things are converging to leverage blockchain and driving down the cost of moving money,\u201c he said. \u201cThat\u2019s how we see the future of our industry.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EMeet Loto Punto and the Spring Cohort at Startup Launch Showcase\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EEspinosa will travel to Atlanta for the first time in May to present Loto Punto at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/spring-startup-launch-showcase-tickets-1984784570078?aff=article\u0022\u003ECREATE-X Spring Startup Launch Showcase\u003C\/a\u003E, where the public can meet founders and see their ventures firsthand. The event will be held in The Biltmore Ballrooms on Thursday, May 21, from 5 to 7 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EThe showcase will feature dozens of startups built by Georgia Tech students and alumni. Tickets are free but limited. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/spring-startup-launch-showcase-tickets-1984784570078?aff=article\u0022\u003ERegister for the showcase\u003C\/a\u003E today to grab your spot.\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAfter experiencing firsthand how limited access to credit cards excluded millions from the digital economy, Victor Espinosa set out to bridge that gap by founding Loto Punto. The fintech startup uses self\u2011service kiosks that allow users to convert physical cash into digital transactions, expanding access to essential services like bill payments, mobile top\u2011ups, and remittances. As a solo founder in the CREATE\u2011X Startup Launch Spring 2026 cohort, Espinosa refined his venture through structured experimentation, mentorship, and weekly execution sprints. 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For 14 years, she worked at Apple and Nike, where she learned how to blend innovation with customer insight: how to spot patterns, translate problems into opportunities, and turn ideas into strategies for growth.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EApplying what she\u2019d learned along the way, Sizer started Growth Impact to support startups and stakeholders in the innovation ecosystem. As a part of her business, she created partnerships and networks between the U.S. and South Africa, bridging the gap between startups and corporations to encourage co-creation and pilot projects. During this time, she saw how much early\u2011stage founders needed clear frameworks, honest guidance, and hands\u2011on support.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI started Growth Impact to support startups and stakeholders such as venture studios, investors, and accelerators. I support early-stage startups in finding product-market fit, customer understanding, go-to-market strategy, and business model development,\u201d she said. \u201cI also help startups with fundraising readiness and enterprise readiness. I support stakeholders by helping to assess viability, and de-risk new ventures, as well as connecting startups to enterprises.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEventually, her work brought her in contact with Georgia Tech. She was working with a South African innovation lab to enable pilot projects between startups and enterprises with the goal of facilitating the co-creation of digital solutions, which led her to Rahul Saxena, director of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECREATE-X\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESizer said she reached out to see if any potential CREATE-X startups or enterprises would want to connect to the companies she was working with in South Africa.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOver the last few years, there\u0027s been quite a lot of interest in Georgia Tech and Atlanta in terms of a tech and innovation hub in the U.S., and there\u0027s a lot of investment happening too, in both the city of Atlanta and in Georgia Tech, in entrepreneurship and innovation and technology,\u201d she said. \u201cI think it\u0027s an interesting market.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOnce connected, she kept meeting Georgia Tech founders, many from CREATE\u2011X.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EQuietly, she began helping where she could, making introductions for CREATE-X founders outside of Atlanta. For Augment Health, she made investor and potential partner introductions. For the founder of Strapt, she made introductions to investors, shared market insight, and highlighted the company in her own newsletter, which has an audience of innovation ecosystem stakeholders, including more investors. And for ZenVR, she made a connection to WeFunder for funding, which resulted in $250,000 raised. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECollaborating with CREATE-X on a webinar, Sizer also taught \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/launch\/startup-launch\u0022\u003EStartup Launch\u003C\/a\u003E alumni about customer understanding and segmentation, value proposition, and other topics for health and wellness founders. Beyond connecting, Sizer shaped mindsets.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn her business, one founder she worked with was building non\u2011toxic performance apparel for women \u2014 a product selling through Amazon, REI, and even the U.S. military. The founder had ambition but struggled to balance DTC (direct to consumer) sales, retail, and B2B opportunities. Sizer helped her analyze her data, identify her real early adopters, and rebuild her value proposition and messaging. With a clearer customer understanding and stronger brand direction, the founder revamped her website and refined her pitch.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI love that thrill of them being excited about implementing some of the ideas and things we talk about, seeing the growth in their business, and the positive change in their business. That really excites me,\u201d she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAtlanta is an enterprise-heavy city with Fortune 500 companies, SaaS (Software as a Service) companies, and a growing biotech sector. The startup ecosystem is growing in Atlanta, and with that comes advantages.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI have noticed that there\u0027s a lot of strong support for Atlanta and Georgia entrepreneurs from other Atlanta and Georgia entrepreneurs,\u201d she said. \u201cThey all support each other.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOver the years, Sizer has advised or mentored over 100 startups and built investor connections. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMy business is Growth Impact, because growth and impact are part of my core values. I\u0027m glad to give back and support early entrepreneurs, sharing knowledge, tools, and resources,\u201d she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs a founder, Sizer went through her own learning curve. When she first launched her company, she assumed her target customers would be venture capital firms and spent months talking to pre\u2011seed and seed investors, only to discover that VCs either didn\u2019t fund the kind of operational support she offered or they expected founders to pay for it themselves. Meanwhile, the founders she spoke with said they needed her help but didn\u2019t have the budget. She said it was a classic chicken\u2011and\u2011egg problem.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI said, OK, this is not my target customer. The target customer is the startup,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u0027s where the pivot point was for me.\u201d\u003Cbr\u003EThat shift reshaped her entire business and reinforced the same advice she now gives students: Talk to customers, listen deeply, and don\u2019t be afraid to adjust when the data points you in a new direction.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe officially joined the CREATE\u2011X mentor community last year to help more founders, guiding them in finding product-market fit, and understanding who needs this solution and why.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne thing Sizer emphasized, however, is the need for founders to continue to take initiative and be resilient in the face of challenges.\u003Cbr\u003E\u201cA mentor can guide you or ask the right questions, but the founder has to find the path,\u201d she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EReady to build something real?\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMeet mentors like Alison Sizer in Startup Launch, where you can develop a startup to solve real-world problems and build entrepreneurial skills. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/airtable.com\/appaTqlTL2zQkXBBR\/pagdkIvjQbvDbSD2F\/form\u0022\u003EApply to Startup Launch\u003C\/a\u003E today; applications close Tuesday, March 17.\u003Cbr\u003EInterested in mentoring?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EWant to mentor and support the next generation of Georgia Tech founders?\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFill out our \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/airtable.com\/app1gcnb0ECVgdEF4\/pag4g0e8mxV9qWn8k\/form\u0022\u003Eengagement form\u003C\/a\u003E to join CREATE\u2011X\u2019s mentor network.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003EAlison Sizer brings more than a decade of innovation experience from Apple and Nike to her work supporting early\u2011stage founders through her company, Growth Impact. After building cross\u2011continental partnerships between the U.S. and South Africa, she connected with CREATE-X and began advising founders on customer insight, product\u2011market fit, and go\u2011to\u2011market strategy. She has since made high\u2011impact investor and partner introductions, taught customer discovery frameworks, and helped entrepreneurs rethink their value propositions through data\u2011driven guidance. Now an official CREATE\u2011X mentor, Sizer continues to champion founders by sharing tools, networks, and honest insight to help them build resilient, customer\u2011focused ventures.\u003C\/div\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Alison Sizer, a former Apple and Nike strategist turned founder of Growth Impact, now mentors CREATE\u2011X startups by helping them deepen customer understanding, refine value propositions, and build pathways to growth through her global innovation network."}],"uid":"36436","created_gmt":"2026-03-05 15:20:30","changed_gmt":"2026-03-19 19:25:50","author":"bdurham31","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-03-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2026-03-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"679530":{"id":"679530","type":"image","title":"Alison Sizer ","body":"\u003Cdiv\u003EThe image shows Alison Sizer \u0026nbsp;standing in a modern, well\u2011lit workspace with open shelving, plants, and a large \u201cLet\u2019s...\u201d wall sign visible in the background. She\u0027s wearing a light gray blazer over a teal top and is posed with one arm resting on a wooden table. 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To address this, a pair of Georgia Tech data analytics students developed Politheon, an AI agent-driven legislative tracking platform shaped by rigorous data analytics, a boost from Georgia Tech\u2019s CREATE-X, and critical insights from data scientists in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECo-founded by Daniel Forcade and Hanna Bodnar, recent graduates of Georgia Tech\u2019s Master of Science in Analytics program, Politheon is designed to overcome the limitations of standard artificial intelligence in providing businesses and other organizations with accurate and actionable information about legislative activity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBodnar credits the team\u0027s collaboration with Associate Professor Omar Asensio\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/datasciencepolicy.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EData Science and Policy Lab\u003C\/a\u003E in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy \u003C\/a\u003Efor helping shape the platform.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Collaborating with Professor Asensio\u2019s lab was pivotal,\u0022 Bodnar said. \u0022As engineers, we had to expand our perspective beyond the technical implementation and deeply understand how public policy researchers and practitioners interpret legislative data. That interdisciplinary feedback helped us design a system that is both technically rigorous and policy-aware.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EForcade agreed, saying it took the combined resources of CREATE-X and the collaboration with Asensio\u2019s lab to make Politheon what it is.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cCREATE-X gave us the business foundation to build and scale, while our collaboration with Professor Asensio\u2019s lab helped us strengthen the scientific rigor behind the system. In policy, it\u0027s incredibly important to have testing, validation, and empirical grounding behind what you build.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen it comes to understanding the potential impact of sometimes obliquely written legislation, precision and insight are vital. Publicly available large language models often struggle in these environments, sounding authoritative but often hallucinating in place of facts and failing to reason out the hidden impacts of legislation. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/politheon.com\/\u0022\u003EPolitheon\u003C\/a\u003E, however, offers a potential solution, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/omar-isaac-asensio\u0022\u003EAsensio \u003C\/a\u003Esaid.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This is a very exciting use case for agentic AI in the context of evidence-informed policy,\u0022 he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe project originally started as the final project for Bodnar and Forcade\u2019s analytics program. Forcade said their instructors encouraged them to apply to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/createx.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECREATE-X\u003C\/a\u003E to take the project further.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EForcade said CREATE-X liked the idea but asked them to talk to more experts. Forcade and Bodnar then reached out to Asensio.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAsensio was enthusiastic and invited them to present at his lab, where his team spent two and a half hours offering Forcade and Bodnar intensive constructive feedback. The duo has been collaborating with the lab ever since.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAsensio noted that this kind of cross-pollination is an embedded feature of his lab.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We often start with data or policy solutions to guide technical development, and not the other way around,\u0022 Asensio said. \u0022This means our technologists learn to do causal inference and policy impact evaluation, and our policy scholars learn to code and train models and algorithms as part of their work.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat focus on critical evaluation aligns seamlessly with the founders\u0027 technical training.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022My background in mathematics and Georgia Tech\u2019s Analytics program gave me a strong foundation in statistical modeling and machine learning systems,\u0022 Bodnar said. \u0022The program emphasizes not just building models but evaluating them rigorously. That mindset shaped how we designed Politheon, especially how we validate outputs and measure accuracy in a space where precision really matters.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe platform is already demonstrating its capabilities. Recent agent outputs include a large-scale scan of more than 25,000 Oregon bills, drawn from a broader searchable database of over 1.6 million state and federal bills, identifying emerging trends in artificial intelligence regulation. The system has also delivered validated, cross-jurisdictional analysis of \u201cbuy-now-pay-later\u201d legislation in New York and Congress, with findings reviewed by senior government affairs professionals, tracing how the issue emerged and how it evolved over time.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe startup recently secured $100,000 in funding which helped build complete, and near real-time, data coverage across the federal government and \u0026nbsp;all U.S. states.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe raise enabled us to bring in the live data stream,\u201d Forcade said. \u201cWith real-time coverage in place, we\u2019re now advancing pricing discussions and pilot rollouts with multiple organizations.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUltimately, the platform is designed to provide clarity amid the noise of modern governance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Policy moves quickly, and missing a compliance date or legislative shift can be costly,\u0022 Bodnar said. \u0022Our goal is to surface what\u2019s relevant, explain why it matters, and provide clear citations to the original bills so teams can make informed decisions with confidence.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo Georgia Tech alums have built an AI-agent-driven tool to track legislation with extensive help from the Data Science and Policy Lab in the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Two Georgia Tech alums have built an AI-agent-driven tool to track legislation with extensive help from the Data Science and Policy Lab in the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy."}],"uid":"34600","created_gmt":"2026-02-18 17:31:10","changed_gmt":"2026-02-23 01:39:56","author":"mpearson34","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2026-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"679342":{"id":"679342","type":"image","title":"demoDay-sign-founders-169.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EPolitheon co-founders Daniel Forcade and Hannah Bodnar at the CREATE-X Demo Day in August 2025.\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1771436259","gmt_created":"2026-02-18 17:37:39","changed":"1771436259","gmt_changed":"2026-02-18 17:37:39","alt":"Politheon co-founders Daniel Forcade and Hannah Bodnar stand in front of a lighted sign reading \u0022Demo Day\u0022 at the CREATE-X Demo Day in August 2025.","file":{"fid":"263491","name":"demoDay-sign-founders-169.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/02\/18\/demoDay-sign-founders-169.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/02\/18\/demoDay-sign-founders-169.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1692209,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/02\/18\/demoDay-sign-founders-169.jpg?itok=NMFxh_RQ"}}},"media_ids":["679342"],"groups":[{"id":"583966","name":"CREATE-X"},{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022michael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMichael Pearson\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["michael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"687932":{"#nid":"687932","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Build Something That Matters This Summer: Apply to Startup Launch by March 17","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEvery year, hundreds of Georgia Tech students take a leap that changes their careers forever: They decide to spend their summer building a startup.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat opportunity is here again. \u003Cstrong\u003EApplications for the\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/airtable.com\/appaTqlTL2zQkXBBR\/pagdkIvjQbvDbSD2F\/form\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E2026 Summer Startup Launch\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E cohort are now open.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIf you\u2019ve identified a meaningful problem, have begun talking to real users, or feel a pull to build something bigger than a class project, this is your moment. 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The team was sparked by a simple question: Why isn\u2019t there a better way to test for cervical cancer? The founders were planning on getting pap smears themselves, but they had heard about painful experiences from other women.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe were hesitant to go through the process since it seemed uncomfortable,\u201d Tesfassellasie said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESo, Tesfassellasie, Bereket, and Ejiwunmi decided to consider alternatives to the plastic speculum used during standard exams and develop a tampon-like device.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u0027s just giving women a choice basically to be able to take the samples and solve without having to be so vulnerable and uncomfortable,\u201d Tesfassellasie said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team joined the summer I2P and continued to develop their prototype in the fall semester course. Bereket said CREATE-X gave them resources and space without taking ownership.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe point of us being engineers is to make a difference in the world,\u201d Tesfassellasie said. \u201cCREATE-X gives you the chance to do that, and they don\u0027t take any intellectual property. You might be really passionate about whatever you\u0027re majoring in, but this is where you can start implementing what you learn in classes in real-life projects. CREATE-X is allowing you to do this without limiting you by Schools or where you\u0027re coming from.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInitially, the team hesitated to enter the InVenture Prize competition, worried they weren\u2019t ready.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe thought we could work on more things and find more ways to improve,\u201d Bereket said. \u201cWe can give ourselves a year. By next year, maybe we\u0027ll be ready to do Inventure Prize.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut I2P changed that. Bereket said she was shocked by the win, as the team had thought they\u2019d try Startup Launch first.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cNow it\u0027s the other way around,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u0027re excited to be part of the InVenture Prize, and we\u0027re going to see how everything works out as well.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIf you have an idea, or even if you don\u0027t have an idea but you feel very strongly about working on something, go to showcases like this and talk to teams and professors. 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This includes:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPriority admission to Startup Launch.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E$5,000 in optional seed funding.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAccess to $200,000 in in-kind services, including legal and accounting credits.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMentorship from faculty and industry experts.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EVisibility from Demo Day.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAutomatic advancement to the InVenture Prize semifinals.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/make\/idea-to-prototype\u0022\u003ERegistration for Spring 2026 I2P\u003C\/a\u003E is open. 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The startup, led by Daksh Gupta, CS 2023; Soohoon Choi, CS 2023, MTH 2023; and computer science major Vaishant Kameswaran, builds artificial intelligence tools that help engineering teams review, analyze, and improve their code.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince its launch in 2023, the company has gained traction with more than 2,000 customers, including Brex, Whoop, and Substack. In 2024, Greptile raised $25 million in Series A funding from Benchmark, bringing its total capital raised to $30 million and valuing the company at $180 million.\u202fThat same year, Greptile was also accepted into the winter 2024 cohort of Y Combinator, the startup accelerator that helped launch Airbnb, Dropbox, and Stripe. \u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor Gupta, the road to building Greptile began at Georgia Tech. The founders entered Georgia Tech\u2019s CREATE-X Startup Launch program with an entirely different idea: an AI shopping assistant called Tabnam. But through the program\u2019s customer-discovery process \u2014 an intensive cycle of testing, feedback, and rapid iteration \u2014 the team realized their technology had stronger potential when applied to software development. That pivot became the foundation for Greptile.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cCREATE-X did two things without which Greptile would not exist,\u201d Gupta said. \u201cIt introduced me to my co-founder, Soohoon, and it gave us the confidence to consider starting a company as a real career path.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe founders credit the program with shaping their entrepreneurial thinking, but they describe Y Combinator as the force that helped propel their company to the next stage. 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The app climbed as high as No. 13 on the U.S. App Store sports charts and reached No. 1 in France and Croatia, with nearly 200,000 downloads in more than 170 countries.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe idea was to make fishing feel like a real-life version of Pok\u00e9mon, something fun, soxacial, and competitive,\u201d said Steele. \u201cWe launched with just a few basic features, and it grew far faster than I expected.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBefore developing Catchr, Steele had already experimented with several products, including HairMatch, an AI-powered app that won $25,000 as a global finalist in Microsoft\u2019s Imagine Cup competition, and UPic, Purrpulse, and Better Call Santa (now known as \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2024\/12\/13\/better-call-santa-talk-to-santa-ai\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESantaCalls\u003C\/a\u003E). Those experiences gave him insight into customer behavior, app deployment, and business operations \u2014 lessons he brought with him into Georgia Tech\u2019s CREATE-X Startup Launch program.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X provided him with seed funding, mentorship, and a framework for validating ideas through real-world feedback. For Steele, those resources made it possible to move from experimentation to a scalable product.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cCREATE-X was a time of innovation and exploration,\u201d he said. \u201cIt gave me the structure and confidence to test assumptions, get real feedback, and pivot quickly \u2014 all critical steps in developing Catchr.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThose earlier products helped Steele learn how to test assumptions about customers, navigate App Store requirements, manage support requests, and handle the operational demands of running a small software business.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBy the time I started Catchr, I knew what level of product quality was needed, how many hours support would take, and what the revenue expectations might be,\u201d he said. \u201cEven so, the speed at which Catchr captured users and grew in revenue was unbelievably fast compared to my expectations.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter Catchr\u2019s explosive growth, Steele faced another challenge: deciding whether to sell the company. While many startup founders view acquisition as a goal, Steele said selling Catchr was one of the hardest decisions he has made. \u201cMonetizing something you built is appealing, but selling is different,\u201d he said. \u201cYour creation becomes someone else\u2019s job. You spend so much time with it that it becomes an extension of yourself.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESteele said he spoke with multiple interested buyers, asking each about their long-term plans for the app before moving forward. \u201cI wanted to make sure the buyer\u2019s vision would improve the product and be positive for users,\u201d he said. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t have sold if I didn\u2019t trust them.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe ultimately found a buyer who committed to expanding Catchr\u2019s capabilities and investing in its continued growth. \u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019d change anything about the decision,\u201d Steele said. \u201cCatchr is in capable hands, and I can return to what I enjoy most, which is building things I believe will be part of a better future for consumers.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith the sale complete, Steele says he is returning to new ideas and the early-stage development process he prefers.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIf there\u2019s one thing I\u2019d tell other Georgia Tech students,\u201d he said, \u201cit\u2019s that you\u2019re already in one of the best places in the world to build something meaningful. 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Future applications will be aimed at early disease detection.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSomething that frustrated me about metabolomics was its lack of focus on preventive care,\u201d said Andrade. \u201cWe created Deleon by combining these ideas and tracking the human metabolome to optimize for healthy lifestyles.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Deleon founders began the company shortly after Pozarycki completed his graduate studies at Georgia Tech, with Andrade moonlighting and Pozarycki working a part-time job at Georgia Tech\u2019s bike shop to keep the project afloat. In the beginning, funding was a major challenge.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI finished my Ph.D., was working on Deleon, and didn\u2019t have any income. CREATE-X gave us $5,000 in funding, which motivated us to keep going on this project,\u201d said Pozarycki.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECREATE-X\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Tech\u2019s campus-wide initiative to instill entrepreneurial confidence and help students launch startups, provided more than funding. Through the program, Deleon received guidance on finding potential customers.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe one-on-one advice from expert CREATE-X entrepreneurs and organizers like Rahul [CREATE-X director] and Margaret [LAUNCH associate director] was super valuable and helped us focus on launching our minimum viable product and getting our first customers,\u201d said Andrade.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe program\u2019s culminating event, Demo Day, gave Deleon a platform to present to investors and the public. Among dozens of student-led startups, Deleon\u2019s data-driven approach attracted strong interest. The exposure led to an eventual $850,000 investment, partially funded by Georgia Tech\u0027s early-stage fund, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ventures.commercialization.gatech.edu\/\u0022 id=\u0022menurmoc\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/ventures.commercialization.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGTF Ventures\u003C\/a\u003E. This investment allowed the founders to work full-time on the company, hire a team, and build a lab space.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI would recommend the CREATE-X program to anyone,\u201d Pozarycki said. \u201cEven if you don\u2019t think you want to start a company, there\u2019s a lot you can learn about commercialization in this program that may change your mind and give you more control over your own fate.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDeleon\u2019s path from concept to launch highlights the growing role of Georgia Tech\u2019s entrepreneurial ecosystem in supporting student innovation. Programs like CREATE-X not only help students build companies but also contribute to regional economic growth by keeping talent and investment in the Southeast.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cCREATE-X is the best environment on campus to learn by doing,\u201d Pozarycki said. \u201cYou are encouraged to build something real, not just talk about it. 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A visualization system for fencing blades. A personalized AI application for analyzing blood work. All I2P Showcase prototypes. See what Georgia Tech students have been developing this semester at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/i2p-showcase-fall-2025-tickets-1748117429289?aff=article\u0022\u003EFall 2025 Idea to Prototype (I2P) Showcase\u003C\/a\u003E on Tuesday, Dec. 2, at 5 p.m. in the Marcus Nanotechnology Building. This year, attendees will have even more\u0026nbsp;original inventions to view, with over 60 teams\u0026nbsp;displaying prototypes.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe event marks the culmination of the semester-long I2P course, where undergraduate students develop functional prototypes aimed at solving real-world problems. 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On Aug. 28, from 5 \u2013 7 p.m., more than 1,500 attendees will gather at Georgia Tech\u2019s Exhibition Hall to find out at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/create-x-demo-day-2025-tickets-1236462565819?aff=article\u0022\u003EDemo Day\u003C\/a\u003E, where CREATE-X will showcase over 100 startups coming out of Georgia Tech. Tickets are free but limited \u2014\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/create-x-demo-day-2025-tickets-1236462565819?aff=article\u0022\u003Eearly registration\u003C\/a\u003E is strongly encouraged.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt Demo Day, founders bring solutions that tackle some of today\u2019s most urgent challenges across industries. 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Georgia Tech is a huge part of that.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/create-x-demo-day-2025-tickets-1236462565819?aff=article\u0022\u003ERegister for Demo Day today!\u003C\/a\u003E The future is waiting for you to discover it.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn August 28, \u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech\u2019s Exhibition Hall will fill with the energy of over 100 startups built by students, faculty, alumni, and researchers during Demo Day 2025, the culmination of CREATE-X\u0027s 12-week summer accelerator, Startup Launch . Attendees can explore innovations like ultra-efficient AI chips and mRNA therapies,\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003Emeet founders, and test the tech themselves \u2014 all in a casual, interactive format. 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McCallum is a translational research advocate in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, currently ranked No. 2 in the nation by \u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u003C\/em\u003E. He hopes to accelerate the commercialization of the most promising biotech advances. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen McCallum learned about the Jim Pope Fellowship, he saw it as a tremendous opportunity. \u201cBiomedical engineering research has so much potential to be translated into products and solutions that tackle unmet clinical needs, that could be shaped to enhance society in general,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s a collaboration between biology, medicine, and engineering. The Pope Fellowship is a unique opportunity to explore new projects dedicated to entrepreneurship.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMcCallum is one of five faculty members to receive the Jim Pope Fellowship, which supports faculty in becoming entrepreneurial instructors and mentors in CREATE-X. He hopes to leverage this fellowship to instill entrepreneurial confidence in biomedical engineering graduate students and faculty and help them translate their research into IP and healthcare-focused products to be used in and out of the clinic.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince being named a fellow, McCallum has applied the funding to attend conferences to learn more about new methods for teaching commercialization and entrepreneurship, develop programming to enhance the student experience, increase student understanding and interest in entrepreneurship, and explore creative new projects he has envisioned while at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEstablishing a New Commercialization Course\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeginning in the fall, he will teach a new course, Fundamentals of Biotechnology Commercialization, targeting BME graduate students. McCallum developed the curriculum, which begins with an overview of technology commercialization and the commercialization process, followed by modules on IP \u2014 how to protect one\u2019s inventions; financing, with a focus on early-stage commercialization funding opportunities; and choosing a commercialization path.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn the second part of the course, students will simulate a patent filing,\u201d says McCallum. \u201cIt\u2019s a really important step in the commercialization process. In future iterations of the course, I would love to have students file real disclosures and provisional patent applications with our Tech Transfer Office and have a licensing associate talk to them about managing the IP.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBME Innovations Pivotal to Georgia Tech\u2019s IP Ecosystem\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMcCallum sees Georgia Tech BME researchers as an important driver of innovation, and the Institute\u2019s patent track record reflects their critical role: More than 21% of U.S.-issued patents to Georgia Tech have at least one BME inventor listed, according to the Office of Commercialization.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the past year, he has already seen the value of infusing an entrepreneurial spirit into his curriculum. Annabelle Singer (BME) and Levi Wood (ME) were mentored by McCallum while they were developing an audiovisual device to help stimulate brain activity in patients with Alzheimer\u2019s disease and epilepsy. Through this mentorship, Singer and Wood recognized possible use cases and commercialization pathways for their technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTheir device has potential applications in a wide range of other neurological conditions \u2014 to lessen the impact of these disorders on people in their everyday life,\u201d says McCallum, adding, \u201cI\u2019m excited about Georgia Tech and Emory\u2019s commitment to developing programs to enhance neuroscience and neural engineering research. There\u2019s so much potential in that space, especially for being able to significantly impact diseases like Alzheimer\u2019s, Parkinson\u2019s, and Huntington\u2019s disease, as well as strokes and epilepsy. We are moving in the right direction with being able to improve the efficacy of the modalities to diagnose and treat these conditions.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to McCallum, his close connection to CREATE-X has given him a unique opportunity to see the impact of the program on the entrepreneurial endeavors of students and even faculty members.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPrevious fellows have been very successful with developing new educational programs and courses, as well as creating new spaces to spawn innovation, to instill entrepreneurial confidence in undergraduate students, and I want to use those successes as inspiration to make an impact on graduate student entrepreneurial confidence in BME, with much more to come,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs one of President \u00c1ngel Cabrera\u0027s four Big Bets, the drive for entrepreneurial education and opportunities has accelerated at Georgia Tech. In 2023, over a third of all Georgia Tech applicants selected entrepreneurship as an interest. Pope Fellows have a unique opportunity to help students tap into entrepreneurial pathways with CREATE-X, access an abundance of resources, and solve real-world problems. For faculty interested in joining, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_8cOnwIrm4eKEh9Q\u0022\u003Eapplications\u003C\/a\u003E are open for the 2025 Jim Pope Fellowship until Sept. 2. For more information, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/faculty\/jim-pope-fellowship\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/faculty\/jim-pope-fellowship\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAdam McCallum, a Jim Pope Fellow and translational research advocate in Georgia Tech\u2019s Wallace H. 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But that\u2019s exactly what she\u2019s doing thanks to Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2012, Washington, a seasoned construction veteran with 25 years of expertise and a master\u2019s degree in building construction from Georgia Tech, noticed a shortage of project managers. She oversaw capital improvements and construction buildouts nationally and was consistently getting asked by clients to oversee the construction buildouts. This would spark the idea to start her business and launch Cancave Management \u0026amp; Engineering.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOver the next decade, Washington built a successful company and yet she continued to see this recurring shortage of project managers. According to Associated Builders and Contractors, the construction sector still grapples with a significant talent shortage that extends beyond the skilled trades to include construction management positions, with a projected need for nearly half a million additional workers in 2025 alone.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have fewer people entering the industry. With the pandemic, we had a great exodus where a lot of people decided to get out of the industry and retire early, and then you have the emerging housing market and infrastructure needs, creating demand for construction in general \u2014 the perfect storm,\u201d Washington said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDetermined to find more ways to address the problem, she joined Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Building Construction as a part-time instructor and, in 2024, began pursuing her Ph.D. at Tech, where she learned about the Jim Pope Fellowship.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBeing a Pope Fellow has been transformational to my experience as an entrepreneur,\u201d Washington said. \u201cWhen I started my company, I wish I had something like this. Through this fellowship, I was able to dig deeper into my idea, validate assumptions, and shape it into a solution that addresses the pain points of labor shortages and compliance bottlenecks in the underutilization or over-utilization of resources.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs a fellow, Washington was also awarded $15,000 in discretionary funds to support her teaching and entrepreneurial efforts. With the resources from Jim Pope, Washington has been able to make meaningful impacts for students and her company.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOver the last year, she has worked on the next evolution of her business by building Extend the Ladder\u00ae,\u0026nbsp; a workforce resource and compliance platform built around an industrywide shared resource model for construction professionals. One application of her platform would allow general contractors to share resources by enabling them to find and coordinate talent from a single database.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to helping her pursue a construction job-matching platform, the fellowship has reinforced her love of teaching and mentoring entrepreneurial-minded students. As a part of the fellowship, Washington taught CREATE-X\u2019s Startup Lab, which teaches the fundamentals of evidence-based entrepreneurship.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne student, Vivianne Akerman, a rising junior in industrial engineering, became Washington\u2019s mentee after\u0026nbsp;her spring Startup Lab class. Bitten by the entrepreneurial bug, Akerman decided to continue her entrepreneurial journey in CREATE-X\u2019s Idea-to-Prototype (I2P) course. She turned an idea into action with guidance from Washington, building a solution for a problem she identified during Startup Lab.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cCandace is an amazing mentor who pushes students to be their best selves,\u201d said Akerman, who is developing a makeup platform designed \u201cto make makeup practical and less overwhelming.\u201d The platform will enable consumers to compare and review products and ultimately find what brands work best for them, given their skin type and desired look.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI love how positive she is,\u201d adds Akerman. \u201cThis is new for me \u2014 it\u2019s very exciting but also very overwhelming. She helps me stay focused on my priorities and what\u2019s most important.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWashington emphasizes that there is no guidebook to becoming an entrepreneur; rather, the path must be discovered through conversations, relationship-building, and learning from the experiences of others.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis experience deepened my appreciation for the spirit of entrepreneurship \u2014 it\u2019s been invaluable for me,\u201d she says. \u201cI would tell anybody who\u0027s trying to start a business, you need to go through this process.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow, as a mentor herself, Washington credits her fellowship in CREATE-X for giving her the confidence and framework to help others. And she credits her path as a mentor and teacher of entrepreneurship to the home she\u2019s found at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDrawing from her own experiences, both the challenges and the triumphs, she offers a piece of advice that she believes aspiring entrepreneurs should carry with them.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cStart now \u2014 you don\u2019t need all the answers. Focus on the process, stay committed, and be open to real-world feedback.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EApplications are now open for the 2025 Jim Pope Fellowship until Sept. 2. Interested faculty can learn more at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/faculty\/jim-pope-fellowship\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/faculty\/jim-pope-fellowship\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECandace Washington, with 25 years in construction and a master\u2019s from Georgia Tech, founded Cancave Management \u0026amp; Engineering to address a growing shortage of project managers. Her entrepreneurial journey deepened through the Jim Pope Fellowship, which provided funding and support to develop Extend the Ladder\u00ae, a workforce and compliance platform for the construction industry. As a part-time instructor and mentor at Georgia Tech, she inspires students like Vivianne Akerman to pursue their own ventures through programs like CREATE-X. 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The report, \u201cCREATE-X: A Decade of Success,\u201d reviews the first 10 years of impact and mission.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X was established to instill entrepreneurial confidence in Georgia Tech students and provide them with the knowledge, skills, and experiences needed to create their own future. From its humble beginnings with eight teams, the program has expanded to include three distinct branches: Learn, Make, and Launch. These branches cater to the multifaceted needs of entrepreneurial students, offering courses, mentorship, seed funding, and opportunities to develop and launch startups.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThrough our value pillars of experiential education, entrepreneurial confidence, and real-world impact, we strive to enable our students to solve the problems they are passionate about solving. And as we look to the future, CREATE-X aims to become the nation\u2019s top startup campus, launching 300 startups each year.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOur commitment to nurturing student innovation and expanding entrepreneurial education remains steadfast. We invite all Georgia Tech students, faculty, alumni, and the public to join us in this exciting journey. Together, we create the future.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/news-events-publications\/research-publications\u0022\u003EDownload our report\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInterested in creating your own startup?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech students, faculty, researchers, and alumni interested in developing their own startups are encouraged to apply to CREATE-X\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/launch\/startup-launch\u0022\u003EStartup Launch\u003C\/a\u003E. The program provides $5,000 in optional seed funding, $150,000 in in-kind services, mentorship, entrepreneurial workshops, networking events, and resources to help build and scale startups. The program culminates in Demo Day, where teams present their startups to potential investors. The deadline to apply for Startup Launch is March 19, 2025. Spots are limited. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/launch\/startup-launch\u0022\u003EApply now\u003C\/a\u003E for a higher chance of acceptance and early feedback.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor students interested in taking a CREATE-X course, consider exploring \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/learn\/startup-lab\u0022\u003EStartup Lab\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/make\/idea-to-prototype\u0022\u003EIdea to Prototype\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/make\/create-x-capstone\u0022\u003ECREATE-X Capstone Design\u003C\/a\u003E. These courses can be taken in any order to fit your schedule, and they offer opportunities for funding and other resources. The deadline for applications and registrations for these courses is Jan. 6 for Spring 2025 and May 12\u0026nbsp;for Summer 2025.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd as always, we invite you to attend our CREATE-X events. CREATE-X hosts workshops and events throughout the year, focusing on brainstorming and receiving feedback on startup ideas, networking and building a team, understanding the legal landscapes of startups, hearing founder insights, and witnessing the latest innovations at Georgia Tech. We hope to see you there.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInterested in supporting CREATE-X?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFaculty members interested in getting involved with CREATE-X can participate as teachers or mentors in various programs such as Startup Lab, CREATE-X Capstone, Idea to Prototype, and Startup Launch. Faculty can also apply for the next cohort of the Jim Pope Fellowship when it opens in the spring. For additional information or inquiries, contact the director of CREATE-X, Rahul Saxena, at rahulsaxena@gatech.edu.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor those interested in donating to or partnering with CREATE-X, your generosity and collaboration is greatly appreciated. Donations to CREATE-X can be made through \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.givecampus.com\/campaigns\/46972\/donations\/new\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Give Campus portal\u003C\/a\u003E. For questions and requests to collaborate, please email \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:create-x@groups.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ecreate-x@groups.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X appreciates the unwavering support from our community, donors, and partners. Your contributions have been instrumental in shaping the entrepreneurial landscape at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo our students, we encourage you to continue being bold, creative, and fearless in your pursuits. CREATE-X is here to support you every step of the way, providing the resources, mentorship, and opportunities you need to turn your ideas into reality.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X, founded in 2014 at Georgia Tech, has released its first decade report. CREATE-X was established to instill entrepreneurial confidence in Georgia Tech students, providing them with the knowledge, skills, and experiences needed to create their own future. Over the past decade, the program has grown significantly, offering courses, mentorship, seed funding, and opportunities to develop and launch startups through its Learn, Make, and Launch branches. With a commitment to experiential education, entrepreneurial confidence, and real-world impact, CREATE-X aims to become the nation\u0027s top startup campus, launching 300 startups each year. The program invites all Georgia Tech students, faculty, alumni, and the public to join in its mission of nurturing student innovation and expanding entrepreneurial education.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"CREATE-X, founded in 2014 at Georgia Tech, has released its first decade report, showcasing its impact of supporting the Georgia Tech community in launching more than 560 startups, achieving a total portfolio valuation of over $2 billion."}],"uid":"36436","created_gmt":"2025-01-17 17:12:47","changed_gmt":"2025-06-13 03:47:22","author":"bdurham31","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-01-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2025-01-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"676056":{"id":"676056","type":"image","title":"CREATE-X Decade Report Web Article (1200 x 630 px).png","body":"\u003Cp\u003ECollage of Startup Launch alumni an CREATE-X participants on the cover of the CREATE-X Decade Report\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1737135280","gmt_created":"2025-01-17 17:34:40","changed":"1737135280","gmt_changed":"2025-01-17 17:34:40","alt":"Collage of Startup Launch alumni an CREATE-X participants on the cover of the CREATE-X Decade Report","file":{"fid":"259763","name":"CREATE-X Decade Report Web Article (1200 x 630 px).png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/01\/17\/CREATE-X%20Decade%20Report%20Web%20Article%20%281200%20x%20630%20px%29.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/01\/17\/CREATE-X%20Decade%20Report%20Web%20Article%20%281200%20x%20630%20px%29.png","mime":"image\/png","size":960703,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/01\/17\/CREATE-X%20Decade%20Report%20Web%20Article%20%281200%20x%20630%20px%29.png?itok=6YCWD1Nf"}}},"media_ids":["676056"],"groups":[{"id":"583966","name":"CREATE-X"},{"id":"655285","name":"GT Commercialization"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"139","name":"Business"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"137161","name":"CREATE-X"},{"id":"3472","name":"entrepreneurship"},{"id":"166994","name":"startups"},{"id":"171056","name":"student innovation"},{"id":"167944","name":"seed funding"},{"id":"14601","name":"mentorship"},{"id":"194226","name":"experiential education"},{"id":"179217","name":"entrepreneurial confidence"},{"id":"194227","name":"real-world impact"},{"id":"4379","name":"learn"},{"id":"168639","name":"make"},{"id":"2496","name":"launch"},{"id":"194228","name":"entrepreneurial workshops"},{"id":"194229","name":"startup courses"},{"id":"168101","name":"startup lab"},{"id":"149181","name":"idea to prototype"},{"id":"9835","name":"capstone design"},{"id":"194124","name":"Jim Pope Fellowship"},{"id":"1506","name":"faculty"},{"id":"8994","name":"donations"},{"id":"11695","name":"Partnerships"},{"id":"194230","name":"Rahul Saxena"},{"id":"194231","name":"Transforming Tomorrows startup ecosystem"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193658","name":"Commercialization"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBreanna Durham\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMarketing Strategist\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["breanna.durham@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"682609":{"#nid":"682609","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CREATE-X Honors Its Founders With Largest-Ever Startup Cohort ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X, Georgia Tech\u2019s premier entrepreneurship program, kicked off its 12th Startup Launch cohort this month with a record-breaking 137 student teams and 25 faculty and research teams \u2014 totaling 318 founders. The summer-long accelerator, known for turning ideas into real-world ventures, is once again positioning Georgia Tech as a national leader in invention and startup creation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u2019s cohort spans a wide range of industries, including artificial intelligence, defense, healthcare, gaming, sustainability, media management, agriculture tech, fashion tech, education, and more.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese founders are in the messy middle and that\u0027s a beautiful place to be. There\u2019s a lot of freedom in that,\u201d said Margaret Weniger, director of Startup Launch. \u201cWe\u2019re all going to be in this together. It\u0027s a safe space to try new things. It\u2019s OK if it doesn\u0027t work out because what we want founders to learn is an entrepreneurial mindset and entrepreneurial spirit \u2014 something you take with you no matter what you do after this.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOver the next 12 weeks, teams will validate ideas, build products, and acquire customers with the help of dedicated coaches, a robust founder community, and a network of mentors and alumni.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERaghupathy \u0022Siva\u0022 Sivakumar, Georgia Tech\u2019s inaugural vice president of Commercialization and the faculty founder of CREATE-X, spoke about the core of CREATE-X and what it would take for founders to succeed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cStartup Launch is not about Georgia Tech gaining from your success. We are here just for one reason, which is to make you successful,\u201d he said. \u201cYou need to hold yourself accountable. You need to be ambitious in terms of how big a problem you solve. You need to be emphatic that the customer matters. The successful teams are 100% behind what\u0027s going to make the lives of customers easier and better.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2014, CREATE-X was co-founded by Sivakumar, Steve McLaughlin(who is now the president of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art), and other Georgia Tech faculty, including Ray Vito, Craig Forest, and Ravi Bellamkonda (who is now the executive vice president and provost of The Ohio State University). The program received its initial major philanthropic support from Chris Klaus, a Georgia Tech alumnus and tech entrepreneur, whose gift helped launch the initiative, and , played a key role in building out the program\u0027s maker courses. Over the years, CREATE-X has continued to grow, thanks largely to the philanthropic support of alumni and foundations who believe in its mission.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the last decade, the program has produced over 650 startups, $2.4 billion in portfolio valuation, and had eight founders named to Forbes\u2019 30 Under 30. Wagner shared stories of past teams who pivoted dramatically \u2014 from a glucose-monitoring pillow to a sobriety app now valued at over $350 million, and from a camping gear delivery service to a billion-dollar logistics platform.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe don\u2019t know which ideas will become the next unicorns,\u201d Weniger said. \u201cBut we\u2019re betting on you.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt the kickoff event, McLaughlin and Klaus were honored for their contributions to Georgia Tech\u2019s entrepreneurial ecosystem. McLaughlin encouraged the founders through the story of CREATE-X.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFrom the very beginning, we challenged CREATE-X to be a startup as well. To this day, CREATE-X has raised its own money to do this. It\u0027s a reminder of what it takes to make this happen,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is the most difficult challenge you have ever taken. I think at the time, we were probably skeptical about whether students could do it. Now we know that you can.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech President \u00c1ngel Cabrera reflected on the impact of McLaughlin, Klaus, and others who saw the vision of Georgia Tech being an entrepreneurial campus.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTen years ago, this was a crazy, absurd idea,\u201d he said. \u201cNow, 150 teams are working on their own crazy ideas. Even though sometimes there\u0027s this idea of the entrepreneur as a loner, what you learn very quickly is entrepreneurship is a team sport.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKlaus spoke about people collaborating and helping solve problems together.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u0027m especially inspired by Georgia with its complex history,\u201d he said. \u201cIt continues to be a place where peace can be envisioned and pursued. I think this recognition strengthens my commitment to building bridges, resolving conflict, and lifting up voices that seek unity. As you build your businesses, you\u0027ll be building collaborations and partnerships, and hopefully make the world a better place.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs the summer progresses, founders will be guided by CREATE-X\u2019s core values: experiential education, entrepreneurial confidence, and real-world impact. Weniger encouraged teams to \u201cshow up uncomfortable\u201d and \u201cleverage every single resource\u201d available.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe journey will culminate at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/create-x-demo-day-2025-tickets-1236462565819?aff=article\u0022\u003EDemo Day\u003C\/a\u003E, where teams will showcase their startups to investors, industry leaders, and the broader community. The event is free, open to the public, and promises a front-row seat to the next wave of Georgia Tech-born innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDemo Day 2025 will take place on Thursday, Aug. 28, at 5 p.m., in the Exhibition Hall.\u003C\/strong\u003E For more information and to RSVP, visit the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/create-x-demo-day-2025-tickets-1236462565819?aff=article\u0022\u003ECREATE-X Demo Day Eventbrite\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X program has launched its largest-ever Startup Launch cohort, featuring 137 student teams and 25 faculty\/research teams, totaling 318 founders. The 12-week accelerator supports ventures across diverse industries like AI, healthcare, sustainability, and fashion tech, emphasizing entrepreneurial mindset and customer-focused innovation. Founders will receive mentorship, coaching, funding, and community support, culminating in a public Demo Day on August 28. 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Jack Rose, a junior in computer science, took home first place, a golden ticket to CREATE-X\u2019s summer accelerator,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/launch\/startup-launch\u0022\u003EStartup Launch\u003C\/a\u003E, and advancement into the semifinal round of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/inventureprize.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInVenture Prize\u003C\/a\u003E, a faculty-led innovation competition for undergraduate students and recent Tech bachelor\u2019s graduates.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESecond place was awarded to Team Sensible, made up of juniors\u0026nbsp;Oluwatooni Alade, computer science; Brandon Parker, computer science; Angela Duodu, computer science; Jesus Sierra Jr., computer science; and Hadley Williams, computer engineering. Sensible is a browser extension that rates the sustainability of products users find online and offers alternative products for items that score low.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThird place went to Team Onyc, which includes Yasmine Green, a first-year mechanical engineering student. Onyc replaces the computer mouse with a wearable alternative that allows users to control computer navigation with the movement of their fingertips and fingernails.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDozens of teams competed at the showcase, which is the culmination of I2P, a CREATE-X course focused on supporting students in creating solutions. The course offers research credit (for undergraduates only), up to $500 in reimbursements for physical material expenses, the opportunity to work collaboratively across majors, and faculty mentorship. It is held in the spring, summer, and fall, and it\u2019s open to undergraduate and graduate students from all majors. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERead our Q\u0026amp;A with the winner and stay tuned for our interviews with the other winning teams.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003ETeam Carchive\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJack Rose, Junior, Computer Science\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhy did you pursue your startup?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERose:\u003C\/strong\u003E I\u2019ve been into cars my whole life. Trying to track cars is my hobby. There are always edge cases, and how are you planning to attack them? Because I spent so much time, especially working with other people, getting this data, and trying to figure this out, I became very adept at understanding the data. The dealers, collectors especially, were trying to understand the whole story, so they would come to me. But the way I had to do it was spreadsheets all over the place, and I was trying to find a solution to keep it all in one spot. I couldn\u2019t find a way to do it, so I said, \u201cWell, I\u2019ll build it.\u201d And then I got into I2P.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat was challenging about building your prototype over the semester?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERose:\u003C\/strong\u003E This semester, it was mainly trying to come up with the schema and how to physically account for the edge cases. It\u2019s not easy; it took a lot of deep thought, discussions with other people who are into these niche cars, and understanding what details we needed. I\u2019m still trying to add more things and figure it out. It\u2019s not perfect, but it\u2019s enough.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat was your favorite part about I2P?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERose:\u003C\/strong\u003E Adding features that I was looking for. For example, let\u2019s say I was looking for a car. Filter all the cars over 25 years old and imported to the U.S. \u2014 I can easily search my database.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat would you say to students who are interested in entrepreneurship?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERose:\u003C\/strong\u003E It\u2019s always, \u201cYou should have started sooner.\u201d I\u2019ve always thought about it. My biggest advice is to just start doing it, even if it\u2019s a little bit here, a little bit there. If it doesn\u2019t work out, at least you\u2019ve tried.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA photo gallery from the Spring 2025 I2P Showcase can be viewed on the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHBqjCaRZb\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECREATE-X Flickr\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;page.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents interested in the I2P program can register for the upcoming summer and fall semesters. The deadline for Summer 2025 is May 14, and the deadline for Fall 2025 is May 16.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X\u0027s next event,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/create-x-demo-day-2025-tickets-1236462565819?aff=article\u0022\u003EDemo Day\u003C\/a\u003E, will take place on Aug. 28 at Exhibition Hall, where more than 100 startups will be on display. Attendees can experience the newest batch of founders leveraging the latest technology to solve pressing challenges. The event offers an opportunity to network with entrepreneurs, industry leaders, and passionate enthusiasts, and supports the next generation of innovators.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/create-x-demo-day-2025-tickets-1236462565819?aff=article\u0022\u003ERegister for Demo Day\u003C\/a\u003E today and be a part of these founders\u2019 journeys! \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAt the Spring 2025 Idea to Prototype (I2P) Showcase, Jack Rose, a junior in computer science, won first place with his prototype, Carchive, which helps car enthusiasts find niche vehicles and their histories. 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Find mentors with business and scientific backgrounds in the specific industry you want to enter.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETopoDx has developed a microbial test to identify antibiotic resistance and susceptibility rapidly and accurately. Current tests produce a result in three to five days. TopoDx\u2019s approach can gain a result within four hours. Every hour counts in treating serious infections. Delays in accurate treatment can increase antibiotic resistance, which is a global challenge, causing up to 1 million deaths a year.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe company\u2019s testing method was inspired by a fundamental biophysics project in Yunker\u2019s lab. His team was interested in understanding how bacterial colonies behave. They tested white-light interferometry, a technology that can measure bacterial colonies down to the nanometer level.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhite-light interferometry allowed us to identify changes in the topography of a colony that indicated larger changes in the volume of cells in the entire colony,\u201d said Yunker. \u201cWe thought this might have practical applications.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe next step was giving research talks at meetings and looking for collaborators. \u201cI wanted to find someone with expertise on the bacteriology side, and I was very fortunate to meet David Weiss,\u201d Yunker said, noting his proficiency in heteroresistance, a phenomenon where a small subset of a bacterial colony resists an antibiotic.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIf you have just one antibiotic-resistant cell in a hundred cells, it can cause treatments to fail,\u201d said Yunker.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe two collaborators hoped to commercialize their technology, identifying heteroresistance in microbial samples. However, they needed guidance in creating a business model. They consulted Harold Solomon, an entrepreneur with Georgia Tech VentureLab and a principal in the Quadrant-i program, a specialized program helping Georgia Tech faculty and students commercialize research.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESolomon became a key mentor. He guided them away from an ill-advised partnership and instead introduced them to Yogi Patel, who became a co-founder and the company CEO.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis new collaboration provided the team with an important lesson \u2014 one that Yunker passes along to other researchers looking to commercialize their discoveries. \u201cSeek expertise outside your field, be humble about your knowledge limitations, and view collaboration as a strategic partnership,\u201d he says.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen Patel came on board, he conducted extensive interviews with more than 15 clinical professionals.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cYou need to interview end users or purchasers of whatever solution you want to build,\u201d said Patel. \u201cAsk them if the problem you think you may have solved is a problem with scale, with a market need.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EClinicians, Patel learned, did not see heteroresistance as a significant issue. Instead, the slow pace of antibiotic testing was identified as a major problem. Faster testing could allow clinicians to prescribe targeted drugs more quickly and accurately, reducing unnecessary antibiotic use and the risk of multi-resistant infections.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith this survey information, Patel asked Yunker and Weiss to rethink how their technology could be commercialized.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA company must solve a real-world problem,\u201d said Patel. \u201cI recommended that we switch from heteroresistance to solving slow antibiotic testing. We could keep heteroresistance as something we can still do as a second or third priority.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETopoDx\u2019s new technology can\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Emeasure, with single-nanometer accuracy, how bacterial colonies are responding to antibiotics in real time. This method could revolutionize how antibiotics are tested and prescribed. Testing would be conducted on a countertop device about the size of a large microwave. The co-founders envision the device as eventually being used by urgent care facilities and hospitals.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe want to make microbial testing susceptibility accessible anywhere and everywhere,\u201d said Patel.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdam Krueger, once a Ph.D. student in Yunker\u0027s lab, has continued to refine the technology. Now a post-doctoral researcher, Krueger joined TopoDx in a technical leadership role to expand the technology\u2019s capabilities for microbiological diagnostics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe will keep pushing the envelope forward scientifically while we try to commercialize the accomplishments that we have already made,\u201d Yunker said. \u201cWe hope that some fundamental studies we are doing now out of scientific curiosity could lead to further commercial applications.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech faculty members and graduate students, join the\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/quadrant-i-startup-launch\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQuadrant-i Startup Launch Program\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E to commercialize your research this summer\u003C\/strong\u003E: Over 12 weeks, you\u0027ll receive comprehensive support including guidance from experienced mentors, a $10,000 commercialization grant, and $150,000 worth of in-kind services. 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Tibbetts\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInternal Contact:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBreanna Durham\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMarketing Strategist\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["breanna.durham@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"681600":{"#nid":"681600","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Four Startup Lab Students Selected for 2025 Immersive Cohort at SXSW","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFour students from \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/learn\/startup-lab\u0022\u003EStartup Lab\u003C\/a\u003E have been selected to join the 2025\u0026nbsp;immersive cohort at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.sxsw.com\/\u0022\u003ESouth by Southwest\u003C\/a\u003E (SXSW) in Austin, Texas. Alex Aridgides (mechanical engineering and economics), Shinhai Chen (industrial engineering), Varuni Chopra (industrial engineering), and Christie Peng (computer science) are the first Georgia Tech students to be invited to the program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe weeklong, all-expenses-paid program offers university-affiliated innovators the chance to refine their innovations, engage in customer discovery, and network with industry leaders and peers at SXSW. The annual festival celebrates technology, film, music, education, and culture. Students participated in a competitive application process, which involved submitting applications, meeting specific evaluation criteria, and being selected by a panel of industry experts, mentors, and SXSW organizers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYolanda Payne, the students\u2019 Startup Lab instructor, presented the SXSW opportunity in class.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022My goal is to be their biggest cheerleader,\u201d she explained. \u201cI had great teachers who helped me get to where I am today, and I strive to emulate their support. I\u2019m always willing to guide students toward new opportunities.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe learned about the SXSW immersive cohort from Nakia Melecio, director of the National Science Foundation I-Corps Southeast Hub. The $15 million initiative crosses nine major research universities in the southern U.S. and accelerates the translation of deep tech research into commercial ventures. The hub works closely with entrepreneurial faculty, students, and researchers to equip them with the tools, networks, and support to bring their innovations to market.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMelecio plays a central role in identifying and advancing strategic opportunities for university partners and their entrepreneurial teams. \u201cWhen the opportunity to participate in SXSW arose, I recognized it as an ideal platform to showcase the talent and innovation coming out of our region.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMelecio added that Startup Lab is ideal for amplifying NSF I-Corps\u2019 goals because of the course\u2019s proven track record of fostering hands-on learning and commercialization readiness. \u201cStartup Lab helps prepare students not just to think entrepreneurially, but to act on their ideas with confidence and a structured path forward. It was a natural fit for this opportunity.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPayne says the experience students gained in Startup Lab helped prepare them for the immersive cohort. \u201cThe knowledge is being solidified by an experience you\u2019re having in my class and the real world.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChopra agrees that Startup Lab teaches essential business development fundamentals and customer discovery principles, skills that are relevant to the SXSW program. She recommends the course to other students and emphasizes the value of combining engineering or technical backgrounds with entrepreneurship skills.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe take a lot of classes that are directly related to our major, and they\u0027re very technical. But when it comes to wanting to start something of your own or even understanding how startups work, it\u0027s completely different than the rest of our coursework.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStartup Lab is a three-credit course that focuses on evidence-based entrepreneurship. This hands-on class covers ideation, teamwork, customer discovery, minimum viable products, the business model canvas, and other topics. Students learn how to launch a startup by integrating in-class lectures with practical, out-of-class activities, including interviewing potential customers and refining their startup ideas based on real-world feedback.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe program provides access to valuable resources, mentorship from seasoned entrepreneurs, and a supportive community to help students develop their startups. Startup Lab and NSF I-Corps are also exploring other industry showcases for student entrepreneurs like SXSW.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChen chose Startup Lab to pursue his entrepreneurial interests. \u201cI knew that Georgia Tech had a really good startup culture, so I researched what they had to offer, and Startup Lab was the first step.\u0022 He also noted Payne\u0027s impact as an instructor. \u0022The best part is how much she cares about the topic. She has a lot of background knowledge and is passionate.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStartup Lab is unique because it \u0022de-risks the business model,\u201d Payne says. Many entrepreneurs first build their products and then talk to potential customers. However, Startup Lab students perform customer discovery, sharing their ideas with potential end users, listening to their needs and feedback, and then building the product.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPeng recalls a powerful moment of pitching an idea for an app to streamline MARTA operations. \u201cI had a fun time coming up with this idea. We learned a lot about interviewing, coming up with possible solutions, and refining our idea,\u201d she says. \u0022Being surrounded by so many brilliant individuals at Georgia Tech makes it easy to get idea formation or networking connections you need for your idea to succeed.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAridgides has ambitious post-program goals, envisioning creating change through entrepreneurship. \u0022I want to start a company to change the world for the better and make a big impact. That\u0027s my life goal. I think through a company, I can achieve that.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPayne reminds students that they possess something many adults lack: time to explore different ideas. She also says Startup Lab can help students value and see their ideas in new ways.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThey don\u0027t recognize that the product they\u0027re working on could be pursued through entrepreneurship or think of themselves as entrepreneurs. And even if they don\u0027t pursue it, it helps them in all aspects of life because business and capitalism are part of what we do every day.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIf you\u2019re a student interested in adding entrepreneurship to your course schedule, registration for the summer and fall semesters opens on April 15. In addition to Startup Lab, students also have the opportunity to build a prototype with support through \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/make\/idea-to-prototype\u0022\u003EIdea to Prototype\u003C\/a\u003E and CREATE-X \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/make\/create-x-capstone\u0022\u003ECapstone Design\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFour Georgia Tech students from Startup Lab\u2014Alex Aridgides, Shinhai Chen, Varuni Chopra, and Christie Peng\u2014have been selected for the 2025 immersive cohort at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas. This weeklong, all-expenses-paid program allows university-affiliated innovators to refine their innovations, engage in customer discovery, and network with industry leaders. The students were chosen through a competitive application process and are the first from Georgia Tech to be invited. 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CREATE-X has had founders on this list 11 times since 2017. Read about how some of the 2025 honorees got their start \u2014 and their advice for other aspiring entrepreneurs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003ESohan Choudhury: Flint\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Beginning\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI decided to start Flint because I was passionate about education as a space, and I felt that there\u0027s a lot more that could be done with AI in education. When we started the company in May 2023, the perspective of a lot of schools and teachers on AI was very negative because they were looking at how students were using it to cheat. As technologists, my co-founder and I asked, \u2018Is there something more we can do to change this narrative and perspective?\u2019 We started building tools for teachers and students and partnering with schools.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe CREATE-X Experience\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u201c\u003C\/strong\u003ECREATE-X gave me the first avenue to work on my own thing. When I was a first-year or sophomore in college, I didn\u0027t know that was possible. I thought once I graduate I\u0027ll maybe get an engineering job and just do that. But CREATE-X changed that story for me by giving me another path. As I went down that path with my first company, the advisors we had through CREATE-X were incredibly helpful to us.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Outlook\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDay to day, a lot of the work we do is pretty unglamorous. We\u2019re dealing with bugs that our customers are facing, or we\u2019re cold emailing people. It\u0027s easy to get lost in the weeds. The Forbes announcement was a great way for us to reflect on what we\u0027ve done so far. It\u0027s such a team effort, so it was validating to get recognition on a broader level for the work we\u0027re doing.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdvice for Success\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIf you can code or are interested in coding, pull on that thread. If you can build your own prototypes, which is becoming easy to do nowadays with AI, it will help you get further with your ideas. The second piece of advice is to take your idea and try to convince someone to pay for it. Even if you have a tool that will save your peers time with studying, build something basic for it, but then ask them to pay you five bucks. People speak with their money. There were times at Flint where we had a lot of positive feedback, and then we asked people to pay, and all of the constructive feedback came out.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGarrett Smiley: Sora Schools\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Beginning\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI was a military brat, so I moved around to a lot of different schools and experienced a bunch of different styles of learning. I went to school in the early 2010s, right when laptops were entering the classroom. We had YouTube, Khan Academy, Coursera, and all these things hit the mainstream. Because of my background, education was a very active question in my life. I saw how these tools completely supercharged my learning and changed the relationship between student and teacher and the dynamics of the classroom.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe CREATE-X Experience\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cCREATE-X asked us to think about large systemic problems we were passionate about. That pushed me to think seriously about how I could help solve a problem in this space. It was helpful to put into practice many of the startup lessons that I\u0027d been studying forever, and it was great to have a community of founders before anyone believed in us.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Outlook\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u0027m inspired by Forbes\u2019 emphasis on education, so to be recognized in that context was extra special. We\u2019re in 46 states and 16 countries, so it\u0027s great to see the breadth that Sora has accomplished. We\u0027re bringing this style of education to different communities that, in many cases, have never considered something like this before. Seeing our students accepted into places like Harvard, Georgia Tech, and other elite institutions shows families that you can have a transformative education like Sora and still go to those schools if it makes sense.\u201c\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdvice for Success\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u201c\u003C\/strong\u003EUse your free time in school to try the things you\u0027re thinking about. Sora was an idea I thought I would circle back to when I was 30 or 40 and had money and credibility. But I was shocked by how open people were to listening to a young person with a few resonating ideas. There\u0027s no qualification or age requirement to provide value and improve people\u0027s lives.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESarah Hamer: RetailReady\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Beginning\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI met my co-founder, Elle, while we were working at a company called Stord, which is also an Atlanta-based startup. Elle and I were put on a project going to a warehouse every week for six months. We saw some gaps in supply chain software and decided to solve them since nothing was on the market. So I applied to Y Combinator and got in, and now we\u2019re here.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe CREATE-X Experience\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cCREATE-X was my first foray into starting a business. It gave me confidence, and I learned a lot of lessons with my first business. I think I would\u0027ve made a lot of mistakes starting a business now if I hadn\u0027t had that experience in college. For example, knowing how important user interviews are, how you\u2019ll probably fail here and there, start small, then scale \u2014 the principles you take for granted that CREATE-X taught.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Outlook\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI started at Microsoft right out of Georgia Tech and was there for a year and a half. It was a very stable, well-paying job. I followed my gut to leave and join a startup called Stord and then followed it again to leave and start RetailReady. Quitting your stable day-to-day job takes a lot, and I\u2019m proud I took the chance. We\u2019ve grown fast, and it\u2019s a huge honor to be included on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the first year of being in business. We\u2019re really happy about it.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdvice for Success\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen you can, take the chance and do it. Even if you\u2019re not sure, always believe you\u2019ll win. A lot of it is mental fitness, believing what your gut is telling you. There will be times when you\u2019ll say, \u2018This probably isn\u2019t the right move to make.\u2019 Listen to that.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBruno Geoly: Lumindt\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Beginning\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAn inflection point for me was the summer of 2021. I was working at SpaceX, and at the same time, my friends and I had started this Web3 crypto company dealing with NFTs. And I was like, I can mix these two things together to do something cool, something important. The idea of what Lumindt is wasn\u0027t even a sparkle in my eye at that time. But I knew I wanted something of my own, doing these two things I enjoy \u2014 entrepreneurship and high-level engineering. And that\u0027s what I did.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe CREATE-X Experience\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cCREATE X was a way for me and my co-founder to stay accountable for our work. When you have an idea you want to turn into a business, it\u2019s hard to stay on yourself to do that. CREATE-X was a good way for us to always have a thing to go to and ideate what we\u2019re working on. And there was a little bit of competition. You see all of these other people making progress, and it\u2019s good inspiration and a motivator to continue working.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Outlook\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMy co-founder and I were very appreciative of being included on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Looking back on what I wanted to do in college, I just loved building stuff. And to have this small team of people, and we\u2019re able to build what we want, and there\u0027s cohesion and camaraderie, I\u0027m very happy with that. It\u0027s fun to go to work every day and work with the people I do. And not only that, we now have a business that impacts the world.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdvice for Success\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIf you want to be an entrepreneur, that\u0027s a skill set like anything else. If you want to get better at karate, you practice karate. 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You have the power to solve real-world problems and make an impact. Here are six things you can do to begin your entrepreneurial journey.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E1. Identify a Problem You\u2019re Interested in Solving\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWe often gravitate toward familiar problems, but it\u0027s crucial to explore beyond our immediate surroundings. Take the time to venture off campus and learn about problems faced by small businesses, corporations, and communities. Engaging with diverse groups will help you uncover unique challenges that you might not have considered. We accept startups in a variety of industries, from fashion to healthcare.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E2. Understand the Problem Before Creating a Solution\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0027s tempting to rush into building a solution once you\u0027ve identified a problem. However, it\u0027s essential to thoroughly understand the problem first. Before you start building, conduct at least 10 \u2013 20 customer discovery interviews. This will give you valuable insights into the problem you\u0027re solving and help you validate your business thesis.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E3. Start With Your Business Thesis\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFormulate a clear business thesis: \u0022X will buy Y because of Z.\u0022 Here, X represents your target customer, Y is your product, and Z is the reason they will purchase it. As you engage with potential customers, refine your hypothesis based on their feedback. This iterative process will help you develop a product that meets real needs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E4. Build a Version 1 of Your Product\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis is easier than it sounds and can be very low-tech to start. 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Faculty, staff, and the general public can \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/deep-startups-sk-sharma-tickets-1205832149419?aff=dailydigest\u0022\u003Eregister for Deep Startups on Eventbrite\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDeep Startups is a series that brings together knowledgeable entrepreneurs and Startup Launch alumni from various business sectors to discuss their experiences forming companies that address significant, contemporary challenges. Attendees spend an informative evening discovering the intersection of technology and entrepreneurship.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFrom 2016 until recently, S.K. Sharma led a global team of Ph.D. data scientists, engineers, and strategists at Universal Music Group (UMG) to develop innovative and scalable solutions that drive real-time market insights and audience engagement. His leadership has been instrumental in creating differentiated intellectual property and market-leading capabilities in AI, machine learning, and prescriptive analytics, earning him multiple patents in marketing analytics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESharma\u0027s academic background includes a Ph.D. in chemical physics and physical chemistry from Caltech. His research has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, and he has held concurrent roles in academia and industry, including senior research scientist at Caltech\u0027s Beckman Institute. His corporate career includes significant positions such as vice president at Lehman Brothers, executive director at UBS, and vice president and partner at Mitchell Madison Group, where he advised global private equity funds and venture capital managers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to his role at UMG, Sharma is an entrepreneur in residence at UC San Diego\u0027s Office of Innovation and Commercialization, where he supports pioneering advancements in science and engineering. He is also an investor at Provisio Medical, a company revolutionizing endovascular procedures with its Sonic Lumen Tomography technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESharma\u0027s contributions to the field of AI and analytics have been widely recognized. He was awarded \u003Cem\u003EBillboard\u003C\/em\u003E magazine\u0027s 40 Under 40 and has been a commencement speaker at UC San Diego\u0027s Jacobs School of Engineering. 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This program provides founders with $5,000 in optional seed funding, $150,000 in in-kind services like accounting and legal services, mentorship, and entrepreneurial education, among other benefits. At the end of that experience, startup teams can present their products to investors and industry partners at Demo Day, which attracts over a thousand attendees each year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdditionally, winners of the showcase advance directly to the semifinal round of the InVenture Prize, a faculty-led innovation competition for undergraduate students and recent BS graduates of Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis semester, the first place teams were Allez Go and Soul. Team Allez Go\u2019s founders, Adam Kulikowski and Jason Mo, created a real-time visualization system for fencing blades using infrared light and reflectors to accurately track positions during a bout. 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Choi and Daksh Gupta, their other co-founder, participated in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/make\/create-x-capstone\u0022\u003ECREATE-X Capstone\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and then in\u0026nbsp;CREATE-X Startup Launch to develop Tabnam, which initially was an AI shopping assistant that scraped the internet to tell users what people think about their product.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe founders discussed starting Tabnam in a course and moving across the country to work on it in their apartment to getting rejected by YC, pivoting the startup at a hackathon, and developing Greptile. This AI product enables large software teams to review core changes before merging, find issues in their code, understand the source of bugs, and perform other related tasks. That iteration proved successful, gaining millions in funding and hundreds of customers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGupta spoke about a framework that kept the co-founders open to pivots. \u201cStartups aren\u2019t small companies. They\u2019re a hypothesis that asks if a company should exist in this space. That means your job is to prove or disprove that hypothesis,\u201d he said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more insights, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/M9kDzDAlFyM?si=ztTTcywgd0Hppdv7\u0022\u003Ewatch the video of the event\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOpportunities for Entrepreneurs\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents, faculty, researchers, and alumni interested in developing their own startups are encouraged to apply to CREATE-X\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/launch\/startup-launch\u0022\u003EStartup Launch\u003C\/a\u003E. 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This event offers students a platform to present solutions built over the semester to tackle real-world problems and compete for rewards, including a golden ticket into the CREATE-X summer startup accelerator, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/launch\/startup-launch\u0022\u003EStartup Launch\u003C\/a\u003E. The program offers optional seed funding, workspace, entrepreneurial education, and continued mentorship to help students turn their prototypes into viable startups. Over 50 teams will present their prototypes at the showcase.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe event is open to all Georgia Tech students, faculty, staff, and the local community. Tickets are available now but are limited, so \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/i2p-showcase-fall-2024-tickets-1050916247787?aff=dailydigest\u0022\u003Eregister for the I2P Showcase\u003C\/a\u003E today.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEach semester, students in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/make\/idea-to-prototype\u0022\u003EIdea-to-Prototype\u003C\/a\u003E course take time out of their schedules, similar to undergraduate research, to build prototypes. Teams accepted into I2P receive a reimbursement of up to $500 for physical expenses, course credit (undergraduate students only), and mentorship from a Georgia Tech faculty member.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring the showcase, participants and judges interact with the projects and give feedback. The criteria for judging are centered on innovation and overall market and impact potential. Judges can include industry professionals, faculty members, and alumni.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThroughout I2P Showcase history, many winning projects have gone on to achieve significant success. One is \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/node\/219\u0022\u003ECaseDocker\u003C\/a\u003E, which provides an end-to-end workflow management system. The startup now has a user base of over 400 global clients, including Fortune 500 companies. Other winners of the showcase include a blockchain-based music application, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/node\/84\u0022\u003ERadiochain\u003C\/a\u003E, a personal financial management platform, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/news\/2024\/07\/fintech-gap-dolfin-solutions-rises\u0022\u003EDolfin Solutions\u003C\/a\u003E, and an\u0026nbsp;EEG monitoring device for pediatric seizure detection, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/fall-2023-i2p-showcase-teams-debut-prototypes\u0022\u003ENeuroChamp\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis semester, the I2P cohort includes a digital twin using individual data and AI for health screenings and early detection, an active shooter detection and tracking tool, an AR tool that turns walls into interactive canvases, a device that detects overdosages, 3D-printed circuit boards, an AI detector for digital media, and more.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhether you\u0027re a student with a passion for entrepreneurship, a faculty member interested in the latest student innovations, or a community member looking to support local talent, the I2P Showcase is a perfect opportunity to explore student innovations, mingle, and enjoy refreshments. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/i2p-showcase-fall-2024-tickets-1050916247787?aff=dailydigest\u0022\u003ERegister for the I2P Showcase\u003C\/a\u003E today and join us at the Exhibition Hall for an evening of creativity and community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents interested in participating in I2P can do so in the spring, summer, or fall semesters. 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So, our mentors are honestly the best part of the program,\u201d\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EChakraborty said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFor me, you don\u2019t get a lot of chances to apply these engineering courses outside of the classroom,\u201d said Hall. \u201cThis course is a really interesting way to get firsthand experience building a prototype and really understand the engineering process.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat\u2019s so special about CREATE-X?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI think these student projects are the future, and a lot of these projects make it out of college and become actual companies. Giving students that possibility to make a change just from a simple idea and fueling that with funding so we don\u2019t have to take risks out of our own pockets is a, really big deal,\u201d\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EChakraborty said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s helpful to have that safety net, knowing that you have your mentors to back you, and also the people of the program to back you. It brings a lot of security and opportunity to try different things out and not have to be so fearful of failure. Even if you fail a million times, you can get back up and try again,\u201d\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EHall said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat\u2019s the best insight you\u2019ve gained from doing this?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI think one big misconception is that entrepreneurship has a lot to do with finance and business and just lucrative ideas, but it\u2019s pretty important to understand that you can solve a seemingly everyday problem,\u201d said Chakraborty. \u201cIf it affects you or your friends, it\u2019s still worth trying to find a way to solve it, especially backed up with money and mentors from CREATE-X. What\u2019s the harm in trying something out?\u201d\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDon\u2019t try to make it feel like it\u2019s an all-or-nothing project,\u201d Hall said. \u201cYou\u2019re allowed to live your life as a college student but also pursue these interesting ideas and figure out if you enjoy entrepreneurship. It shouldn\u2019t be this daunting task where if you don\u2019t put everything in, you\u2019re going to fail.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s also important to keep an open mind. We might come in with an idea and a very specific way of executing that idea, but we found out through talking with mentors, and with other students and people who gave us advice, that sometimes the idea you come in with is not going to be the same thing you end up with,\u201d\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EChakraborty said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENext Steps\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019ve only done four or five prototypes so far,\u201d she noted. \u201cWe want to do at least 12 of those prototypes and keep working with our mentors, keep making connections at Emory, and just constantly getting more and more feedback about our prototypes until we get to a state where we\u2019re satisfied, and we can demo our product and work with physical therapists across Atlanta.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIf you\u2019re a student interested in building your own product for college credit, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/make\/idea-to-prototype\u0022\u003Eapply for I2P\u003C\/a\u003E. 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CREATE-X invites you to delve into the journeys of our top achievers, this time focusing on the Spring 2024 I2P Showcase first-place winners:\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EDolfin Solutions\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMarianna Cao, James Gao, and Jaeheon Shim, first-year computer science majors, are the founders of Dolfin Solutions, a personal financial management platform that promises a unified solution to budgeting, transaction management, and expense tracking, among other personal finance tasks.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EWhat challenges did you have in I2P, and how did you work through them?\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u201cWe were really lucky to get an excellent mentor, Aaron Hillegass. He has a lot of experience in the industry as a startup founder himself, and he gave us a lot of help, both technical as well as business, throughout the process. That helped us make better decisions,\u201d Gao said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI think the biggest challenge was, I had done projects in the past by myself, writing the full stack, but working together, communicating the requirements, and integrating everyone\u0027s different code at the end was a little bit of a logistical struggle,\u201d Shim said. \u201cBut we managed to figure it out.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EWhat advice do you have for students interested in I2P or entrepreneurship in general?\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGo for it. It\u0027s a three-credit course, so it counts toward your junior capstone as well. You get $500. Now is the perfect time to start because you don\u0027t have much to lose. If you\u0027re doing I2P and your company fails, you still have four years of college; you can still pursue a traditional path. It\u0027s a little risk but a lot to gain,\u201d Shim said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEven if you pivot or change your idea, it\u0027s important to believe in what you started,\u201d said Cao. \u201cIf you don\u0027t believe in your app, then nobody else does. Right now, you have all of the friends, mentors, professors, and the right resources, and money is not an issue. It\u0027s a good opportunity for you to work on it on the side, and maybe it could turn into something.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EWhat\u2019s Next?\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re going to build for the iOS and Android platforms, and then we\u0027re going to deploy hopefully by the end of summer,\u201d Shim said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIf you\u2019re a student interested in building your own product for college credit,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/make\/idea-to-prototype\u0022\u003Eapply for I2P\u003C\/a\u003E. And join us for Demo Day, Aug. 29, at 5 p.m., in the Georgia Tech Exhibition Hall to see new CREATE-X founders launch products in a variety of industries. Tickets are free but limited.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/gt-demo-day-tickets-888408793617?aff=WebInfoPage\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERegister today\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to secure your spot.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;Spring 2024 I2P Showcase winners share their entrepreneurship experience during I2P. Founded by first-year computer science majors Marianna Cao, James Gao, and Jaeheon Shim, Dolfin Solutions is a personal financial management platform. 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What a lot of people don\u0027t realize is luck only plays a factor when you\u0027re looking at any given hand.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat was your strategy while playing competitively during this poker competition?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0027s that funny thing at a table; everything conveys information. For me, I always wear a face mask when I play because I\u0027m a very expressive person. As a founder, it\u0027s a great trait, but when you\u0027re playing poker, it\u0027s not ideal. You don\u0027t want to be giving away a lot of information. I\u0027d say it is a very social game, but it is player-dependent. If you\u0027re not paying attention, you miss information.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe first hand I played at that tournament, I knocked out a player based on information I gleaned from the table talk they were having beforehand. 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So, I felt like this might be a good time to explore the acquisition.\u0026nbsp; We had really rich content, which had proven to work. We had curated that content after hundreds of customer interviews, and we had advisors from Nike, Disney, and Netflix. I knew that was a strong point, so that\u0027s why I knew that acquisition would be a good exit.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat support have you had in taking the acquisition path?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESeth [Radman, who has had multiple exits himself and is a Startup Launch alumnus] has been guiding me professionally for a while. I met him at previous events through Startup Exchange, but then he recently came to a CREATE-X event. Rahul [Saxena, CREATE-X director], has also been a great support for me since day one. He was the one who suggested Startup Launch to me.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn December of last year, we started monetizing. We were testing different things. It was helpful to share the numbers and the data points with Rahul, mentors, and other people in my cohort so that I was not blindsided, and I could take actions based on the educated analysis of a database. It helped me drive down our customer acquisition cost, increase our customer lifetime value, and didn\u0027t keep me in my own bubble.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow were you okay with letting that product go?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt was a tough decision; it was my baby. I\u0027d been working on it 10 to 15 hours a day, at least for the last few months. 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I think even in the future, I\u2019ll probably be caught doing that, but the best way I\u0027ve found to overcome that is to surround yourself with people who can tell you when you are doing it and help you see your company the way it is instead of the way you want it to be.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow has this decision affected you so far?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMy lifestyle has completely changed, from looking at a dashboard every 10 to 15 minutes, seeing how the product is doing, and burning so many fires every 30 minutes, to being pretty chill. Like, what am I supposed to think about before I go to bed? What am I supposed to do now? Who are the customers I am supposed to be thinking about? It\u0027s been interesting, but I think this gives me space to now work on that next venture and have more time to think about what I want to do next.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDo you think you\u0027ll want to return to entrepreneurship in the future?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYes, for sure. All the money I received from the acquisition will also fuel my next venture. My main goal is to grow in this industry. I\u0027m an entrepreneur at heart, so I will be returning to the space soon or building products that people like.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow are you celebrating this win?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI did celebrate it on our last day with Rahul, my amazing mentor, Margaret [Weniger, who founded Rising Tide], and the other cohort members. 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And, while some questions can be answered in \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/startup-launch-frequently-asked-questions\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EStartup Launch FAQs\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E or \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/idea-prototype-frequently-asked-questions\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EI2P FAQs\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, this workshop invites attorneys to answer students\u2019 legal questions. The February event featured Christopher \u201cRusty\u201d Close, a patent attorney from Troutman Pepper. Here are some of the questions and answers: \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EEquity \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EHow do you split the equity among people in a startup?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EGet it on paper early. Inventorship is not percentage-based. There is no real way to say who did what percent, and it doesn\u2019t have anything to do with the patent itself. It is not easy to tell someone they are not doing as much as they think they are.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ECopyrights and Patents \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIf you\u2019re a software-based company, is that company more dependent on copyright than patent?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ENo and yes. Generally, if you give someone access to how your system works, they won\u2019t need your source code to write their own version of it. They won\u0027t copy your code; they will just make the same thing. If your user terms say you won\u0027t reverse engineer or make another version of it, then they will be violating by doing so. It is easier to say, \u201cYou used my product and you copied it,\u201d than to use a patent. If you\u2019re the one writing the user terms, those aren\u2019t negotiated. People just end up clicking through it. It is hard for an enterprise to say, \u201cYes, I\u2019ll license your software but I won\u2019t copy it.\u201d If you use Uber, are you a driver or a rider? It\u0027s not the same, depending on which seat you\u0027re sitting in.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EDuring the session, Close also had advice on making the most of Startup Launch. \u201cWork solely on your startup,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s why it\u2019s a summer startup launch. This way you\u2019ll have no regrets. Don\u2019t have a job while working on your own business. You won\u2019t give it your all, and you won\u2019t enjoy doing both. 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The program has spent a decade instilling entrepreneurial confidence in students through workshops, courses, mentorship, and support. 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That\u2019s what I tell students,\u201d said Rahul Saxena, director of CREATE-X. \u201cYou\u2019re already at Tech, so we know you have what it takes. We want to give you the education, the financial backing, the network, and the mentorship to create something with impact. Startup Launch gives you the time to fully dive into this unique experience to intern for yourself. If you\u2019ve ever thought about entrepreneurship, college is the best time to try it out. The skills and confidence you gain from it will help you in your career, regardless of what pathway you take.\u201d \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EStartup Launch supports Georgia Tech\u2019s faculty, alumni, and students develop startups from any stage. Participants attend sessions, team socials, and pitch practices and receive coaching and mentorship from experienced entrepreneurs and notable Tech alumni. They also receive $5,000 optional seed funding, $150,000 in-kind-services, and an entrepreneurial network that\u0026nbsp; will last a lifetime. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ELast year, more than 3,764 people registered to attend \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/demoday\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EDemo Day\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, Tech\u2019s premier startup showcase, including campus and local business leaders, students, and the public. 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From the age of 2, she\u2019s danced ballet, and she began ballroom dancing at 16, which led her to co-founding\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eher own dance instruction company, Danse L\u0027Amour. Her Instagram account, \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/firstdancecoaching?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet\u0026amp;igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Efirstdancecoaching\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, has more than 160,000 followers. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWe talked with Johns to learn more about her entrepreneurial journey.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWhat made you pursue entrepreneurship?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EI started to see where there were some holes in the dancing industry. Customers were not necessarily being taken care of. I really wanted to figure out how to help this situation.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EHow would you describe your experience in Startup Launch? \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIt was spectacular. I was put into a batch with nine other companies that were also very creative. When we would do our updates, it was nice to be with other very artistic-minded people, have that community to hold each other accountable, and talk about our progress and our goals. The community has been so supportive, and there was an incredible support system with legal, accounting, and all of these things.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EI also was connected to my business mentor, Don Oates, who has been an absolute game changer for me. He has become like a built-in best friend. He\u0027s so generous with his time, and he\u0027s really helped me ask the hard questions and make pivots when necessary.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow did you balance school and your startup at the same time?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThis was during Covid-19. I really struggled in October 2021. I was in my first in-person semester. I had been doing college completely online up to this point, and I had just gone through CREATE-X, wearing all the hats. I was not at a point where I could delegate. I was everything and also trying to have a social life, trying to stay close with my family, trying to exercise, all of that. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EI think you start to see how easily things begin slipping. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EA customer\u0027s mad because you didn\u0027t email them back fast enough. If I\u0027m in school, sitting in a classroom, I can\u0027t be emailing customers. But, if I\u0027m admin, CEO, and all those things, you start to become responsible for a staff, you start to become responsible to customers. You\u0027re also still responsible to your classmates for group projects. I would let my group project mates down. I realized this is starting to affect other people, not just me.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EFive days before my birthday, I had to have an emergency appendectomy and then had two weeks after for recovery.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWhen I tried to get back into the swing of things, I couldn\u0027t; it was too much. I ended up failing classes that semester. I was having a really hard time. It felt like I had to just take a mountain of a burden off, and I had to figure out how to put it back on. It was a wakeup call for me.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EI\u0027m sure it might be a little bit different for me, compared to people who have co-founders where you can split the burden a little bit, but for me, it was overwhelming. I had to learn to triage, prioritize, and some things just had to get cut at the end of the day. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBecause of my entrepreneurship passion, I decided to go part-time with school. I\u0027m glad that I did because that gave me the balance that I needed.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWhat has entrepreneurship given you?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EI\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Et has given me purpose. It has given me passion. It has given me freedom, immense freedom. It has given me a lot of character development and a lot of hard lessons learned. It has given me a community of people who are like-minded and entrepreneurial. It has also given me a community of people who rally behind what I also care about, which has been amazing. For example, my staff of seven women are the most amazing, powerful, creative, strong, interesting people I\u0027ve ever met, and they inspire me every day. Entrepreneurship gives me a reason to get out of bed in the morning. It\u0027s the most rewarding thing I\u0027ve ever done and will ever continue to do. Maybe a few stomachaches or headaches too.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWhat book, podcast, or other resources would you recommend to students interested in entrepreneurship?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hormozi?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet\u0026amp;igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAlex\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E and \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/leilahormozi?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet\u0026amp;igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ELeila\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E Hormozi. They are the most amazing power couple and individuals who give you tough love. They\u0027re all about tough love. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003EYou can find them on Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), Threads, and YouTube. They have podcasts, and they\u0027ve published books. One\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u0026nbsp;is \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/100M-Leads-Strangers-Want-Stuff\/dp\/B0C7WK2GF6\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E$100 Million Leads\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E. They are constantly on my feed and are an inspiration. Tough love is really, really needed as an entrepreneur. It\u0027s very motivating.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EReceive mentorship from experienced entrepreneurs as a part of your Startup Launch experience. Applications for the 12-week summer accelerator program are open now. 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You\u2019re learning from the feedback that mentors have given others.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAfter the program ends, your relationship with them does not. They give you so many opportunities to stay in touch with them. Female Founders focuses on a small group, so it allows you to flourish at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWhat was your plan going into Female Founders?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EI wanted to focus on more of a physical product, completely pivot, and figure out if maybe there\u0027s a different area that I could be a help in. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat startup idea did you pursue in Female Founders?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMy co-founder, Rachel Lohan, and I are working on a startup called Kinetic. I initially started it from a studio project that I created. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIt essentially is revolutionizing the way ads work. This would be an advertising experience where you could see designs pop up and then if you\u0027re interested, save the info of the tattoo artists.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWith an independent tattoo artist, their pain points are essentially the booking process. They use so many different platforms (social media, email, direct messages) to book their individual designs. Usually, a lot of people stray off and end up not working full-time, even though they\u0027re very talented. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWith the potential tattoo customer, their pain point is there\u0027s no database. 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Female Founders really allowed us to ask those hard questions. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIt\u2019s a lot of work, going to do interviews with people that you believe are your stakeholders, your end users, and making sure you\u0027re asking the right questions in order to actually get that value in your insights. The mentors really, really helped because we only met once a week. It\u0027s very hands-on. You have to be ready to go.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat was the best advice you received during Female Founders?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EOne of my mentors said having tenacity and resilience will genuinely get you places because it sometimes doesn\u0027t work out, but that doesn\u0027t mean you shouldn\u0027t keep trying. You have to keep doing it because you\u0027re always going to learn something from it. If I didn\u0027t continue to try to educate myself on entrepreneurship, I would have never met my co-founders or people in my cohort this year. I feel like they\u0027re always encouraging.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat was the most challenging part about being in Female Founders?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMaking sure you pace yourself and stay on track. Making sure you are putting in the work, that\u0027s probably been one of the most difficult things. Everyone has a busy schedule, especially in school. 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She graduated from Georgia Tech in 2009 and is the founder of the company Social by Steph, which manages paid social ads for businesses and has been running for almost seven years. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhy did you choose entrepreneurship?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAfter graduating from Tech, I got an opportunity to work at a tech startup. The company\u0027s makeup was a bunch of entrepreneurs. I think I was employee number nine. They knew that this wasn\u0027t the end all, be all for any of their careers. It was just something they were doing at that time. In my mind it kind of was instilled in me, early in my career, that entrepreneurship was always an option. I knew at a certain point I wanted to have my own business. 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The week-long training took place at Universidad EIA. For the training, 80 students, faculty, and other interested facilitators gathered to learn. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cWe had great participation from the local ecosystem, local corporations, local universities, and faculty and students who are excited about the opportunity that CREATE-X could bring to not only their city, but their country,\u201d said Nakia Melecio, VentureLab principal, senior research faculty member at EI\u00b2.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIn March, the Georgia Institute of Technology, in partnership with twelve companies, four universities, and two economic development agencies, opened the first comprehensive innovation hub in South America. The center is led by EI\u00b2, which has the goal of bringing private industry, higher education, and economic development organizations together to help grow economies. With the Medell\u00edn Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center, Colombia joins Georgia Tech\u2019s other international research activities including in Panama, Singapore, and China.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cOur goal with the Center is to be a nexus of collaboration and bring together the public and private sectors to support sustainable economic growth,\u201d said Juli Golemi, director of EI2 Global, which oversees the Medell\u00edn Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center operations. \u201cBringing CREATE-X to Medell\u00edn will be critical to creating an ecosystem in which startups can flourish and thrive.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EDaniel Constable, program manager for CREATE-X wasn\u2019t shocked by Medell\u00edn being chosen for the center.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cI lived in Medell\u00edn for six months several years ago, so I was already kind of familiar with the city. So, when I heard we were bringing our program there, I was excited to be involved in it. Even seven years ago, it was already becoming a place for digital nomads,\u201d Constable said.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe main goal for the next five years is to create sustainable structures and programming, said Santiago Henao Restrepo, director of operations for the Medell\u00edn Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cTo boost the startup ecosystem, we have to do it from different fronts,\u201d Henao said. \u201cWorking with CREATE-X and other Georgia Tech programs will help us achieve that goal by giving our students the tools to create local capabilities through these universities in Colombia to boost the ecosystem.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBrandy Stanfield-Nagel, program manager\u0026nbsp;for EI\u00b2, said the program in Medell\u00edn won\u2019t be a copy and paste of the program on Georgia Tech\u2019s Atlanta campus. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cWe have to understand the local community, how things are taught, what are the values of the community and then adapt our methodology and pedagogy to the local community. One of the aspects that\u0027s unique about Medellin is that CREATE-X is not being taught on just one campus. It\u0027s pulling from several campuses.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAfter training the future facilitators, CREATE-X opened applications for the first group to participate in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/learn\/startup-lab\u0022\u003EStartup Lab\u003C\/a\u003E, which aims to teach participants entrepreneurial essentials. It is part of the beginning segment of CREATE-X programming, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/learn\u0022\u003ELearn\u003C\/a\u003E. The course in Medell\u00edn would be taught in English. Students wouldn\u2019t be able to earn credits for the course, but they wouldn\u2019t have to pay for it. Any student of any Medell\u00edn university could participate. Over 400 students applied to take the 9-week course. Out of that, 100 students were accepted. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMelecio stressed the importance of student entrepreneurship, which aligns with Georgia Tech\u2019s principle surrounding championing innovation.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cI think when you look at student entrepreneurship activity across the campus and not just across our campus, but across the country, I think everyone is seeing that the future has to be created, not discovered,\u201d Melecio said. \u201cI think that students play an extreme catalyst in creating the future versus waiting for it to be discovered.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EViviana Montenegro, program manager for EI\u00b2 and EI\u00b2 Global, spoke of the wide-ranging impacts of the student\u2019s entrepreneurship and their eagerness to do the work.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThe program is feeding the pipeline. It has an impact to many stakeholders,\u201d said Montenegro. \u003Cspan\u003E\u201c\u003C\/span\u003EIt\u2019s been rewarding for me to meet students that are so passionate and have so much potential.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThese startups can bring solutions to the community, but also can hire, or can have partnership with the corporate world and bring innovation to the universities,\u201d Henao said. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIn the future, CREATE-X plans to continue to expand outside of Georgia Tech.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cWe are a thought leader in entrepreneurial education now, and we want to help everyone be able to provide entrepreneurial education to their respective campuses and achieve the type of success we\u0027ve seen with CREATE-X,\u201d Saxena said. \u201cWhat Georgia Tech can help other schools understand is how to create in entrepreneurial culture on campus. I think the playbook on how to instill entrepreneurial confidence in students hasn\u0027t been written yet and is one that I think Georgia Tech has shown that it can do better than others.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EEventually, Medell\u00edn students could have their own \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/demoday\u0022\u003EDemo Day\u003C\/a\u003E to showcase their products or visit CREATE-X\u2019s Demo Day on Georgia Tech\u2019s campus. Looking forward, the Medell\u00edn program aims to launch 100 startups and to expand programming to contain the other segments of CREATE-X, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/make\u0022\u003EMake\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/launch\u0022\u003ELaunch\u003C\/a\u003E, where students are developing prototypes and then bringing viable products to market. Outside of CREATE-X, the GTMC will also have professional courses, bootcamps, and an invention studio, among other things. And the students themselves are expanding beyond their borders. Even now, students are making connections with contacts in Atlanta through the GTMC.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EFor those interested in supporting the work being done in Medell\u00edn through volunteering, visit the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gtmedellin.org\/\u0022\u003EGTMC\u003C\/a\u003E website. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EEI\u00b2 and CREATE-X staff travelled to Medell\u00edn in August to lay down foundations, identify faculty and program managers who could implement the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECREATE-X\u003C\/a\u003E program, and equip facilitators to carry the program forward. After training the future facilitators, CREATE-X opened applications for the first group to participate in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/learn\/startup-lab\u0022\u003EStartup Lab\u003C\/a\u003E, which aims to teach participants entrepreneurial essentials.\u0026nbsp;One-hundred students were chosen to take the 9-week course. The Medell\u00edn program aims to launch 100 startups and to expand programming to contain the other segments of CREATE-X, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/make\u0022\u003EMake\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/launch\u0022\u003ELaunch\u003C\/a\u003E, where students are developing prototypes and then bringing viable products to market.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"CREATE-X, in partnership with the Enterprise Innovation Institute\u2019s (EI\u00b2) Medell\u00edn Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (GTMC), has rolled out its first international program in Medell\u00edn, Colombia."}],"uid":"36436","created_gmt":"2023-11-08 13:18:24","changed_gmt":"2023-11-08 17:14:29","author":"bdurham31","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-11-08T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-11-08T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"583966","name":"CREATE-X"},{"id":"655285","name":"GT Commercialization"}],"categories":[{"id":"139","name":"Business"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"}],"keywords":[{"id":"166973","name":"startup"},{"id":"3472","name":"entrepreneurship"},{"id":"9040","name":"EI2"},{"id":"137161","name":"CREATE-X"},{"id":"289","name":"Global"},{"id":"815","name":"economic development"},{"id":"1033","name":"Economic Impact"},{"id":"4176","name":"diplomacy"},{"id":"1802","name":"international"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBreanna Durham\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMarketing Strategist\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["breanna.durham@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"669837":{"#nid":"669837","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Celebrates the Launch of Over 100 Startups at Demo Day","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EFor the 10th \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/demoday\u0022\u003EDemo Day\u003C\/a\u003E, the Tech community came out in droves to support 75 Georgia Tech startups created by students, alumni, and faculty. In booths spread out in Exhibition Hall, they displayed their products, which ranged from AI and robotic training gear to fungi fashion, and more. Over four hours, \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Emore than 1,500 people filed in and out of the hall. Founders pitched their innovations to business and community leaders, as well as students and the public, eager to witness groundbreaking innovations across various industries. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EKiandra Peart, co-founder of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/node\/3053\u0022\u003EReinvend\u003C\/a\u003E, said the amount of people surprised her.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cAfter the first VIP session was over, hundreds of people were just flooding through the door at all times,\u201d she said. \u201cWe had to give the pitch a million times to explain it to a lot of different people, but they seemed really, really engaged, and we were also able to get a few interactions.\u201d \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EReinvend is working through a potential deal with Tech Dining on using their vending machines, which would expand food options for students after dining halls close.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EDemo Day is the culmination of the 12-week summer accelerator, \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/launch\/startup-launch\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EStartup Launch\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, where founders learn about entrepreneurship and build out their businesses with the support of mentors. Along with guidance from experts in business, teams receive $5,000 in optional funding and $30,000 of in-kind services. This year, the program had over 100 startups and 250 founders, continuing the growth trend for \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ECREATE-X\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E. The program aims to eventually support the launch of 300 startups per year. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EPeart said the experience taught the team how to better pitch to potential clients and formulate a call to action after a successful interaction. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESince its inception in 2014, CREATE-X has had more than 5,000 participate in their programming, which is segmented in three areas: Learn, Make, and Launch. Besides providing resources, the program also helps founders through its rich entrepreneurial ecosystem. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cWe want to increase access to entrepreneurship. That\u2019s the heart of the program, and it\u2019s the goal to have everyone in the Tech community to have entrepreneurial confidence. The energy and passion of our founders to solve real-world problems \u2014 it\u2019s palpable at Demo Day. I\u2019d say it\u2019s the best place to see what we\u2019re about and understand what this program offers,\u201d said \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ERahul Saxena, director of CREATE-X, who also reminded founders that the connections they make here would last for years\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAt its core, CREATE-X is a community geared toward innovation. Participants were at the forefront of integrating OpenAI\u0027s GPT-3 when it was not yet widely adopted. They share their insights with each other, and the program has mentors coming back from even the very first cohort. Starting with eight teams, CREATE-X has now launched more than 400 startup teams, with founders representing 38 academic majors. Its total startup portfolio valuation is above $1.9 billion. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EPeart compared CREATE-X to an energy drink.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cAfter going through the program, I was really able to refine my ideas, talk with other people, and now that the program is over, I feel energized,\u201d she said. \u201cI think that having an accelerator right at home allows students who may have never considered starting a company, or didn\u0027t have access to an accelerator, to actually utilize their resources from their school and their own community to get their companies started.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAlthough Demo Day just ended, CREATE-X is already gearing up for \u0026nbsp;the next cohort. Applications for Startup Launch opened Aug. 31, the same day as Demo Day. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cConsider interning for yourself next summer,\u201d said Saxena. \u201cWe know you have ideas about solutions to address global challenges. You\u2019re at Tech; you have the talent. Let us help you with the resources and support system.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EGeorgia Tech students, alumni, and faculty can \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/launch\/startup-launch\u0022\u003Eapply to GT Startup Launc\u003C\/a\u003Eh now. The priority deadline is Nov. 6. To learn more about \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECREATE-X\u003C\/a\u003E, find \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.campuslabs.com\/engage\/organization\/create-x\/events\u0022\u003ECREATE-X events\u003C\/a\u003E to build a startup team, or learn more about entrepreneurship, visit th CREATE-X website\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EFor four hours, Georgia Tech startup founders displayed their products, which ranged from AI and robotic training gear to fungi fashion, and more, at the 10th Demo Day.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EDemo Day is the culmination of the 12-week summer accelerator, \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/launch\/startup-launch\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EStartup Launch\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, where founders learn about entrepreneurship and build out their businesses with the support of mentors. This year, the program had over 100 startups and 250 founders, continuing the growth trend for \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ECREATE-X\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Over 1,500 people came to support 75 Georgia Tech startups created by students, alumni, and faculty for Demo Day."}],"uid":"36436","created_gmt":"2023-09-21 20:18:48","changed_gmt":"2023-09-21 20:24:47","author":"bdurham31","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-09-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-09-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"671792":{"id":"671792","type":"image","title":"Demo Day 2023 Hall Image","body":null,"created":"1695327625","gmt_created":"2023-09-21 20:20:25","changed":"1695327625","gmt_changed":"2023-09-21 20:20:25","alt":"At booths, Georgia Tech founders showcase their new products to a crowded exhibition hall with people from the Georgia Tech community, as well as the public and business community.","file":{"fid":"254919","name":"DSC_0425-1.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/09\/21\/DSC_0425-1.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/09\/21\/DSC_0425-1.png","mime":"image\/png","size":30540068,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/09\/21\/DSC_0425-1.png?itok=8btbv760"}}},"media_ids":["671792"],"groups":[{"id":"583966","name":"CREATE-X"},{"id":"655285","name":"GT Commercialization"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"137161","name":"CREATE-X"},{"id":"166994","name":"startups"},{"id":"166990","name":"showcase"},{"id":"3905","name":"exhibition"},{"id":"3472","name":"entrepreneurship"},{"id":"1037","name":"tech"},{"id":"1072","name":"Business"},{"id":"2161","name":"founders"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"},{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"},{"id":"39491","name":"Renewable Bioproducts"},{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBreanna Durham\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMarketing Strategist\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["breanna.durham@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"669152":{"#nid":"669152","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Startup Launch Showcases Innovation at Demo Day ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ECREATE-X\u2019s Startup Launch will introduce its 10th cohort of talented startup founders on Demo Day, Aug. 31, 5 \u2013 7p.m., in the Exhibition Hall. Last year, the event drew more than 1,500 people, including business and community leaders, to view new products from a wide range of industries. All of the startups are developed through the creative work of Georgia Tech\u2019s faculty, alumni, and students. With these products, CREATE-X founders aim to address global problems head-on with the latest technology and ingenuity.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAt the event, attendees will be able to explore the products of over 100 newly minted startups, from consumer apps to deep tech, and engage with more than 250 founders about their entrepreneurial journeys. In 2021, CREATE-X startups were at the frontier of the current AI revolution, integrating OpenAI\u0027s GPT-3 well ahead of mainstream adoption.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ECREATE-X began in 2014 as a Georgia Tech initiative to instill entrepreneurial confidence in students launching real startups. Their signature program is the 12-week Startup Launch accelerator, in which students and alumni intern for their own companies. Participants attend sessions, team socials, and pitch practices and receive coaching and mentorship from experienced entrepreneurs and notable Tech alumni. Demo Day is the finale of the program, a vibrant exhibition that is free and open to the public.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe inaugural cohort had eight teams. Several companies among the first six cohorts are valued above $100 million, and one company is valued at $1.3 billion. The program has worked with nearly 450 startup teams, with a total portfolio valuation of over $1.9 billion, and has produced more than 1,100 founders launching startups. In the future, CREATE-X Director Rahul Saxena said the program hopes to produce 300 startups a year.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cCREATE-X has a rich entrepreneurial ecosystem that will support students as they launch real startups. In every cohort, I remind participants that the connections they make in the program will carry after, and that they\u2019re surrounded by talent,\u201d Saxena said. \u201cWe want every Georgia Tech student to have this advantage when starting their business.\u201d \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EHe noted, \u201cFrom consumer apps revolutionizing everyday life to sustainable fashion brands paving the way toward responsible consumption \u2014 there\u0027s something here for everyone. 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H\u003C\/span\u003Eer startup,\u003Cspan\u003E Tech Talent Prep,\u003C\/span\u003E \u003Cspan\u003Eguides them through the certification process via coaching and \u003C\/span\u003Ein-person and virtual \u003Cspan\u003Eclasses.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe fellowship spans three semesters, providing selected faculty members an opportunity to build entrepreneurship into their course curriculum and research. \u003C\/span\u003EDuring\u003Cspan\u003E VentureLab\u2019s Startup Launch summer program\u003C\/span\u003E, Payne worked full-time, managed summer camps and other job duties, and completed 50 interviews with customers while working with her mentors. 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He said, \u201cPeople need options. You\u0027re telling me that I can actually do that? Oh, OK.\u201d When they say the model is instilling entrepreneurial confidence, it really is. It started with saying I could. That\u0027s where the confidence came from. \u003Cspan\u003EI\u0027m not in this by myself. I can do this. \u003C\/span\u003ESome of the problems we want to fix can actually be businesses.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EHow was the fellowship program?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EYou come in with an idea, and they tell you not to be surprised that it changes. You can\u0027t be so married to the idea. I don\u0027t remember what my first idea was. 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They wondered what was at the heart of the waste. Were the portions too large? Were the vegetables overcooked? Was the meat dry? Nathanael, Ivan, and Bruce launched a startup, Raccoon Eyes, to discover why students throw food away and to help dining hall managers address the problem. On March 31, 2023, the team took second prize in the\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/news\/ray-c-anderson-center-for-sustainable-business\/2023-04-06-sustainable-x-requiem-2.html\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESustainable-X Showcase\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E. With the help of prize money and investment, Raccoon Eyes is pursuing its goal to reduce food waste by transforming each cafeteria and dining hall across the nation. The\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-and-initiatives\/ray-c-anderson-center-for-sustainable-business\/index.html\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERay\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-and-initiatives\/ray-c-anderson-center-for-sustainable-business\/index.html\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;C. 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One day as Ivan was leaving the cafeteria, he saw the kitchen staff throwing out a lot of breakfast food items. We continued to take notice of waste. We discovered that pre-consumer (kitchen) and post-consumer (student) waste is a big problem at Georgia Tech and other universities. We wanted to change how students and chefs alike look at waste.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhat environmental challenge does Raccoon Eyes address?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFood waste is a big problem. College dining halls in the U.S. produce 7.9 billion pounds of food waste per year. That food waste produces 175 tons of carbon emissions. Overall, food waste has a larger carbon footprint than the airline industry. Greenhouse gasses are emitted by garbage in landfills as well as by the processes used to get rid of waste, such as garbage trucks and burning trash.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESo, what exactly is Raccoon Eyes?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOur business was developed around a trash can extension. The extension includes a camera that photographs food waste. We developed software to identify the type of food waste and its weight. A computer screen prompts students to explain why they are throwing away food. The paired data and feedback are shared with dining hall managers and chefs to help them modify portion sizes and food preparation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhat business problem does the company solve for dining hall managers?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFood waste is costly. Think of the ingredients, the labor to make the food, and the process to get rid of trash. Raccoon Eyes provides dining managers with crucial data on the type and quantity of food waste paired with student feedback. This information can help managers make data-driven decisions to reduce waste and improve the dining experience for students. Managers are eager to improve the student experience. If students enjoy the food in the dining halls, that has a positive impact on meal plan retention.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHow did the three of you meet, and what steps did you take to develop this business?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWe met in our Georgia Tech classes. We came together to build Raccoon Eyes for the Fall 2022\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/make\/create-x-capstone\u0022\u003ECREATE-X Capstone\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(a special section of the senior design course dedicated to entrepreneurial projects). Through our talks with chefs, managers, and directors in the dining halls, we discovered there was a real need for our product and the data it collects. We therefore decided to continue our development.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhat has it been like to work with Georgia Tech Dining Services as a partner?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWorking with Georgia Tech Dining Services has been an amazing experience. We continuously communicate with the dining staff, chefs, managers, sustainability team, and directors to understand the problem. They have helped us see what a perfect solution would look like to them. Maurice Gibson, the assistant director of dining operations at West Village Dining Commons, was especially helpful. He gave us permission to use our device in the cafeteria and offered feedback that helped us make improvements to the extension.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHow have students responded to the extension?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOverall, the feedback is positive. Students realize that their feedback can lead to a better dining experience.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhat is one of the biggest obstacles your team has had to overcome?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWe overcame the obstacle of developing the technology to identify the food on the student\u2019s plate and determine its weight from a video or image. 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Winning second place in the Sustainable-X Showcase has opened up even more opportunities. For instance, Sustainable-X has been helping us develop a contract we can use for our work with Georgia Tech Dining Services. Also, we are working with a partner affiliated with CREATE-X and Sustainable-X to receive additional investments for our company.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhat are the next steps for your company?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOur goal is to be at the forefront of the movement to reduce food waste by transforming each cafeteria and dining hall across the nation. By providing dining managers with data on the type and quantity of food waste, the company aims to reduce food waste, improve the dining experience for students, and reduce the environmental impact of wasted food. Thanks to our win in the Sustainable-X Showcase, we have been invited to continue our business journey this summer during the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/launch\/startup-launch\u0022\u003ECREATE-X Startup Launch\u003C\/a\u003E. We want to expand our work at Georgia Tech \u2013 to go from having one unit to six working in the dining halls. We also want to run pilot programs for colleges and universities near Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWould you like to thank anyone in particular?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/abhipsa-ujwal\/\u0022\u003EAbhipsa Ujwal\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(CmpE \u201922) and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/phuc-truong-534063225\/\u0022\u003EPhuc Truong\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(EE \u201922) contributed to the senior design project and InVenture Prize competition. We would like to thank our friends, family, and mentors who have allowed us to succeed and grow not only as a company but also as people.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAs told to\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/directory\/staff\/lux\/index.html\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EJennifer Holley Lux\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPhoto:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003EBruce Tan, Ivan Zou, and Nathanael Koh. 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It was the culmination of the semester-long I2P course, which enables students to turn invention ideas into working products.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cI\u2019m so excited,\u201d said Mya Griesbaum, a first-year materials science and engineering student.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThis was the second time Griesbaum had taken the I2P course and presented at the showcase. Griesbaum came back to see how other students had developed their projects, but also for I2P resources to develop her own, like research education, class credit, a $500 reimbursement for physical expenses, and faculty mentorship. The access to labs and mentors was particularly helpful, she said.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EOn her table, she had a spread of materials, including a halter top. Griesbaum created a fungi-derived alternative to leather, called Mycorrhiza, in collaboration with Pratyusha Akavaram, Irene Dumitriu, Ben Collins, and Aryaman Jha. Griesbaum worked two semesters on perfecting the leather, going through several lab mishaps and iterative research. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cProgress can be really slow, and patience is key,\u201d she said. \u201cI remember going in and really wanting to make a scalable product in a single semester and that definitely was not the case.\u201d \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EHowever, Griesbaum encouraged other students to not be deterred. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cYou don\u0027t have to know as much as you think you do. You do not have to be an expert in a field whatsoever. There are so many people who can help you out and who want to help you out and share the knowledge,\u201d she said. \u201cJust go for it.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWho Wants a Cricket Brownie? \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAt another booth, an attendee with over a decade of experience in marketing alternative flowers and sustainable products offered support to Lauren Duderstadt, a fifth-year student and double major in mechanical engineering and industrial design, and Rohan Banerjee, another fifth-year student and mechanical engineer major, for their cricket powder-based snack, Crikey. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe pair had brought brownie samples made from pulverized crickets that boasted \u003Cspan\u003E20 grams of protein per serving. \u003C\/span\u003EThe samples had a chocolate taste but also a pillowy texture, something the team worked hard to achieve. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAt first, the texture had been sandy. Trying to get the texture and taste right propelled them to continue, Banerjee said. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cOn a granular, day-to-day level, when we\u2019re working on a prototype, tasting it and seeing what we think, it\u2019s that curiosity of \u2018What if we tweak this? What if we can make it a little better?\u2019\u201d Banerjee said. \u201cAnd over months of doing that, you end up with something dramatically better than where you started.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EDuring that iteration process, Banerjee appreciated the faculty resources most. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cEven though we picked something that\u2019s seemingly niche, our mentor was someone we found to have significant experience in marketing and product development in similar spaces. He was able to give us a lot of really good feedback,\u201d Banerjee said. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ECraig Forest, associate director for CREATE-X\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/make\u0022\u003EMAKE program\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E,\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E said many students gain applicable skills and confidence working with CREATE-X mentors.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cSince 2015, more than 1,500 students have been able to pursue their invention ideas because of the generous time from mentors across campus and the resources of CREATE-X,\u201d Forest said. \u201cI2P gives students the resources, incentives, and structure to move their idea from their head to a real, working prototype on the table.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWhy Not Be the Change?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAt another booth, a uterus model sat prominently on display. Sarah Deiters, a fourth-year biomedical engineering major, and Ayusha Prasad, a second-year biomedical engineering major, had created a product called Cervilove, designed to make IUD insertion less painful.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThere are many women who suffer with IUD insertion, and a lot of women who don\u0027t even attempt to use it because of the pain,\u201d Deiters said. \u201cSo, attacking that idea has been awesome.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESome attendees stopped by to hear about the product. The students explained that the current process for insertion uses a tenaculum, which pierces cervical tissue and was developed from forceps used in the 19th century for bullet extraction. Impressed attendees gave the team contacts for investors and additional support.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cIUD insertion hasn\u2019t really changed since IUDs became popular nearly 75 years ago,\u201d Deiters said. \u201cI was just thinking, \u2018Why can\u2019t we do something about it? 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With our winnings and investment, we want to work with an expert in designing accessible platforms to make sure that our website and forthcoming app are easy for our community to use. We\u2019re so grateful that the judges believe in the future success of WheelChariot and are as committed to making our world a more accessible place.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EScheller College of Business has a vision of being a top school in research, education, and inclusive innovation. As such, Toktay remarked, WheelChariot\u2019s success offers \u201ca nicely congruent outcome.\u201d She continued, \u201cI\u2019m delighted that the first-prize winner is an exemplar for inclusive innovation, with a compelling business idea that addresses the needs of people with disabilities.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERamachandran stated that Sustainable-X is committed to the mission of creating a more sustainable future. He said, \u201cWe plan to use the success of the Showcase as a springboard to launch the next generation of sustainable innovators. The event was a success thanks to the support of Sustainable-X\u2019s partners and stakeholders. In the coming months, the initiative will grow its network and identify opportunities for further progress.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInterested in getting involved?\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EVisit the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sustainable-x.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESustainable-X website\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to learn more. The program is hosted by Georgia Tech but serves the state of Georgia and is open to students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community members.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EJoin one of the Sustainable-X Hangout events. 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We can move towards a future of equity for all.\u201d The\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-and-initiatives\/ray-c-anderson-center-for-sustainable-business\/index.html\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERay C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E, which leads Sustainable-X (a Sustainability Next Georgia Tech Strategic Plan initiative) in partnership with\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECREATE-X\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E, asked the WheelChariot founders to share their startup journey. In the interview that follows, Jones and Stopford describe what sparked their original idea, how they took advantage of Georgia Tech courses and programming to develop their startup, and what\u2019s on the horizon for the company following their big win.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhat is the personal story behind the need for a resource like WheelChariot?\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGabriel Jones:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EFor a large part of my life, my mother has taken care of my grandparents, eventually becoming their full-time caretaker. It quickly became apparent that so many places are created with able-bodied people in mind. Those places just don\u2019t work for everyone. We found my grandmother unable to reach her doctor\u2019s office because the wheelchair ramp was too steep. My grandfather struggled to get into his favorite restaurant in town because the handicapped parking was nearly 60 feet further from the front door than the closest spots for able-bodied people. The problems we encountered in my town made me wonder,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EJust how widespread is the issue of inaccessibility for people with a variety of disabilities across the country?\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHow did the two of you meet, and how did you decide to develop this business?\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGabriel Jones and Tori Stopford:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EWe first met in the fall of 2021 in a marketing consulting course. We worked together seamlessly on group projects and decided to work together again on a group project the next semester in the core operations management course taught by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/directory\/faculty\/calmon\/index.html\u0022\u003EAndre Calmon\u003C\/a\u003E. Gabriel pitched the idea for WheelChariot, and our group developed a business plan. Out of the over 200 ideas pitched and developed, WheelChariot won as the best idea across three sections of the course. We thought,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EIf our class thinks this idea has so much potential, shouldn\u2019t we at least look into seeing how it could grow?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhat did you learn in Calmon\u0027s class?\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGJ \u0026amp; TS:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EProfessor Calmon\u2019s class taught us to frame business as a solution to a problem. Without an emphasis on idea generation and a problem solving approach, we never would have found the solution to such a massive problem. Learning how to build a business model was also extremely helpful. Thanks to Calmon\u2019s class, we considered all aspects of a business (e.g., sales channels, partnerships, specialties, and revenue) early in WheelChariot\u2019s development.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhere did you take your idea next?\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGJ \u0026amp; TS:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EWe saw merit in finding someone within the disability community who could validate our idea beyond our personal touchpoints. We got the chance to be a part of the Together Conference in the summer of 2022, hosted by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.togetherwecarega.org\/\u0022\u003ETogether We Care\u003C\/a\u003E. This conference made us realize that the need for our proposed service was even greater than we originally thought. We also came to a better understanding of the breadth of disabilities we\u2019d need to consider. With these discoveries in mind, in Fall 2022, we participated in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/make\/idea-to-prototype\u0022\u003EIdea to Prototype\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(I2P) experience offered by CREATE-X. In this program, we started building our minimum viable product (MVP) and performed grassroots customer discovery. Our potential clients expressed so much excitement for a product like ours. Our partners, advisors, and community \u2013 from individuals with disabilities to full-time caretakers to centers for independent living and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/adasoutheast.org\/\u0022\u003ESoutheast ADA Center\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u2013 assured us that we were on the right track. We were so pleased to get third place in the I2P semester showcase.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhat are some of the most important points along your journey of developing your startup?\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGJ \u0026amp; TS:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EGoing from an idea on a piece of paper to a validated idea from our classmates got the ball rolling. Our first conference confirmed that we were on the right track. We have created meaningful partnerships with experts in the field. We were ecstatic when the Southeast ADA Center said they were interested and wanted to help us make sure our website itself was accessible. And of course, it was exciting when our website reached functionality!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhat are some of the biggest obstacles you have had to overcome?\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGJ \u0026amp; TS:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EWe needed to integrate our idea and mission with our business model. Early on, we decided to provide WheelChariot at no cost and ad-free to the end user. We spent a good amount of time brainstorming how to create revenue to keep the platform running. We decided to charge businesses. We would also offer promotions for locations that performed well and provide training or certification for businesses lacking in accessibility.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhat does winning first place in the Sustainable-X Showcase mean to you?\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGJ \u0026amp; TS:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EWinning first place means we can take WheelChariot to the next level. At our core is accessibility, especially for our platform. With our winnings and investment, we want to work with an expert in designing accessible platforms to make sure that our website and forthcoming app are easy for our community to use. We\u2019re so grateful that the judges believe in the future success of WheelChariot and are as committed to making our world a more accessible place.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhat are the next steps for WheelChariot?\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGJ \u0026amp; TS:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EWith our website now able to take in data, our next big push is to start gathering reviews and ratings so that WheelChariot can start helping individuals as soon as possible. We will be working on our app and making organizational decisions. As participants in this summer\u2019s CREATE-X Startup Launch, we look forward to building out our credibility and platform.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EACSB:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAny final words for our readers?\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGJ \u0026amp; TS:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EWe\u2019d like to thank Professor Calmon for his encouragement and faith in our mission. Our first conference with Together We Care was also incredibly important. It introduced us to important issues and helped us make connections with individuals who have supported us. And we would never be where we are today without CTO and Lead Developer Ben Jones [Gabriel\u2019s father], our web developer who has worked tirelessly to develop our platform. In addition to working at his full-time job, he is also pursuing WheelChariot with as much gusto as the two of us. 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He took advantage of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECREATE-X\u003C\/a\u003E summer startup incubator, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/launch\/startup-launch\u0022\u003EStartup Launch\u003C\/a\u003E, as a student and can now call himself a successful entrepreneur.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nHis first company that came out of Startup Launch produced his pants-fitting software. That lasted four months. Then, he co-founded a company that was Google Photos before Google Photos was a thing. Then it became a thing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nTaking his failures as an opportunity to go another route, Lee co-founded a local travel guide app, a college community software for hackathons, and solo-preneur software. With each company, he learned a little more, following the Startup Launch spirit of producing quickly, risking failure, and then iterating until he built a startup that worked.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nTogether with fellow Georgia Tech graduate Timothy Min and former co-worker William King from the design firm Maven, Lee co-founded \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.supercopy.ai\/\u0022\u003ESupercopy\u003C\/a\u003E. He said the idea came up as he and his fellow co-founders struggled with marketing. They weren\u0027t able to tailor their messaging effectively to specific audiences.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u201cIf the messaging doesn\u2019t resonate, it doesn\u2019t matter,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re also guilty of this. We also write emails that nobody opens.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe group has run Supercopy for the past eight months. Last year, they started using the OpenAI language model GPT-3 to prove out concepts. Doing so helped the team learn quickly about what works and doesn\u2019t. One thing they learned was that AI would provide the answer you\u2019re looking for, not necessarily what your audience is looking for.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u201cAI solves a lot of problems, but it also creates a lot of its own problems,\u201d Lee said. \u201cA majority of the market thinks that marketing is just creating content. If [people] don\u2019t like you and you keep on sending them stuff, and it\u2019s more stuff that they don\u2019t like, you\u2019re just creating a negative feedback loop.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nNow Lee and his co-founders are using their company to help marketers sit down and think deeply about who their audience is, then craft copy.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u201cWe want to make content that makes sense for your audience,\u201d he said. \u201cWe want 100% personalized content, so that when people read it, they feel listened to.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAt Georgia Tech, Lee studied electrical and computer engineering but spent his free time in the entrepreneurship spaces on campus. He got involved in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.startup.exchange\/\u0022\u003EGT Startup Exchange\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/innovation.gatech.edu\/design\u0022\u003EStudent Innovation Design Collaborative\u003C\/a\u003E. He took \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/learn\/startup-lab\u0022\u003EStartup Lab\u003C\/a\u003E to learn more about creating a business and Idea to Prototype to create a product. He also attended CREATE-X workshops. Then, in the summer of 2015, Lee became part of the second cohort of Startup Launch.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u201cI think everyone came with the same focus,\u201d Lee said. \u201cHow do startups work? Do I see a future in it? If things didn\u2019t work, then what can I improve?\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nIn the program, Lee said he built confidence. The fact that CREATE-X invested actual dollars was a big factor, since it helped them buy things they needed. In the program, teams create viable startups during 12 weeks in the summer. They receive $5,000 in seed funding and $30,000 of in-kind services such as legal support and credits between Stripe, Notion, and AWS. In addition, he and his team members had coaches who guided them to think deeply in the process.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nLee found the experience so inspiring that he applied for a second time, participated in it for the 2021 cohort, and then came back to coach in the 2022 program after he graduated. Talking to other founders also kept his passion ignited, as they pursued startups even when their livelihoods were secure.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u201cI think that was a big incentive for me,\u201d said Lee \u201cThe more value I give, the more I feel like I\u2019m getting out of it.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nLee keeps in contact with his cohort.They give each other advice and swap stories, commiserating on the struggles and celebrating the successes of the startup journey. Some are even his fellow coaches in Startup Launch.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u201cIt\u2019s interesting to see how we evolved as startup founders over the last few years. Later on, those are essentially your friends in the community, people you can talk to about difficult things,\u201d Lee said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nSo far, things are looking good for Supercopy. Auburn University became its first enterprise customer and CREATE-X will also use Supercopy software. The company is continuing to expand, with more opportunities coming in the future.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nLooking back on his CREATE-X experience, Lee wishes he\u2019d mocked up his product more quickly and started selling earlier but also thinks it was great to start in college. There were fewer obligations, he learned the landscape of creating startups, and he became a part of a community of founders. Ultimately, he says, CREATE-X gave him the support to try.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERahul Saxena, director of CREATE-X, said that the organization was happy to support Lee in his journey of trial and error.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u201cRichard and his team exemplify what we encourage students to do in Launch,\u201d said Saxena. \u201cThey kept trying. 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The event brought three Startup Launch alumni, Tim Felbinger, founder of StartProto, Marzeah \u0026ldquo;Zea\u0026rdquo; Khorramabadi, co-founder of StrideLink, and Daniele \u0026ldquo;Dani\u0026rdquo; De Mari, founder of Neurogram, to discuss their experience building businesses.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThey encouraged students to consider their partnerships and the pathway forward, but also encouraged them to just take the first step and lean into the process.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I probably spent way too many weeks agonizing over whether I should do this or not,\u0026rdquo; Felbinger said. \u0026ldquo;Do it while you\u0026rsquo;re in school. Do it while you have this amazing effort at Georgia Tech, where you have people that will help you do it\u0026hellip; You might tell yourself you will come back to it; you\u0026rsquo;re not.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDe Mari agreed on being open to the uncertainty of the future. The pandemic was a prime example for her. Had it not happened, she wouldn\u0026rsquo;t have gone back to Brazil and if she hadn\u0026rsquo;t done that, she wouldn\u0026rsquo;t have had the\u0026nbsp;experience that sparked her company.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Let life take you,\u0026rdquo; she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHowever, Khorramabadi empathized with students feeling analysis paralysis.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I joke that I don\u0026rsquo;t make a decision until I\u0026rsquo;ve talked to 5 people,\u0026rdquo; she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStill, she encouraged students to move past those feelings. In her own experience, Khorramabadi found that rejection and failure pushed her to find better pathways.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Take the no\u0026rsquo;s as an opportunity,\u0026rdquo; she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn De Mari\u0026rsquo;s path to be a founder, some investors didn\u0026rsquo;t believe she could solve the problem she was proposing because she\u0026rsquo;s a woman and an immigrant. However, De Mari focused on building the data demonstrating her company\u0026rsquo;s worth, which led to her closing deals, expanding marketing, and growing her business.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;m living proof that you can do it,\u0026rdquo; she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince 2014, more than 5,000 students have launched their startups, totaling approximately 350 companies, through CREATE-X. The program continues to expand, looking to support more students in having entrepreneurial confidence and creating their own startups.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBe the next founder. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_a2V91XGKhp149AW\u0022\u003EApply for Georgia Tech Startup Launch\u003C\/a\u003E before the application closes March 20.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWant to see more events from CREATE-X? Would you like your organization to collaborate with us? Tell us by emailing Shavon Hunter at shunter47@gatech.edu.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Alumni of Georgia Tech Startup Launch speak to students about their entrepreneur journey. 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Tell us about your team.\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis project is the brainchild of Spencer Hayes, a chemical and biomolecular engineer from the class of 2022, who came up with the idea after having worked with batteries for a long time. Samantha Mitra is a material scientist and engineer from the class of 2022, who wants to help develop said brainchild into fruition with her prior battery research knowledge. The two met in an electrochemical energy storage class.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E2. Tell us about your startup.\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETortoise is the next-generation charging assistant that will extend your battery\u0026#39;s lifespan without you having to think about it. ARe charging adapter will modulate charging rates based on your lifestyle to use the power of slow-charging to protect your battery\u0026#39;s health.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E3. 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More than 100 teams, including 16 faculty teams coached by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/venturelab.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EVentureLab\u003C\/a\u003E, will spend the summer launching their projects from idea stage (or beyond) into fully functioning and viable startups. The program kicks off on May 17.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Through the Startup Launch program, Georgia Tech is working toward becoming the number one startup campus in the nation with the most funded startup enterprises,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/rahul-saxena\u0022\u003ERahul Saxena\u003C\/a\u003E, Interim Director for CREATE-X. \u0026ldquo;Achieving the milestone of surpassing 100 teams puts us one step closer to this goal as we continue to provide the knowledge, skills, abilities, and experiences that give our students and faculty the confidence to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring the 12-week Startup Launch program, students and faculty will attend coaching sessions, team socials, and pitch practices. Student teams will receive $5,000 in seed funding and more than $30,000 worth of in-kind services, including coaching and mentorship from experienced entrepreneurs and notable Georgia Tech alumni. The faculty teams will receive $10,000 in the form of a non-dilutive commercialization grant.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Georgia tech has tremendous potential in the form of students\u0026#39; enterprise and faculty research expertise,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/directory\/faculty\/ramachandran\/index.html\u0022\u003EKarthik Ramachandran\u003C\/a\u003E, Dunn Family Professor in the Scheller College of Business. \u0026ldquo;We believe CREATE-X can be the engine that amplifies and transforms this potential into ventures that change the world!\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMore than 200 students and faculty will join the summer 2022 cohort, including mechanical engineering students Brayden Drury and Wesley Pergament and computer science student Jeff Zhou who make up Team Sola. 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During Startup Launch, the trio wants to expand what they\u0026rsquo;ve built to close the ever-expanding protection gap and help people get back on their feet faster after a natural disaster.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We are looking forward to refining and better defining what our vision for the company is going to be,\u0026rdquo; said Pergament. \u0026ldquo;Breaking through with this tornado product is just the start and we believe the skills we learn and mentorship we receive during Startup Launch will help us make key connections and expand our product line into other disasters.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2014, with the early support of Georgia Institute of Technology leadership and CREATE-X executive council members and seed gifts from alumni donor Chris Klaus, the Marcus Foundation, and Jim Pope, CREATE-X began as an educational program aimed at instilling entrepreneurial confidence in students and empowering them to launch successful startups. During the first year, CREATE-X served eight teams and 30 students\u0026nbsp;from a wide variety of disciplines. To date, the program has helped launch more than 300 startups founded by Georgia Tech students, including \u0026ldquo;unicorn\u0026rdquo; startup\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.stord.com\/\u0022\u003EStord\u003C\/a\u003E that reached a valuation of over $1.3 billion in 2022.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn collaboration with CREATE-X and piloted last summer, Startup Launch for faculty has been refined by VentureLab to be more targeted to faculty needs since the subject innovations are owned by the Institute and managed by the Georgia Tech Research Corporation (GTRC).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u0026rsquo;s faculty cohort will receive training and mentoring in the Lean Startup methodology, derived from the National Science Foundation\u0026rsquo;s I-Corps program, as well as one-on-one mentoring and coaching from VentureLab principals. A strong emphasis will be placed on customer discovery, product-market fit, value proposition quantification and business model generation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We were gratified to see such amazing innovations, and the willingness of the faculty and students to step up and commit to the rigors of this program,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/venturelab.gatech.edu\/about-us\/\u0022\u003EJonathan Goldman\u003C\/a\u003E, VentureLab Principal. \u0026ldquo;While we know that sometimes the best path forward for a technology is an out-license to an existing company, this program will help teams understand the technical and business considerations in making that difficult venturing vs. licensing decision. There\u0026nbsp;are so many factors to consider when making this decision, and we believe it\u0026rsquo;s essential for the faculty and grad students to know that we are here to help. Our mission is to partner with faculty in helping them discover the true potential for their inventions and know that we will partner with them for what can be a multi-year journey.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;The fact that we were so oversubscribed for this program is a strong signal that Georgia Tech students and faculty have an ever-increasing appetite to see their innovations move out into the world,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commercialization.gatech.edu\/leadership\u0022\u003ERaghupathy \u0026ldquo;Siva\u0026rdquo; Sivakumar\u003C\/a\u003E, Vice President of Commercialization and Wayne J. 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Tell us about your team.\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Radiochain team members are Nicole Williams, Kyle Barone, and Cale Russell. We all know each other from training and competing together as athletes of the Georgia Tech Swim Team, and all recently finished our fourth year as computer science majors.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E2. Tell us about your startup.\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERadiochain is a blockchain based music application that creates a stock market for music, empowering both artists and fans alike.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E3. How does it feel to be a part of the summer 2022 cohort of Startup Launch?\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIt feels exciting to be a part of the Startup Launch program. It\u0026rsquo;s a unique experience to be able to work on your own startup with the support of your own school, and an opportunity we plan on making the most of.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E4. What made you want to participate in the 12-week summer program?\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWe wanted to participate in Startup Launch to push ourselves to build a company of our own from the ground up. This program will teach us so much about the inter-workings of a business, as well as give us the opportunity to better ourselves as developers. We\u0026rsquo;re also excited to be surrounded by so many other ambitious and intelligent teams and are looking forward to connecting with everyone we meet.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E5. 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We hope to have every Tech Dining location, including the dining halls, on the app by the end of 2022.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDid you participate in any other CREATE-X programs during your time at Georgia Tech?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI like to say I am a \u0026ldquo;triple X,\u0026rdquo; like the movie, since I did three CREATE-X programs: Startup Lab, Idea to Prototype (I2P), and Startup Launch.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat would you tell students who are interested in Startup Launch or another CREATE-X program?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI would encourage them to do them in order as it makes the process so much more fulfilling. There are no shortcuts to learning to be an entrepreneur. 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As Confucius\u0026nbsp;said, \u0026ldquo;Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFocus on solving the biggest contributor to a problem\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThere is never an end to features that can be added to a solution, but the beginning stages of building a startup is to solve the biggest contributor to a problem that the customers who face it the most want solved. It may be worth it for your customers to experience other minor inconveniences in the beginning to solve that one part that matters to them.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDo some market research\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIs your startup idea worth pursuing? Do some market research to find out if there\u0026#39;s a demand for your product or service. Spend time talking to potential customers to gauge their interest and know that CREATE-X can help you research other market segments you may not be aware of.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGrab a friend or two\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDid you know that only one person from each team must be Georgia Tech affiliated, allowing you to recruit friends, siblings, or teammates from other schools? Grab a friend or two who have skills that support and compliment your own who can serve as your co-founders. You\u0026rsquo;ll empower each other to do your best work while on your entrepreneurial journey.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENo teammates, no problem! 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The event is free and open to the public.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe showcase is the culmination of the I2P course, where Georgia Tech students spend a semester turning their invention idea into a working product. Students earn research credit for the course, in addition to receiving financial support and faculty mentorship.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe I2P course was established through CREATE-X, a Georgia Tech initiative devoted to instilling entrepreneurial confidence in students and empowering them to launch successful startups. CREATE-X consists of three programmatic elements \u0026ndash; LEARN-MAKE-LAUNCH \u0026ndash; and I2P is a key part of MAKE.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;The Georgia Tech CREATE-X MAKE program helps you concentrate and multiply your invention efforts.\u0026nbsp;With a team of your peers, the MAKE courses such as Idea to Prototype and Capstone provide the infrastructure \u0026ndash; including mentorship, money, and course credit \u0026ndash; to help you develop a working prototype of your invention idea,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/forest\u0022\u003ECraig Forest\u003C\/a\u003E, Associate Director of MAKE and Professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe showcase in April will highlight the talent and hard work of students who participated in I2P throughout the spring semester. Prizes will be awarded for first, second and third place.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo register for the event, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bit.ly\/3IBx0bh\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/bit.ly\/3IBx0bh\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to the showcase, CREATE-X is now accepting applications for the summer and fall semesters of I2P. Teams accepted into the program will have the opportunity to advance their invention idea towards a real product by performing basic research, analysis, building, and testing. They will receive a $500 reimbursement for physical expenses along with course credit and mentorship from a Georgia Tech faculty member. To learn more or to apply, visit the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/make\/idea-to-prototype\u0022\u003ECREATE-X website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECREATE-X\u0026nbsp;is a Georgia Tech initiative to instill entrepreneurial confidence in students and empower them to launch successful startups. 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Can you tell us a little about yourself?\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMy name is John Gattuso and I am the co-founder and CEO of FIXD. I graduated from Georgia Tech in May of 2015 with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. Growing up, I always loved cars so the decision to come to Georgia Tech to study engineering was an easy one. During my time at Georgia Tech, I was heavily involved in Wreck Racing (one of the race teams in the Student Competition Center) and Younglife (a Christian ministry for high schoolers). I originally wanted to go work for one of the car companies, but FIXD got in the way of that.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E2. Can you tell us about your startup?\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWe make a device that plugs into your car and when you have a problem, we tell you what the problem means in simple and understandable terms. Our goal at FIXD is to make car ownership as simple, easy, and affordable as possible. We have sold over 2.5 million FIXD devices and are working to find new ways to get our product into the hands of more drivers\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E3. Where did the idea for your startup come from?\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI always loved cars and so I got the reputation amongst my friends and family that when there was a problem with your car, you\u0026rsquo;d call me, and I\u0026rsquo;d help you figure out what was wrong. After learning that a lot of people share this frustration and confusion around their car problems, we decided to make a product that would answer the questions that people had when they had a problem with their car.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E4. When did you participate in Startup Launch and how was your overall experience with the program?\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWe were in the first batch in the summer of 2014. We loved it. I am still close with a lot of the people in our batch and the lessons we learned around customer discovery still serve us well today.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E5. What was your favorite part of Startup Launch?\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI loved the comradery of the batch and the competitive nature that it engendered in us and the focus. The expectations of progress were high and that pushed us to learn from our customers faster and faster. Speed is so important in startups, so this helped a lot.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E6. What was your biggest challenge during the 12 weeks?\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIdentifying the business model and go-to market was the most difficult, it took us 3 years past the program to really figure it out. The second was getting our hardware device manufactured. We worked with several contract manufacturers to get samples and had several misfires in that process.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E7. What progress have you made with your business since completing Startup Launch?\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor several years, we had the product, but no way of getting it in front of customers. We tried several approaches before finding that selling direct-to-consumer was the best go-to market path for us. We have sold over 2.5 million devices. We are continually trying to find ways to get more and more users engaging with FIXD.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E8. Did you participate in any other CREATE-X programs during your time at Georgia Tech?\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWe participated in the first class of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/learn\/startup-lab\u0022\u003EStartup Lab\u003C\/a\u003E. We learned a tremendous amount in this class about finding a problem and how to make something that people want to use.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E9. What would you tell students who are interested in Startup Launch or another CREATE-X program?\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/launch\/startup-launch\u0022\u003EDo it\u003C\/a\u003E! You don\u0026rsquo;t need the perfect idea; you just need to commit and find people who will also commit. Your idea now will most likely not be the thing that makes your startup successful, so it is important to start and then respond to new data that might suggest your current approach is not working.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E10. What\u0026rsquo;s next for your startup?\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E10 million drivers using FIXD a month!\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EWe want to also expand past repairs and diagnostics and become a place where people can come and learn about any issue related to car ownership and can find the products and services they need to own a car.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELearn more about FIXD \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.fixd.com\/\u0022\u003Eonline\u003C\/a\u003E, via the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.fixdapp.com\/\u0022\u003Eapp\u003C\/a\u003E, or on social media:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fixd_automotive\/?hl=en\u0022\u003EInstagram\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/fixdapp\u0022\u003EYouTube\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@fixd?lang=en\u0022\u003ETikTok\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/fixd_app?lang=en\u0022\u003ETwitter\u003C\/a\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/fixd-automative-inc\/\u0022\u003ELinkedIn\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X alum John Gattuso talks about his startup FIXD, his experience with Startup Launch, and the progress he\u0026rsquo;s made since completing the program in 2014.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In this Q\u0026A, he talks about his startup FIXD, his experience with Startup Launch, and the progress he\u2019s made since completing the program in 2014."}],"uid":"35851","created_gmt":"2022-03-02 21:19:35","changed_gmt":"2022-03-02 21:19:35","author":"aritchie6","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-03-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-03-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"655966":{"id":"655966","type":"image","title":"FIXD","body":null,"created":"1646254757","gmt_created":"2022-03-02 20:59:17","changed":"1646254757","gmt_changed":"2022-03-02 20:59:17","alt":"FIXD","file":{"fid":"248680","name":"FIXD.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/FIXD.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/FIXD.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2022824,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/FIXD.jpeg?itok=Be3HNktb"}},"655967":{"id":"655967","type":"image","title":"John Gattuso, FIXD","body":null,"created":"1646254857","gmt_created":"2022-03-02 21:00:57","changed":"1646254857","gmt_changed":"2022-03-02 21:00:57","alt":"John Gattuso, FIXD","file":{"fid":"248681","name":"John Gattuso.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/John%20Gattuso.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/John%20Gattuso.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":42320,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/John%20Gattuso.jpeg?itok=hEdlIGFL"}}},"media_ids":["655966","655967"],"groups":[{"id":"583966","name":"CREATE-X"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"137161","name":"CREATE-X"},{"id":"541","name":"Mechanical Engineering"},{"id":"506","name":"alumni"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAshley Ritchie\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["aritchie6@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"655830":{"#nid":"655830","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Should I apply to Startup Launch? 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Each team will have committed coaches who will teach, support, and empower you and your teammates.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E3. Pro-bono incorporation services from a full-service law firm\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYour team will receive pro-bono legal incorporation services from a full-service law firm and have the ability to consult on common legal issues.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E4.\u0026nbsp;Mentorship from industry veterans and notable alumni\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYou will receive mentorship from industry veterans and notable Georgia Tech alumni. Each team will have access to mentors who will help with personal development, startup goals, and overall confidence.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E5.\u0026nbsp;Office space in the heart of Atlanta\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYou will have 24\/7 access to co-working office space on the Georgia Tech campus in the heart of Atlanta. The campus is a comfortable, yet stimulating learning environment, with virtually every amenity close at hand.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E6. Access to prominent angel and VC investors at Demo Day\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYour team will gain access to prominent investors at Demo Day, the culmination of Startup Launch, where you will showcase your entrepreneurial and innovative efforts by pitching your startup to 1,000+ attendees.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E7. Accounting services from a CPA firm\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYour team will receive accounting services from a CPA firm to guide you through the filing process.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E8. Networking opportunities with a community of Georgia Tech Founders\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYou will have the opportunity to collaborate and network with Georgia Tech Founders committed to helping each other out and navigating the pitfalls of launching a startup.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E9. An entrepreneurial confidence boost\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYou will gain the knowledge, skills, abilities, and experiences that will give you the confidence to create your own future and confidently pursue entrepreneurial opportunities, regardless of whether you run a startup long-term.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E10. A pathway for growth\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYou will develop a pathway for growth. Following the completion of Startup Launch, CREATE-X will continue to work with you by offering workshops and making investor connections to help your startup progress.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EReady to join the 300+ startups launched through CREATE-X? Georgia Tech students can apply for the summer 2022 Startup Launch program at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bit.ly\/cxstartuplaunch22\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/bit.ly\/cxstartuplaunch22\u003C\/a\u003E. The deadline to apply is Monday, March 14 at 11:59 p.m. EST.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EShould I apply to CREATE-X Startup Launch? 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Can you tell us a little about yourself?\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI am a triple yellow jacket. I received my MS in ECE in 2012, PhD in ECE in 2015, and MBA in 2020. Over the past decade, I have developed eye-analysis software for healthcare and education that has been published, patented, and licensed for commercial use.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E2. Can you tell us about your startup?\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEyeGage allows workplaces and individuals to stay ahead of accidents with confidence by quickly and accurately screening for substances prior to operating life-threatening equipment. The EyeGage solution saves time, money, and lives, while inherently reducing the negative impacts of substance abuse on families and communities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe EyeGage technology runs on a mobile device that first takes a picture and video of the eyes, classifies features such as the pupil and iris, and then applies AI-based techniques to identify any drugs and alcohol in one\u0026rsquo;s system. EyeGage can be used to detect classes of substances such as alcohol, amphetamines, benzodiazepines, opioids, and marijuana because our eyes look and behave differently when under the influence of these substances.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E3. Where did the idea for your startup come from?\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI was led to the drug screening domain after living with a loved-one with a drinking problem. This situation allowed me to recognize the visible changes in the eye as the level of intoxication increased. My research at the time used computer vision to analyze eyes at an Alzheimer\u0026rsquo;s Disease Research Center, so it was second nature to come home and notice his inebriated eyes.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E4. When did you participate in Startup Launch and how was your overall experience with the program?\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESummer 2020 \u0026ndash; the experience accelerated our business to the next level. We learned a wealth of knowledge that we continue to put into action today.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E5. What was your favorite part of Startup Launch?\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccess to the Startup coaches was the best part \u0026ndash; they have a breath of knowledge ranging from business to tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E6. What was your biggest challenge during the 12 weeks?\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDeciding which legal entity was best for EyeGage and determining equity splits.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E7. What progress have you made with your business since completing Startup Launch?\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince completing Startup Launch, we have raised $300K, released a mobile app, and become FDA-approved to conduct human-subject research for data collection.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E8. Did you participate in any other CREATE-X programs during your time at Georgia Tech?\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI took the CREATE-X course offered in the MBA program taught by CREATE-X Coach Karthik Ramachandran.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E9. 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The showcase is the culmination of I2P, where Georgia Tech students spend a semester turning their invention idea into a working product. Students earn research credit in addition to receiving financial support and faculty mentorship.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis semester\u0026rsquo;s winning team, made up of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ramblinwreck.com\/sports\/c-swim\/roster\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech swimming and diving\u003C\/a\u003E team members Nicole Williams, Kyle Barone and Cale Russell, developed Radiochain, a blockchain based music application that turns the world\u0026rsquo;s music library into a stock market exchange.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Essentially, users can invest in their favorite songs and artists instead of investing in companies as stocks,\u0026rdquo; said Nicole Williams. \u0026ldquo;We plan to do this through an innovative token model that will benefit artists and fans alike.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe trio first heard about CREATE-X when they stepped foot on campus together as freshman. CREATE-X routinely presents to incoming student-athletes and occasionally entire teams, and in October 2019 Rahul Saxena, CREATE-X\u0026rsquo;s interim director, shared the program with the Georgia Tech swimming and diving team. The presentation inspired Williams and her teammates to build a functional prototype of their own idea \u0026ndash; insert Radiochain \u0026ndash; and they couldn\u0026rsquo;t believe it when they were announced as the winning team at the showcase.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Winning first place at the I2P Showcase was very surreal,\u0026rdquo; said Williams. \u0026ldquo;It has given us a renewed confidence to know others see as much potential in our project as we do.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlthough the team was victorious, Radiochain\u0026rsquo;s success didn\u0026rsquo;t come without challenges. The students faced a steep learning curve while creating a decentralized app. Writing code with a Web3 (decentralized) backend versus a traditional Web2 (centralized) stack required all of them to pick up new languages and understand different frameworks they didn\u0026rsquo;t have much prior experience with.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It has been so rewarding to build something from the ground up together, and we would highly recommend other students take advantage of doing the same,\u0026rdquo; said Williams.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team plans to continue developing Radiochain in preparation for a public launch. They will be enrolling in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/i2p.gatech.edu\/idea-prototype\u0022\u003EI2P\u003C\/a\u003E for the spring semester and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ramblinwreck.com\/staff\/doug-allvine\/\u0022\u003EDoug Allvine\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s assistant athletics director for innovation, will serve as their mentor.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We hope to continue to expand student-athletes involvement in CREATE-X and explore their entrepreneurial ideas, including but not limited to sports,\u0026rdquo; said Allvine.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFurthermore, the team will be applying to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/startuplaunch2021\/\u0022\u003ECREATE-X Startup Launch\u003C\/a\u003E, and competing in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/inventureprize.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech InVenture Prize\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;re very grateful to Georgia Tech for providing us with the space to work on something we\u0026rsquo;re passionate about and are excited to continue,\u0026rdquo; said Cale Russell.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to developing Radiochain and pursuing their degrees, Barone, Russell and Williams are all training to compete in the ACC\/NCAA DI Swimming Championships in the spring.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen asked what advice they would give to other students interested in I2P or another CREATE-X program, the team had nothing but positive things to say.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;If you\u0026rsquo;re interested in being an entrepreneur, it\u0026rsquo;s a must-do,\u0026rdquo; said Williams. \u0026ldquo;The resources Georgia Tech provides are invaluable, and you\u0026rsquo;ll get to meet people that will remain great connections for the rest of your life.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Even if you don\u0026rsquo;t have an idea yourself, students working on other projects are constantly looking for teammates where your skillset can be valuable,\u0026rdquo; added Kyle Barone.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X also awarded prizes for second and third place at the showcase. Team PCB-sEMG, consisting of Yunho Cho and Jihan Park, won second place for their surface electromyography (sEMG) sensor with its electrode built into the PCB and team Heelios, consisting of Paola Colon, Julian Perez and Jacob Wutzler, won third place for their thermoregulated shoe that strives to isolate a patient\u0026rsquo;s foot to reduce the risk of ulcers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA photo gallery from the fall 2021 I2P Showcase can be viewed at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bit.ly\/3s8wmgD\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/bit.ly\/3s8wmgD\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X is now accepting applications for the spring semester of I2P. Teams accepted into the program will have the opportunity to advance their invention idea towards a real product by performing basic research, analysis, building, and testing. They will receive a $500 allowance for physical expenses along with course credit and mentorship from a Georgia Tech faculty member. To learn more or to apply, visit the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/i2p.gatech.edu\/idea-prototype\u0022\u003ECREATE-X website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECREATE-X\u0026nbsp;is a Georgia Tech initiative to instill entrepreneurial confidence in students and empower them to launch successful startups. 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For most people, walking is a natural act, and they don\u0026rsquo;t give it a second thought. However, although a single step can seem insignificant, the way people walk is actually a key indicator of overall health, injury, and recovery.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.stridelinkinc.com\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EStrideLink\u003C\/a\u003E, a new shoelace-sized wearable device created by Georgia Tech College of Engineering students, has the potential to advance standard physical therapy practices. With a unique step recognition algorithm, the device can collect more concrete data about an individual\u0026rsquo;s walking patterns. This can help physical therapists with a gait analysis, which is the study of the body\u0026rsquo;s motion to measure body movements, mechanics, and muscle activity.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGait analysis can be important when making medical diagnoses and recovery plans, especially for stroke and cerebral palsy patients, in chiropractic practices, and more. Currently, gait analysis was measured only by the naked eye as physical therapists watched their patients walk and noted any patterns or errors, making the process highly subjective and prone to error.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;When many older people fall, it\u0026#39;s really physically traumatic, in addition to greatly affecting their families and their quality of life,\u0026rdquo; said Marzeah Khorramabadi, a fifth-year computer engineering student and co-founder of StrideLink. \u0026ldquo;We took a step back and asked ourselves, \u0026lsquo;Why do geriatric patients fall?\u0026rsquo; It all boils down to how we walk.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBoth of Khorramabadi\u0026#39;s parents were entrepreneurs, inspiring her to pursue her own business venture one day. When it came time to make a college decision, the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECREATE-X Startup Launch\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;program drew Khorramabadi to Georgia Tech. CREATE-X\u0026rsquo;s Startup Launch is a program for Georgia Tech students who want to design and launch their projects into viable startups. Three years later, Khorramabadi and fellow co-founder Cassandra McIltrot created StrideLink and entered the Startup Launch.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I actually started in computer engineering because I wanted to design things and start a business,\u0026rdquo; Khorramabadi said. \u0026ldquo;I really cared about creating a physical product that could make someone\u0026#39;s life better.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe road couldn\u0026rsquo;t have been more different for McIltrot, a fourth-year biomedical engineering student. She came to campus wanting to pursue medicine and research. Entrepreneurship was the last thing on her mind.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;During my freshman year, I thought I wanted to go to med school, but then I fell out of love with that idea and fell into love with more of the engineering side of things,\u0026rdquo; McIltrot said. \u0026ldquo;I actually liked creating new things and having an impact on a broader scale, so I stayed highly involved with research\u0026hellip; but then the entrepreneurial world just came at me.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKhorramabadi and McIltrot\u0026rsquo;s interests and backgrounds created a great match. During the summer of 2020, the two friends were sitting outside on a porch discussing McIltrot\u0026rsquo;s research related to the geriatric population\u0026rsquo;s high risk of falling.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We thought to ourselves \u0026mdash; why don\u0026#39;t we do something about this?\u0026rdquo; McIltrot said. \u0026ldquo;We started with that small seed \u0026mdash; the question \u0026lsquo;why do elderly people fall all the time?\u0026rsquo; \u0026mdash; and over a year later, we now have a real product to fix that technology gap.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe journey leading to their first prototype, let alone the product that exists today, was not easy. The team faced three main challenges regarding the ideation, implementation, and execution of their gait tracking device.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The first was understanding the customer to understand the regulatory constraints, as well as everything that goes on in that ecosystem. The second was designing [the device] right and figuring out what data can we get off of this thing. Finally, we asked \u0026lsquo;what can we do with that data and how can it be displayed in a meaningful way?\u0026rsquo; Those three things were really hard,\u0026rdquo; Khorramabadi said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBefore even attempting to design a product, Khorramabadi and McIltrot spent six months researching and interviewing various physical therapists. They wanted to understand how they conducted gaited analysis without any aiding technology and what their needs were.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;A lot of people design first without talking to their customer, but that\u0026#39;s the biggest mistake you can make,\u0026rdquo; Khorramabadi said. \u0026ldquo;In fact, it\u0026#39;s a guaranteed mistake if you are an engineer designing for someone in a completely different profession, like healthcare, because you really don\u0026#39;t understand what you think you do.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStrideLink in Action\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs the duo completed their research and had a design in mind, they recruited team members Neel Narvekar (CmpE \u0026lsquo;21) and Tony Wineman (EE \u0026lsquo;21), who then made quick progress with developing the prototype and creating the hardware\u0026rsquo;s wearable technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Everyone at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hive.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ethe Hive\u003C\/a\u003E, the Electrical and Computer Engineering maker space, knows Neel. He knows how to use all of the machines, and if he doesn\u0026#39;t know how to do something, he\u0026#39;ll figure out how to do it in 30 minutes,\u0026rdquo; Khorramabadi said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith Narvekar\u0026rsquo;s natural gift of creating, the team built their own casing, electrical design, and wrote their own firmware for their gait tracking device. Combined with Wineman\u0026rsquo;s experience in electrical engineering, the team created a custom-printed circuit board for the device, bringing the team\u0026rsquo;s vision to life.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Because of them, we\u0026#39;ve had really stable hardware to base our software and our signal processing off of. That definitely made the biggest difference because a lot of the things that we\u0026#39;ve been able to achieve and develop out with this StrideLink device has been a result of us having custom, stable hardware,\u0026rdquo; Khorramabadi said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOnce the team had a physical device, the next challenge was testing it. While attached to the shoelace of a user, StrideLink was able to record gait cycle time and time spent in different phases of walking using unique step recognition algorithms designed by Khorramabadi. Previously, when gait analysis was conducted with the naked eye, these time measurements would be recorded manually.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince these actions take mere milliseconds to complete, the naked eye cannot measure these movements accurately enough to compare to Stridelink\u0026rsquo;s collected data. The only device that Stridelink could be tested against was a $40,000 gait system in a lab. When the team finally tested StrideLink against that system, the margin of error was much lower than expected.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We built this device for less than $100 in four months with a team of undergrads, and we were getting comparable results to a $40,000 system that\u0026#39;s been the gold standard for over 20 years,\u0026rdquo; said Khorramabadi. \u0026ldquo;That\u0026rsquo;s something that you don\u0026#39;t really expect when you\u0026#39;re designing a device that early on.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFuture of StrideLink\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/expo.gatech.edu\/prod1\/portal\/portal.jsp?c=17462\u0026amp;p=413142918\u0026amp;g=413665329\u0026amp;id=413949754\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ewinning the \u0026ldquo;Best Overall Project\u0026rdquo; prize\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;at this past spring\u0026rsquo;s 2021 Capstone Design Expo, and entering the CREATE-X Startup Launch, the team is working on refining their device based upon feedback from local clinics that are piloting the device. They hope the technology will ultimately allow physical therapists to have better communication with their patients by giving them more substantial data to shape their treatment plans.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor both Khorramabadi and McIltrot, accessibility to their new invention is one of their biggest motivators to continue developing the device, especially in a world of increasing telehealth appointments.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We see this as a device that could eventually be in every physical therapy clinic. 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The deadline to apply is March 14, 2022.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStartup Launch was established through \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECREATE-X\u003C\/a\u003E, a Georgia Tech initiative devoted to instilling entrepreneurial confidence in students and empowering them to launch successful startups. The overall entrepreneurial confidence initiative is a pathway, consisting of undergraduate and graduate curricular and co-curricular learning opportunities that, in total, give all interested students, regardless of major or year of study, the skills to value and pursue entrepreneurial opportunities that are real, not theoretical; in short, CREATE-X enables students to be \u0026ldquo;entrepreneurially confident.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Startup Launch pilot program was introduced in summer 2014 with eight teams and 30 students participating from a wide variety of disciplines. To date, the program has helped launch more than 300 companies founded by Georgia Tech students, including \u0026ldquo;unicorn\u0026rdquo; startup \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.stord.com\/\u0022\u003EStord\u003C\/a\u003E, who reached a valuation of over $1.4 billion in 2021. The summer 2022 on-campus accelerator will be the ninth\u0026nbsp;iteration of the program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Startup Launch provides students an incredible opportunity to create real startups,\u0026rdquo; said Rahul Saxena, Interim Director for CREATE-X. \u0026ldquo;Through the program, CREATE-X is working to establish Georgia Tech as the number one startup campus in the nation with the most funded student startup enterprises.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen selecting participants for Startup Launch, CREATE-X evaluates the team, market\/problem, and product. Teams accepted into the program receive $5,000 in seed funding and $30,000 worth of in-kind services to put students on the road to startup success. In-kind services include:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EIntense coaching from experienced entrepreneurs and business faculty\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EMentorship from industry veterans and notable Georgia Tech alumni\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EPro-bono legal incorporation services from a full-service law-firm\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAccounting services from a CPA firm including tax planning and compliance\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E24\/7 access to co-working office space\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAccess to prominent investors at Demo Day\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;FIXD wouldn\u0026rsquo;t exist if it wasn\u0026rsquo;t for CREATE-X,\u0026rdquo; said John Gattuso, CEO of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.fixd.com\/\u0022\u003EFIXD\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;The program gave us the confidence to start our company and make it our full-time job after graduating.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBoth FIXD and Stord started with CREATE-X as an idea that evolved into a successful startup.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring the 12-week summer program, Startup Launch participants attend sessions, team socials, and pitch practices. In addition, they have the opportunity to attend Product Day, a trade-show format event where startups can interact with attendees from Georgia Tech, local startups, industry, and the Atlanta investment community, and Demo Day, Startup Launch\u0026rsquo;s signature event that attracts more than 1,000 attendees.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFollowing the completion of Startup Launch, CREATE-X continues to work with founders by offering workshops and making investor connections to help startups progress.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents and alumni who are interested in participating in the summer 2022 Startup Launch program can apply online at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bit.ly\/cxstartuplaunch22\u0022\u003Ebit.ly\/cxstartuplaunch22\u003C\/a\u003E through March 14, 2022.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s CREATE-X Startup Launch, a program for Georgia Tech students and alumni who want to launch their projects from idea stage (or beyond) into fully functioning and viable startups, is now accepting applications for summer 2022. 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Election to NAI\u0026rsquo;s fellowship program is the highest professional distinction for academic inventors.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESivakumar, Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/georgia-tech-names-raghupathy-siva-sivakumar-vice-president-commercialization\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Efirst vice president of commercialization and chief commercialization officer\u003C\/a\u003E, is being recognized for having demonstrated a highly prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development, and welfare of society. He is a co-inventor on 22 issued patents, with 15 of them licensed to industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESivakumar holds the Wayne J. 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This includes the advancement of novel strategies that enable processing and design of soft electronic materials (such as organic semiconductors and inorganic\/organic hybrid materials) with unique functional properties and the creation of innovative device architectures.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStingelin holds a joint appointment\u0026nbsp;in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. 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Forest was selected by his peers for this lifetime achievement award in March.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;m honored to receive what I have long considered to be the highest teaching honor in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering,\u0026quot; said Forest. \u0026quot;Since I was an undergraduate at Georgia Tech (class of 2001), I have admired the awardees and dreamt of joining their company.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOver the past 13 years, Forest has been a leader in transforming the engineering student experience within and outside of Georgia Tech to be more hands-on, team-focused, open-ended, creative, inventive, and entrepreneurial through four foundational programs:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/inventionstudio.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EThe Invention Studio\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E \u0026ndash; the largest volunteer student-run makerspace in the nation where students, staff and faculty are empowered to build, tinker, and hack their way to a brighter future. The studio is free and open to the entire Georgia Tech community.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/inventureprize.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EThe InVenture Prize\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E \u0026ndash;\u0026nbsp;a faculty-led innovation competition that brings together student innovators from all academic backgrounds across the Georgia Tech campus in an effort to foster creativity, invention, and entrepreneurship. Partnered with Georgia Public Broadcasting, the InVenture Prize transforms an ordinary invention contest into an electrifying televised competition. In addition, the K-12 InVenture Prize encourages elementary, middle, and high school students to present projects that identify real-world problems and design unique solutions.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.capstone.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECapstone Design\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E \u0026ndash; a culminating course offered to undergraduate students in several disciplines at Georgia Tech. Students work in teams to design, build, and test prototypes with real world applications. At the end of each semester students showcase their efforts at the Capstone Design Expo.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECREATE-X\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E \u0026ndash; a Georgia Tech initiative to instill entrepreneurial confidence in students and empower them to launch successful startups.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EForest\u0026rsquo;s talk focused on how these four programs demonstrate the value and sustainability of a student-owned, hands-on, design-build education to stimulate innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship in engineering education.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo watch the full lecture, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bit.ly\/3D1koaJ\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/bit.ly\/3D1koaJ\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nTo view photos from the event, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bit.ly\/3lrx4Sj\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/bit.ly\/3lrx4Sj\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBio\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECraig Forest is a Professor and Woodruff Faculty Fellow in the George W. 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Larger analytical data from ViOSSafe can be securely shared with colleagues using the complementary mobile app, ViOSSafe Viewer, powered by the IP, Secure QR.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EVideo:\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/67IrAt-XlsM\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/youtu.be\/67IrAt-XlsM\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETeam:\u003C\/strong\u003E Gradbies\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ETeam Members:\u003C\/strong\u003E Troy Batugal (Biomedical Engineering), Joseph Boone (Industrial and Systems Engineering), Narayan Shirolkar (Materials Science and Engineering)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ETrack:\u003C\/strong\u003E MSE\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EIdea:\u003C\/strong\u003E The team presented the idea to produce low-cost Polyacrylonitrile (PAN)\/cellulose nanocrystal (CNC)\/lignin composite fiber precursors to make\u0026nbsp;high strength carbon fibers while\u0026nbsp;reducing fiber manufacturing cost by 23% for automotive applications.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EVideo:\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/-s-qP115KYU\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/youtu.be\/-s-qP115KYU\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESecond Place\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETeam:\u003C\/strong\u003E Inferno\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ETeam Members:\u003C\/strong\u003E Madhuri Nagesh Kirani (Computer Science), Jagriti Sikka (Computer Science), Kartik Angadi (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Sivagami Subramanian Nambi (Computer Science)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ETrack:\u003C\/strong\u003E General IP\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EIdea:\u003C\/strong\u003E The team presented the idea of an advanced warning system for improved safety in roadway work zones. Their end to end Saas solution will be used to track everything regarding the incidents (from time and location of accident), to details of those involved, the extent of injury, medical and legal costs, insurance claims filed and more, serving as a one-stop solution for multiple proceedings.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EVideo:\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/3zM9kVuZldc\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/youtu.be\/3zM9kVuZldc\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETeam:\u003C\/strong\u003E Texture Wizards\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ETeam Members:\u003C\/strong\u003E Rupesh Rajendran (Materials Science and Engineering), Krishna Moorthi Sankar (Materials Science and Engineering)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ETrack:\u003C\/strong\u003E MSE\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EIdea:\u003C\/strong\u003E The team presented the idea to introduce nanotextured stainless steels for use in the medical and food industries with high anti-wetting properties, low bacterial adhesion and low cost. The process is simple, scalable and does not disrupt current manufacturing processes.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EVideo:\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CtxpoyTFQWw\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CtxpoyTFQWw\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThird Place\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETeam:\u003C\/strong\u003E Viz\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ETeam Members:\u003C\/strong\u003E Adam Siffel (Mechanical Engineering), Boglarka Ecsedi (Computer Science)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ETrack:\u003C\/strong\u003E General IP\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EIdea:\u003C\/strong\u003E The team presented the idea for Hydrobloom which utilizes new technology to decentralize water purification to households with a safe, effective, and low energy solution while providing a new level of access to water quality information.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EVideo:\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/4kl4mmQGkdQ\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/youtu.be\/4kl4mmQGkdQ\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETeam:\u003C\/strong\u003E Glassteroid\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ETeam Members:\u003C\/strong\u003E Dylan Cheung (Materials Science and Engineering), Gerard Spooner Martinez (Computer Science), Leon Chen (Materials Science and Engineering), Patrick Hultquist (Computer Science), Varun Mehrotra (Computer Science)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ETrack:\u003C\/strong\u003E MSE\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EIdea:\u003C\/strong\u003E The team presented the idea to utilize Solar-Powered Electrochromic Windows to build glass panels for self-sufficient greenhouses. The variable transparency of the IP\u0026rsquo;s solar electrochromic windows provides an energy efficient and eco-friendly heating\/cooling solution for greenhouses, while also providing surplus power for other devices within the structure.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EVideo:\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/AKuHh0agoAY\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/youtu.be\/AKuHh0agoAY\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECREATE-X\u0026nbsp;is a Georgia Tech initiative to instill entrepreneurial confidence in students and empower them to launch successful startups. 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The event is free and open to the public.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe showcase is the culmination of the I2P course, where Georgia Tech students spend a semester turning their invention idea into a working product. Students earn research credit for the course, in addition to receiving financial support and faculty mentorship.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe I2P course was established through CREATE-X, a Georgia Tech initiative devoted to instilling entrepreneurial confidence in students and empowering them to launch successful startups. 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Prizes will be awarded for first, second and third place.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo register for the event, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bit.ly\/3F5TmjA\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/bit.ly\/3F5TmjA\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to the showcase, CREATE-X is now accepting applications for the spring semester of I2P. Teams accepted into the program will have the opportunity to advance their invention idea towards a real product by performing basic research, analysis, building, and testing. They will receive $500 in funding, course research credit, and mentorship from a Georgia Tech faculty member. To learn more or to apply, visit the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/i2p.gatech.edu\/idea-prototype\u0022\u003ECREATE-X website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECREATE-X\u0026nbsp;is a Georgia Tech initiative to instill entrepreneurial confidence in students and empower them to launch successful startups. 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That\u0026rsquo;s how many jobs the company Stord has brought to the state of Georgia since it opened its doors in 2016. The startup was one of the first to go through Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s CREATE-X incubator, offering cloud-based software that has since revolutionized the supply chain sector. And as the company continues to grow, it has no plans to leave Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;One of the best things we\u0026#39;ve done to give back to Georgia is the way Stord has accelerated the overall technology ecosystem, mostly as it pertains to venture, and beyond that, just bringing more capital to the market,\u0026rdquo; said Sean Henry, CEO and co-founder of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.stord.com\/\u0022\u003EStord\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0026rsquo;s not just Stord that\u0026rsquo;s giving back to the state. Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s economic impact on the state of Georgia was $4 billion in fiscal year 2020, according to data recently released by the University System of Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECompanies like SalesLoft, Greenlight, and Pindrop all graduated from Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/atdc.org\/\u0022\u003EAdvanced Technology Development Center\u003C\/a\u003E (ATDC) \u0026mdash; the state\u0026rsquo;s oldest technology incubator \u0026mdash; and have stayed headquartered in Atlanta, infusing millions in capital and thousands of jobs into the state economy. Other startup programs on campus include \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/venturelab.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EVentureLab\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.engage.vc\/\u0022\u003EENGAGE\u003C\/a\u003E, and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gcmiatl.com\/\u0022\u003EGlobal Center for Medical Innovation\u003C\/a\u003E, to name a few, helping students and faculty set up companies based on creative ideas and technological innovation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s reputation as a leader in producing successful startups is further solidified by faculty research commercialization. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/carbice.com\/\u0022\u003ECarbice\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/silanano.com\/\u0022\u003ESila Nanotechnologies\u003C\/a\u003E were developed directly from the research of faculty members Baratunde\u0026nbsp;Cola and Gleb Yushin, respectively, and both companies focus on providing energy alternatives to businesses and consumers. Mark Prausnitz\u0026rsquo;s microneedle technology developed at Georgia Tech has led to four different companies in the Atlanta area, employing 40 people.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Georgia Tech provides fertile ground for inventing and developing technologies. The research provides excellent training for students, and the technologies have the promise of serving patients and growing the economy,\u0026rdquo; said Prausnitz, Regents\u0026rsquo; Professor and J. Erskine Love Chair in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. \u0026ldquo;As the biotech industry in Georgia continues to grow, there is an accelerating feedback loop that stimulates more research, more investments, and more successful companies.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETechnology transfer and research commercialization are a strategic focus for Georgia Tech, with Raghupathy \u0026ldquo;Siva\u0026rdquo; Sivakumar newly serving as the Institute\u0026rsquo;s chief commercialization officer.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;As someone who\u0026#39;s taken advantage of the Georgia Tech commercialization ecosystem in the past as a faculty entrepreneur, it still surprises me how rich it is, and that gives me great optimism for the road ahead,\u0026rdquo; said Sivakumar, who is also the co-founder and director of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECREATE-X\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is committed to putting research into action. In fiscal year 2021, the Institute brought in $1.2 billion in new\u0026nbsp;grants and contracts for research and other sponsored activities. Of this amount, $781 million was granted to the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gtri.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (GTRI), the applied research division of the Institute. The awards enable its eight labs to solve complex challenges for the U.S. federal government, the state, and industry. Some of that money goes toward innovations in agriculture across Georgia, including robots that assist with peach picking, poultry deboning, and crop monitoring, to name a few.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile many rural areas of Georgia are benefiting from Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s technologies, Atlanta itself has emerged as one of the nation\u0026rsquo;s capital cities for technology and startup innovation. Part of the region\u0026rsquo;s success with its technology ecosystem is Midtown\u0026rsquo;s Technology Square, with the highest density of startups, corporate innovators, and academic researchers in the southeastern U.S.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStord\u0026rsquo;s headquarters sit right next to Tech Square, and Henry\u0026rsquo;s office window looks across the street to the Scheller College of Business, where he took his first classes at Georgia Tech. Just this year, Stord opened a 386,000-square-foot warehouse 20 miles outside of Atlanta, where it employs about 75 people who gain the benefits of a startup, including equity and paid time off programs, as well as the corporate culture and engagement that doesn\u0026rsquo;t typically come in an industrial environment.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;There\u0026rsquo;s a lot more employee loyalty in Georgia versus a place like Silicon Valley. They want to buy into a long-term mission and be part of something greater,\u0026rdquo; said Henry.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELast week, Stord reached a major milestone \u0026mdash; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.stord.com\/blog\/stord-raises-series-d-and-acquires-fulfillment-works\u0022\u003Ea $1.1 billion valuation\u003C\/a\u003E. For Henry, it\u0026rsquo;s a surreal moment, but mostly one colored by feelings of gratitude.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I think the main feeling is gratitude, and at the same time, the feeling that you have to do more in the sense of looking for ways to continue to give back,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;The amount of trust, focus, and support the Georgia Tech ecosystem will give you is incredible, and can propel you far if you utilize it correctly. 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Now the idea is reaching other disciplines in the College of Engineering at Tech with the support of a $3.1 million grant from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.kffdn.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EKern Family Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUnder the new project, led by Coulter BME Professor Joe Le Doux, the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDaniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, and the College\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECREATE-X entrepreneurial program\u003C\/a\u003E will infuse story-driven learning into their curricula to help students build \u0026ldquo;entrepreneurial mindsets.\u0026rdquo; The idea is to help students see themselves as engineers ready and able to act, using all the skills they\u0026rsquo;re learning to solve problems and improve the human condition.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Throughout engineering education, I would argue, we often don\u0026#39;t give students a chance to sit back, reflect, and make connections about what they\u0026rsquo;re learning and how they can use it,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Joe-Le%20Doux\u0022\u003ELe Doux, executive director of training and learning in the Coulter Department\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;Some students do it on their own. But some don\u0026#39;t. Those who do, really benefit from it. So, the whole concept of the story-driven learning piece is to help students make these connections about what they\u0026#39;re learning, who they are, where they\u0026#39;re going.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Coulter Department has been developing this story-driven learning idea for a few years through the Foundation\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.engineeringunleashed.com\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EKern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN)\u003C\/a\u003E. It has developed into a thread that weaves throughout students\u0026rsquo; courses: All along their journey, students have significant learning experiences that add to their bank of stories (Le Doux thinks of it like a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.wizardingworld.com\/writing-by-jk-rowling\/pensieve\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Epensieve from the Harry Potter novels\u003C\/a\u003E \u0026mdash; a storehouse of memories and stories).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOften, students are asked to reflect on what they\u0026rsquo;re learning and how it connects to their own life experiences. They spend significant time talking to each other about their work and doing peer reviews. They interview people to discover real-world problems to solve and understand user needs. They even write articles in the style of the New York Times.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThen, near the end of their coursework, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/bmed-4000-curious-students-making-connections-and-creating-value\u0022\u003Ethey take BMED 4000, The Art of Telling Your Story, where they pull from all their experiences at Tech and beyond\u003C\/a\u003E. It\u0026rsquo;s here that they learn what makes a good story with the help of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/janeceshaffer.com\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eaward-winning Atlanta playwright Janece Shaffer\u003C\/a\u003E. She co-teaches the course alongside Le Doux and another faculty member, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Cristi-Bell-Huff\u0022\u003ECristi Bell-Huff\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We\u0026#39;re teaching them how to tell real stories that make the movie run in your head, so to speak,\u0026rdquo; Le Doux said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new grant expands these ideas into the other programs, scaling up story-driven learning.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It\u0026#39;s really exciting, because 40% of College of Engineering students will be impacted,\u0026rdquo; Le Doux said. \u0026ldquo;Every civil, environmental, aerospace, and CREATE-X student will get it \u0026mdash; but in different ways.\u0026rdquo;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECREATE-X \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe idea of an entrepreneurial mindset isn\u0026rsquo;t really about creating startups or taking ideas to market. 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The goal is for students to always be thinking about how they, and their companies, can solve problems and create value for society using the resources at hand.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We believe that entrepreneurial confidence is a life skill that every Georgia Tech student should possess when they graduate,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/create-x-team\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EJoyelle Harris, associate director of CREATE-X LEARN programs\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;We see story-driven learning as an effective methodology to help students understand the entrepreneurial confidence they have gained by participating in CREATE-X programs, regardless of whether they have launched a successful startup.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X will infuse story-driven learning techniques in each component of the LEARN-MAKE-LAUNCH pathway that forms the core of the program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMost of the 2,000 students who participate in CREATE-X courses each year don\u0026rsquo;t launch a company. 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As a high school wide receiver, biomedical engineer Mike Pullen wanted a way to protect his arms while simultaneously increasing ball security. It turns out the common polyester compression sleeves on the market are very slick when they meet the ball, increasing the chance of fumbling. Fast forward several years, Mike and his roommate, fellow biomedical engineer Mat Quon, decided to take MSE 3300-Materials Science \u0026amp; Engineering of Sports. This class was founded and taught by Dr. Jud Ready, MSE adjunct professor and principal research engineer, GTRI. Dr. Ready founded this class to educate students on the vast field of sports technology and to get them thinking about \u0026ldquo;Creating the Next\u0026rdquo;. This course required a project where teams of students must propose, devise, and potentially prototype a rules-compliant extension to a current material used in one or more common sports. Mike decided this would be a great opportunity to further his sleeve idea. This class spring boarded what was once just an idea, to a prototype, and eventually a company.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe key difference from other compression sleeves is their patent-pending grip enhancing technology within the inner hemisphere of the sleeve, generating friction, and helping the user carry whatever may be in their arms (footballs, cardboard boxes, etc.). To further the technology Mike and Mat partnered with NexTex Innovations, a CODA based tech company founded with the goal to bring textile advances to market. They began incorporating NexTex\u0026rsquo;s new TurboDry\u0026trade; technology into their sleeves, a moisture wicking fabric that transports moisture away from the wearer\u0026rsquo;s skin through the principles of biomimicry.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe product had such promise, they were chosen to participate in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s CREATE-X Startup Launch accelerator program. 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Teams presented innovative product ideas to a group of judges from the tech, business, and healthcare fields.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe hackathon was a partnership between the Emory Global Health Institute (EGHI), the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory, and Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s CREATE-X program. The Emory University School of Medicine funded the hackathon through its Imagine, Innovate, and Impact (I3) Award program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe event began on May 8 when 508 students in 105 teams began working on solutions to COVID-19 problems in eight different tracks, which included an open category, transmission\/PPE, social distancing, workplace impact, supply chain, healthcare delivery, testing, and contact tracing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;This hackathon was able to provide an outlet for students looking for ways to help control the pandemic. Together, these teams had to determine how to communicate, plan, and execute their projects from separate homes. Their work is incredibly impressive given that it was completed during this time of social distancing,\u0026quot; says Keriann Roy, EGHI Operations and Evaluation Manager, who organized the hackathon.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe top three teams, all comprised of Georgia Tech and Emory students, each won a $10,000 cash prize and enrollment in the summer 2020 CREATE-X Startup Launch. One team pitched an app called CAPACIT, which helps businesses manage new regulations required to open and operate under COVID-19 and helps consumers practice social distancing by alerting them to a store\u0026rsquo;s customer traffic in real time.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEmory student Alexandra Tuttle, who just finished her first year at the Rollins School of Public Health, made the hackathon a family affair by participating on the same team with her sister McKenzie Tuttle, who just completed her sophomore year at Georgia Tech in biomedical engineering. The Tuttle sisters and their teammates pitched the winning CAPACIT app. \u0026ldquo;As a public health student, I\u0026rsquo;d been searching for ways to help the community in the midst of the pandemic, and this hackathon seemed like an incredible way to make a tangible difference. I mentioned it in passing to my sister McKenzie. She later reached out saying she had a group from Georgia Tech and asked if I was still interested,\u0026rdquo; says Tuttle.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe sisters and their teammates plan to dedicate a portion of their prize money toward developing CAPACIT into a commercially viable product that could help hundreds of communities in their social distancing efforts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnother team created an app called CareRing that helps family members and caregivers better communicate with and monitor the physical and mental health of elderly residents living in long-term care facilities. \u0026ldquo;For our team, we definitely want to focus on customer discovery. We want to make sure\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ethat our app will actually benefit our target audience and can make a difference,\u0026rdquo; says Katherine Choi, a Georgia Tech College of Computing student who worked on the team that developed the app.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo assist providers caring for patients in hospitals, a third winning team developed an app called CovidHub, which integrates COVID-19 rapid testing results collected in facilities outside of hospitals with hospital emergency medical records (EMRs). \u0026ldquo;I am working with a startup that offers COVID-19 antibody testing, so my mind was already focused on all the issues I was seeing around testing. Throughout the hackathon, we spoke with doctors who validated a true need for CovidHub, which was our solution to integrate results from pop-up testing sites into legacy EMRs at hospitals,\u0026rdquo; says Shirley Gao, a CovidHub team member who completed her dual MPH\/MBA degree at Emory earlier this month.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA fourth team comprised of Georgia Tech students won a $5,000 honorable mention award and enrollment into the CREATE-X program for its COVID Cleaner tool, which uses computer vision algorithms to help businesses keep their facilities properly sanitized. Michael Krause, a Georgia Tech aerospace engineering student who worked on the COVID Cleaner idea, looks forward to bringing his and his teammate\u0026rsquo;s product to market. \u0026ldquo;One thing I\u0026rsquo;m especially proud of is the significant progress we made toward creating a viable product during the hackathon period itself. We\u0026rsquo;re pretty close to being able to roll out a live demo to stores, so we look forward to the support of CREATE-X as we endeavor to do that through building technical and business relationships with stores,\u0026rdquo; he says.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Emory and Georgia Tech partners for this hackathon are pleased that they brought so many students together to work on products that could make a positive difference in controlling the pandemic.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Partnering with Georgia Tech on this hackathon was a great experience for the Emory Global Health Institute and for all of the Emory students who participated. We were thrilled that so many students from both universities participated and impressed with the high-quality work they produced. While this was our first hackathon partnership with Georgia Tech, I hope it won\u0026rsquo;t be our last,\u0026rdquo; says Jeffrey Koplan, Vice President for Global Health at Emory.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We are so proud of all of the students who were able to participate in the virtual hackathon, developing ideas that could potentially make a real difference during this unprecedented pandemic,\u0026rdquo; said Raghupathy \u0026ldquo;Siva\u0026rdquo; Sivakumar, Director and Co-founder of CREATE-X and Wayne J. Holman Chair in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech. \u0026ldquo;Partnering with Emory gave us an added edge to bring more students together and tackle the tough issues facing us today. 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Many engineers from Georgia Tech and beyond are doing their part in the fight against COVID, and Kolby Hanley is one of them. A recent Materials Science Engineering graduate, Hanley has turned his company\u0026rsquo;s warehouse, using all of his 3D printers, into a rapid response center to create respirator parts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHanley has partnered with Lee Whitcher, a fellow Georgia Tech aerospace engineer, who spearheads the group AtlantaBeatsCOVID.com. The consortium is comprised of makers from the Atlanta community who feel they have something to contribute to the fight against COVID.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I put out a call to everyone I knew, and within 24 hours I had 60 people from maker spaces all over the Atlanta area,\u0026rdquo; said Whitcher. \u0026ldquo;Kolby expressed an interest in helping with his vast array of 3D printers that his company UltraView traditionally uses to make archery parts.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHanley\u0026rsquo;s facility specializes in rapid prototyping, which made it a perfect place to 3D print molds based on Whitcher\u0026rsquo;s designs. These molds are then used to create the respirator parts that fit over a patient\u0026rsquo;s nose and mouth to facilitate breathing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;ve been working directly with Lee every day,\u0026rdquo; said Hanley. \u0026ldquo;We go back and forth of the design of the mold, and he\u0026rsquo;s getting really close to perfecting it. After that\u0026rsquo;s done, we will create casting kits that we can send to people throughout the state, so anyone can use the molds to make respirator masks.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Making of a Kit\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHanley\u0026rsquo;s expertise in design for manufacturing is driving the creation of the molds and kits. The molding kit is a two-part piece, 3D printed using ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene) plastic that is acetone vapor smoothed to a mirror finish (green pieces in image below). Silicon can then be poured into the mold to create the much-needed respirator parts (the white piece in image below). The parts will then be shipped to a central location in Georgia, yet to be determined, and then sent out to healthcare facilities where they are needed most.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;You have to get the mold kit 100 percent correct before others can start using them,\u0026rdquo; said Hanley, who\u0026rsquo;s goal is to have the kits created and then open source the design so anyone in the world can print the kits. \u0026ldquo;That\u0026rsquo;s why it\u0026rsquo;s all Lee and I have been working on for the last two weeks.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe ABS plastic is also a critical part of the mold making. It is an extremely smooth 3D printed material that is imperative to keeping the virus out.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The 3D printing can only get you so far,\u0026rdquo; said Whitcher. \u0026ldquo;The ABS material that Kolby uses for the respirator part is what keeps the virus out, as it has to seal around the patients face.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHanley did run into a barrier to get the ABS material for creating the respirator part. It\u0026rsquo;s a common material, but he doesn\u0026rsquo;t carry it at his facility. And Amazon wasn\u0026rsquo;t going to be able to deliver it until late April. Hanley had to drive across the state to find a store that was open and selling the material.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAtlantaBeatsCOVID.com Partnership\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs the founder of AtlantaBeatsCOVID.com, Whitcher continually works on the design of the kit and respirator mask, while Hanley works to implement his designs until they get it right.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Basically, Lee tells me what to do and I do it,\u0026rdquo; said Hanley. \u0026ldquo;I then drop the latest prototype to Lee every morning. My company is basically a rapid prototyping hub for Lee.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs Whitcher says, \u0026ldquo;Kolby is my personal printer, and amazing to work with.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe ultimate goal is for everything to be open sourced with directions on how to use the kits to make the respirator masks. Whitcher has similar plans for intubation enclosure he\u0026rsquo;s been working on as well. While this project isn\u0026rsquo;t one that Hanley works on, it\u0026rsquo;s critical to the COVID response.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Following the lead of a doctor in the Philippines, we are working on a prototype of a shroud that covers a patient\u0026rsquo;s chest and head as the intubation tube is pulled out,\u0026rdquo; said Whitcher. \u0026ldquo;Normally when an intubation tube comes out, fluids disperse everywhere. That\u0026rsquo;s what we are trying to mitigate to contain the spread of the virus.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe shroud is a sanitized enclosure with features that allow healthcare workers to run vent tubes to the patient. Whitcher has been simulating the procedure and hopes to have a prototype ready soon.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Motivation\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor Hanley, he realized that with his 3D printers, he had the ability to do just-in-time manufacturing for the fight against COVID.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Everyone is out to flatten the curve, and everything needs to happen very fast,\u0026rdquo; said Hanley. \u0026ldquo;I realized the design and manufacturing that go into these final use parts to make the kits is exactly what we do at UltraView. So, it was clear I should help with this.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHanley goes on to explain the turn around time for responding to the virus.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Normally for manufacturing efforts, it\u0026rsquo;s a two-week lead time, and that\u0026rsquo;s fast by industry standards,\u0026rdquo; said Hanley. \u0026ldquo;With just-in-time manufacturing you have two days to get ahead of it. The faster we can manufacture and make kits into an open source design, it will help others create the parts in an exponential and impactful way.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor Whitcher and his creation of AtlantaBeatsCOVID.com, he felt he had the particular skill set to help with the situation. His connection to the maker community of Atlanta was something he could leverage for the cause.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I felt morally compelled to do this,\u0026rdquo; said Whitcher. \u0026ldquo;On the first day of lockdown, I considered using the time to finish my PhD thesis, but I decided that was selfish \u0026ndash; my thesis could be finished at any time. But now is the only time I have to contribute to this fight.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor now, Hanley and Whitcher continue to perfect the molding kit design so it can be open sourced as soon as possible. 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Ultimate Guitar will leverage the artificial intelligence within Crescendo\u0026rsquo;s app to enhance user experience within a suite of apps for aspiring musicians.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X at Georgia Tech is a visionary enterprise aimed at systematically nurturing entrepreneurial confidence as one of the signature attributes of Georgia Tech graduates. The broader goal of this initiative is to provide the knowledge, skills, abilities and experiences that will give Georgia Tech graduates the confidence to actively create their own future.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The idea that our algorithm is being used by millions of people to help them become better musicians is awe-inspiring to me,\u0026rdquo; said Seth Radman, founder of Crescendo and Georgia Tech mechanical engineering alumnus. \u0026ldquo;CREATE-X gave me the skills and confidence to create my startup, which had over 1 million app downloads and was featured as Apple\u0026rsquo;s App of the Day, and now it\u0026rsquo;s truly making an impact in the global music community.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERadman recalls receiving the final email that all agreements were in place with Ultimate Guitar.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It was surreal, and I was in shock. It\u0026rsquo;s a delicate dance to close a deal like this. In fact, it took nine months with many emotional highs and lows. But my mentors at CREATE-X were with me every step of the way.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERadman is now working with Ultimate Guitar to help integrate Crescendo\u0026rsquo;s AI-powered music analysis engine into a suite of products that help users learn to play more proficiently. Radman will continue working with Ultimate Guitar until the AI is fully integrated.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We are incredibly proud of Seth and what he has accomplished as the founder of Crescendo,\u0026rdquo; said Raghupathy \u0026ldquo;Siva\u0026rdquo; Sivakumar, director and co-founder of CREATE-X and Wayne J. Holman chair in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech. \u0026ldquo;This is the program\u0026#39;s first exit, and exits are one of the success metrics we track as we look to become the No. 1 startup campus in the U.S.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to merging Crescendo with Ultimate Guitar\u0026rsquo;s products, Radman already is working on his next project, he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I recently joined CharterUP, a transportation tech startup, as Head of Product,\u0026rdquo; Radman said. \u0026ldquo;As a mechanical engineer from Georgia Tech, I never dreamed I\u0026rsquo;d be impacting the lives of so many people who love music, and CREATE-X gave me the confidence to pursue my startup idea and, ultimately, the support and resources I needed to get acquired.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;It was immediately clear during our first meeting that Crescendo had created something special,\u0026quot; said Jonathan Kehl, Ultimate Guitar\u0026#39;s Vice President of Global Business Development, \u0026quot;The unique combination of Seth\u0026rsquo;s technical capabilities with his musical experience resulted in an innovative approach to helping musicians practice music. 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We look forward to finding more ways to work with Georgia Tech and finding the next Crescendo.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2018\/12\/conductor-your-pocket\u0022\u003ELearn more about Crescendo, founder Seth Radman, and his journey through CREATE-X.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStartup Crescendo acquired by Ultimate Guitar\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Startup Crescendo acquired by Ultimate Guitar"}],"uid":"35283","created_gmt":"2020-02-24 17:25:30","changed_gmt":"2020-02-24 17:25:30","author":"smally6","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-02-24T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-02-24T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"632863":{"id":"632863","type":"image","title":"Crescendo Acquisition","body":null,"created":"1582564139","gmt_created":"2020-02-24 17:08:59","changed":"1582564139","gmt_changed":"2020-02-24 17:08:59","alt":"","file":{"fid":"240805","name":"Crescendo-FINAL web.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Crescendo-FINAL%20web.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Crescendo-FINAL%20web.png","mime":"image\/png","size":964630,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Crescendo-FINAL%20web.png?itok=kavHWpbA"}}},"media_ids":["632863"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/ultimate-guitar-chords-tabs\/id357828853","title":"Ultimate Guitar iOS Download"},{"url":"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.ultimateguitar.tabs\u0026hl=en_US","title":"Ultimate Guitar Android Download"}],"groups":[{"id":"583966","name":"CREATE-X"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"139","name":"Business"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"}],"keywords":[{"id":"137161","name":"CREATE-X"},{"id":"166973","name":"startup"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Parmelee\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech College of Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E404.385.0181\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["grobert6@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"632609":{"#nid":"632609","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CREATE-X Startup Ethos Receives Grant from National Science Foundation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEthos Medical, a startup founded by Georgia Tech engineering alumni, was recently awarded a $225,000 grant from the National Science Foundation\u0026rsquo;s Small Business Innovation Research program. The grant will help the student-founded Ethos team to demonstrate the feasibility of their product: a low-cost needle guidance system to help medical practitioners administer a lumbar puncture accurately and without complications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEthos Medical co-founders Dev Mandavia, Lucas Muller, and Cassidy Wang, all Georgia Tech College of Engineering graduates, built their company around a key concern in the medical field: between 20 and 42 percent of lumbar puncture procedures fail. These procedures, which are vital to diagnosing diseases like meningitis, multiple sclerosis, and others, are difficult to do even for trained professionals. Mistakes can decrease patient satisfaction, extend length of stay, and result in operational inefficiencies and losses for hospitals. Ethos Medical\u0026rsquo;s system pairs ultrasound imaging with a software overlay and precise needle guidance.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We are honored and excited to have been awarded this grant,\u0026rdquo; said Mandavia. \u0026ldquo;This is a huge accomplishment for Ethos that will propel us through preclinical testing and toward commercialization. Receiving this grant from the National Science Foundation also underscores the significance of the problem we are addressing and the solution we have envisioned. It would be remiss of me not to give credit to CREATE-X, ATDC, and our incredible advisory board. If it weren\u0026rsquo;t for them, the progress we\u0026rsquo;ve made over the last year would not have been possible.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe recent grant from Phase I of the Small Business Innovation Research program will help the Ethos Medical team to establish the scientific, technical and commercial merit and feasibility of the proposed innovation. With this seed funding, the team plans to conduct studies to evaluate the accuracy of the system in cadavers, which will allow them to eventually test on live tissue models. Physicians and anesthesiologists will conduct the studies with a fully functional prototype.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEthos Medical is a young company, but since its founding in 2018 it has garnered many accomplishments and accolades. Ethos Medical co-founders participated twice in Startup Launch, part of the CREATE-X suite of programs to help Georgia Tech students develop entrepreneurial knowledge and confidence. Since then, they have been recognized numerous times for their ability to use engineering and entrepreneurial knowledge to launch a thriving business, including being on the list of Atlanta Inno\u0026rsquo;s 25 under 25.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;CREATE-X is so proud to see the Ethos Medical team procure the seed funding needed to get them off the ground and through pre-clinical testing,\u0026rdquo; said Raghupathy \u0026ldquo;Siva\u0026rdquo; Sivakumar, director of the CREATE-X program. \u0026ldquo;We look forward to seeing the strides they will continue to make in the coming years and the lives they will certainly impact.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe broader goal of CREATE-X is to provide the knowledge, skills, abilities and experiences that will give Georgia Tech graduates the confidence to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities and create their own future. Learn more at create-x.gatech.edu.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEthos Medical, founded by three engineering alums, secured funding to test their lumbar puncture system\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Ethos Medical, founded by three engineering alums, secured funding to test their lumbar puncture system"}],"uid":"35283","created_gmt":"2020-02-18 18:24:50","changed_gmt":"2020-02-18 21:37:24","author":"smally6","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"632541":{"id":"632541","type":"image","title":"Ethos Medical NSF Grant 2\/18\/20","body":null,"created":"1581961736","gmt_created":"2020-02-17 17:48:56","changed":"1581961736","gmt_changed":"2020-02-17 17:48:56","alt":"","file":{"fid":"240666","name":"Ethos-webHero_2.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Ethos-webHero_2.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Ethos-webHero_2.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1099934,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Ethos-webHero_2.png?itok=3Y9ghfcR"}}},"media_ids":["632541"],"groups":[{"id":"583966","name":"CREATE-X"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"}],"keywords":[{"id":"137161","name":"CREATE-X"},{"id":"166994","name":"startups"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPolly Ouellette\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"628125":{"#nid":"628125","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Queues takes the waiting out of lines","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EYou\u0026rsquo;re starving and you\u0026rsquo;re going to be late for your exam unless you grab food quickly. The problem? It\u0026rsquo;s 11:45 a.m. It\u0026rsquo;s the busiest time of day at the Student Center. All the lines for restaurants are huge. Which one is the quickest?\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThere is a solution. You grab your phone and open Queues, an app that tells you wait times for all dining locations on campus. Now you don\u0026rsquo;t have waste your time in line \u0026ndash; instead you get to make sure you\u0026rsquo;re fed before taking your exam.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EQueues was created by Samuel Porta, a third-year Computer Science student from New Zealand. Porta has always had an entrepreneurial spirit. He started his first business selling candy on the school bus after seeing that his classmates were hungry on the way home at the end of the day. \u0026ldquo;I would find a problem and fix it.\u0026rdquo; Coming to Georgia Tech was his opportunity to create something bigger that would solve a problem.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPorta took the Startup Ideas course Fall of 2017, took Idea to Prototype Spring 2018, and was admitted into the CREATE-X Startup Launch program as a freshman for the summer of 2018. Every Tuesday he would meet with coaches and provide a weekly progress report and in turn receive feedback.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring the week, his team spent hours at the Georgia Tech Police Department (GTPD) looking at footage of students waiting in line at dining locations on campus to figure out wait times. They realized a few obstacles:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Col\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EIt takes too much time to filter through all the footage.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EThe wait times during the summer are drastically different than wait times in the fall and spring semesters.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ol\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe data collection process was too labor intensive and subject to change based on term, weather, day of the week, exam schedules, etc. They began looking into alternatives to collecting data for determining wait times.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EQueues figured out that the best way to provide accurate wait times was by crowdsourcing the information. By adding an iPad with a few buttons to indicate how long you waited in line at the beginning of the line, Queues would have much more data to work with. Adding buttons to every dining location would not have been possible without a contract with the Georgia Tech Dining provider.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAt the same time, the team also shifted their revenue model and focused on receiving money from the users of the app versus relying on consumers to pay for Queues. Queues learned through customer discover that providing wait times to consumers is a convenience and it is not something they absolutely need and would be willing to pay a premium for.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EQueues started negotiations with Georgia Tech dining services. Porta took initiative to give a call and ask for the person in charge. With his passion, respect, and gratitude he was able to speak to the person in charge and began negotiations. But they were soon faced with another obstacle \u0026ndash; the food services vendor changed during negotiations, slowing the process down considerably. \u0026nbsp;Typically, with contract negotiations, the general word of advice is if it takes longer than six months, it\u0026rsquo;s not going to happen, and it is not worth pursuing. But Porta was persistent. His negotiation with Georgia Tech lasted more than a year. If he hadn\u0026rsquo;t been, then Queues would have folded. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter Startup Launch Porta decided to pursue Queues full time for a semester. \u0026ldquo;I was excited about Startup Launch and motivated by the energy of the program. I continued app development, figured out our first customer and how to deploy [Queues].\u0026rdquo; In spring of 2019, he returned to be a part-time student and part-time CEO of Queues.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince last summer, the team has expanded from two team members to five. Porta found employees through WRECK camp, an Idea to Prototype event, a reddit post for android developers, and an old friend that took classes with him.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EQueues currently has 100 users that provide feedback and they hope to have a few thousand testers and users by the end of the Spring 2020 semester.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EQueues is now up and running on campus. So, what now?\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We are doing a trial period with the food service provider on campus,\u0026rdquo; said Porta. \u0026ldquo;If all goes well, the vendor already has other sites identified to deploy Queues.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPorta reflects on his time in CREATE-X.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The most important lesson from Startup Launch is learning to think differently about startups,\u0026rdquo; said Porta. \u0026ldquo;Startups are generally portrayed as \u0026lsquo;you have this great idea and then you immediately create a solution and it is perfect.\u0026rsquo; That everyone will become the next Facebook or Microsoft. That\u0026rsquo;s how the stories are told and immortalized. But of course, it misses all the actual learning that happens along the way.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EQueues is now looking for someone with experience in Firebase or databases and data processing. If you are interested, please contact Samuel Porta at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:samrossporta@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Esamrossporta@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E. 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Teens are \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1002\/cd.23219988204\u0022\u003Edisengaged in the classroom\u003C\/a\u003E, the school environment \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ed.ted.com\/featured\/ltryN5j7\u0022\u003Ediscourages risk-taking and stifles creativity\u003C\/a\u003E, and parents believe that \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/education\/us-schools-are-too-focused-on-standardized-tests-poll-finds\/2015\/08\/22\/4a954396-47b3-11e5-8e7d-9c033e6745d8_story.html?noredirect=on\u0022\u003Eschools are focusing too much on standardized testing \u003C\/a\u003Eand not enough on subjects students actually find useful or interesting.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThat\u0026rsquo;s why these Georgia Tech grads\/students --\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/gwsmiley\/\u0022\u003EGarrett Smiley\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/wesley-samples-53879195\/\u0022\u003EWesley Samples\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/indrasofian\/\u0022\u003EIndra Sofian\u003C\/a\u003E-- have launched a different kind of high school: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/soraschools.com\u0022\u003ESora Schools\u003C\/a\u003E, an online, project-based high school where students get to explore their interests and get exposure to future careers and fields of study.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents in the school get to decide what they want to learn. In turn, they work with an interdisciplinary team of educators to craft an individualized learning plan based on their interests. The curriculum is largely project-based, with students working on anything from learning how to build a video game to writing their own novel.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Most high schools today are out of touch with what people actually want or need to learn,\u0026rdquo; says Smiley, co-founder of Sora Schools and a computer science student at Georgia Tech. \u0026ldquo;Even when I was in high school, I always thought about how school could be redesigned from the ground up. So when I met Indra and Wesley at Georgia Tech and we came up with the idea for Sora, I jumped at the opportunity.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlong with an innovative learning model, Smiley says what has enabled Sora to succeed is the technology available for education today.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Right now, many people have access to the best educational resources in the world through the Internet for little to no cost,\u0026rdquo; says Smiley. \u0026ldquo;You can access world-class resources like MIT course material through MIT OpenCourseWare and K-12 educational content through platforms such as Khan Academy and YouTube. Beyond that, software like Zoom and Slack allow us to communicate over great distances much more easily, quickly, and in higher fidelity than at any point in history. At Sora, we\u0026rsquo;re even working to implement an algorithm that automatically tracks what students know and instantly matches confused students with student experts all at the click of a button. A school like ours wouldn\u0026rsquo;t have been possible even 5 years ago.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents at Sora work together remotely. Daily morning meetings are conducted over Zoom video calls, as well as the meetings with their learning experts and counselors. Students log their projects and work through a documentation software called Notion. Projects can span multiple months and incorporate different academic standards in the classic subjects of math, science, history, English, and foreign languages.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut the curriculum at Sora isn\u0026rsquo;t just focused on traditional academic topics. It also encompasses financial literacy, ethics, soft skills, and other subjects important to life after school. Students are encouraged to take on internships and work opportunities as part of their education. The program also includes access for students to the Sora Mentor Network, a group of professionals from a variety of fields and backgrounds that serve to inspire and guide students in their professional aspirations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The purpose of the program at Sora is to accelerate students to reach their potential,\u0026rdquo; says Smiley. \u0026ldquo;We want students to really explore their interests in school. Once they\u0026rsquo;ve locked in on something they really love, we\u0026rsquo;ll put every resource we have behind them to help them achieve their goals. They\u0026rsquo;ll be prepared for college, the start of their career, or whatever else they set out to do once they graduate.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team behind Sora Schools includes Smiley and Georgia Tech business administration graduates Indra Sofian, and Wesley Samples.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThey recently completed \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.create-x.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECREATE-X\u0026rsquo;s Startup Launch\u003C\/a\u003E, a Georgia Tech startup incubator training more than 40 teams through their Startup Launch Program this summer. The 140 founders on the teams include GT students, alumni, current local business owners, and other university students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Even though we had already started Sora prior to Startup Launch, we still found the program enormously helpful,\u0026rdquo; says Smiley. \u0026ldquo;The mentorship from our batch coaches was especially valuable. It was through discussions with them in office hours that we made some critical changes in our company\u0026rsquo;s product and model. Beyond that, we appreciated the community that Startup Launch brought to us--having others going through similar journeys alongside you is strengthening.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the future, Sora Schools plans to continue growing their student body and establishing partnerships with startups and businesses for work opportunities such as internships for students\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech grads\/students--\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/gwsmiley\/\u0022\u003EGarrett Smiley\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/wesley-samples-53879195\/\u0022\u003EWesley Samples\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/indrasofian\/\u0022\u003EIndra Sofian\u003C\/a\u003E--launched a different kind of high school: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/soraschools.com\u0022\u003ESora Schools\u003C\/a\u003E, an online, project-based high school where students get to explore their interests and get exposure to future careers and fields of study.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Sora Schools is an online, project-based high school where students get to explore their interests and get exposure to future careers and fields of study."}],"uid":"34825","created_gmt":"2019-08-30 12:49:06","changed_gmt":"2019-08-30 13:20:26","author":"joliva7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-08-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-08-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"625360":{"id":"625360","type":"image","title":"Sora Schools at Demo Day","body":null,"created":"1567171019","gmt_created":"2019-08-30 13:16:59","changed":"1567171019","gmt_changed":"2019-08-30 13:16:59","alt":"sora schools co founder at demo day with pop up sign","file":{"fid":"238084","name":"Sora Team Pic at Create-X.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Sora%20Team%20Pic%20at%20Create-X.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Sora%20Team%20Pic%20at%20Create-X.png","mime":"image\/png","size":5694410,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Sora%20Team%20Pic%20at%20Create-X.png?itok=WFiPFvpo"}},"625361":{"id":"625361","type":"image","title":"Sora Schools Logo","body":null,"created":"1567171079","gmt_created":"2019-08-30 13:17:59","changed":"1567171079","gmt_changed":"2019-08-30 13:17:59","alt":"","file":{"fid":"238085","name":"Sora Logo (2).png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Sora%20Logo%20%282%29.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Sora%20Logo%20%282%29.png","mime":"image\/png","size":78591,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Sora%20Logo%20%282%29.png?itok=LVRtcTAb"}}},"media_ids":["625360","625361"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/soraschools.com\/","title":"Website Link Here"}],"groups":[{"id":"583966","name":"CREATE-X"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"43101","name":"Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business"},{"id":"182184","name":"CREATE-X; computer science"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIndra Sofian\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eindra@soraschools.com\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on CREATE-X, please contact create-x@gatech.edu.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["indra@soraschools.com"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"623677":{"#nid":"623677","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Four Promising Companies That Are Just Getting Off The Ground","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents from around the world come to Georgia Tech with startup ideas already in mind, hoping to launch the next invention that revolutionizes an industry. The startup ecosystem at Tech is extremely healthy, providing programs that foster young engineers who want to be entrepreneurs either during school or after they graduate.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECREATE-X\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is leading the way, producing hundreds of student-run startups each year. It\u0026rsquo;s a Georgia Tech initiative to instill entrepreneurial confidence in students and empower them to launch real startups. The broader goal of CREATE-X is to provide the knowledge, skills, abilities and experiences that will give Tech graduates the confidence to create their own future and confidently pursue entrepreneurial opportunities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis past year, the CREATE-X Startup Launch program introduced more than 100 new companies to the market, with more than 300 students participating. VAILS, ConvexMind and pHam are just a few of the 2018 startups that have promising concepts and hope to see early success.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs told in their own words, a few of the co-founders (who are also recent engineering graduates) provide insight into their promising companies and vision for the future.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EVails\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003ECo-founder Brianna Cochran (ISyE, 2018)\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Problem\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMy co-founder Kendall (ISyE, 2018) went to the nail salon for her birthday last year and came back with quite a few complaints: The color hadn\u0026rsquo;t turned out as expected, the shape wasn\u0026rsquo;t what she had asked for, and it took almost two hours to have the nails applied! For the price she had paid, the quality of her experience was severely lacking. In fact, her nails were physically hurting from the chemicals the salon had used to adhere her new manicure.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Solution\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nVAILS (Virtual Nails) delivers a product and service in one: custom, 3D-printed artificial nails designed through a mobile application. VAILS are water soluble, sealed with a waterproof coating and personalized (shape, color, length, design) 100 percent to user description. Our nails are robust but have a quick and easy removal process that protects the nail bed keratin barrier and prevents common concerns of splitting, peeling or drying the customer\u0026rsquo;s natural nail from careless removal techniques using acetone and nail buffers. We are developing an app that uses augmented reality to capture the exact measurements of your nail and allows you to preview and design your manicure in real time before you commit to making a purchase. Once you\u0026rsquo;re satisfied, your nails are 3D-printed and shipped to you.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe CREATE-X Experience\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCREATE-X gave us an opportunity to pursue our passion for self-care and self-expression by combining our industrial engineering skills with our interest in the fashion tech industry. We wanted to take advantage of the program to bring our vision to life and introduce a product that is beautifully unique but exceptionally complementary to today\u0026rsquo;s market. We\u0026rsquo;ve also seen enormous potential in having nail health at the forefront of our initiative, as we tackle an industry with such notorious use of harsh chemicals. As industrial engineers, we see VAILS as a unique opportunity to use additive manufacturing to allow for mass customization, while maintaining freedom of design, control of our supply chain, support of \u0026lsquo;green\u0026rsquo; manufacturing initiatives, and streamlining of economies of speed.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Future\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nToday, we have partnered with various students across engineering disciplines to assist us in iterating on our prototype and will seek additional investments early this year to begin production in mid-2019. We are also interested in looking into the medical benefits of VAILS once we\u0026rsquo;re more established. Ultimately, we want to change the way the world thinks about the nail industry by demonstrating that it\u0026rsquo;s possible to own your individual aesthetic without compromising your health or wasting your time.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EpHam\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003ECo-founder Aaron Stansell (MSE, 2018)\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Problem\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe four of us were brainstorming ideas for senior design one morning. Like most mornings on campus, we had coffee in front of us. Tyler made a comment that his dentist had noticed coffee stains on his teeth. Aaron said that his GI doctor had mentioned avoiding coffee to keep symptoms of acid reflux, like heartburn, in check. This caught our attention; why were two different medical experts concerned about coffee? We did some research and found that the acidity of coffee is the issue. And we got to work!\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Solution\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.phamproducts.com\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EpHAM Products\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;was founded by four material science students: Luke, Tyler, Michele and myself. We\u0026rsquo;ve created the first ever acid-reducing coffee filter. Coffee is acidic, which erodes the enamel on your teeth, leading to staining and sensitivity. The acidity of coffee is also cited as a leading cause of heartburn for those who suffer from acid reflux. Our filter reduces this acidity, keeping your teeth healthy and allowing coffee lovers to enjoy coffee without stomach discomfort.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen we were initially engineering our filter, there were many factors to consider. The brewing process of coffee itself is fairly complex, since you want to engineer the flow rate through the filter in such a way that the water contacts the grounds for just enough time to get the optimum flavor and caffeine extraction without getting any off-flavors in the coffee. Add to this an entirely new dimension of changing the acidity of the coffee while brewing, and things get very complicated. We performed lots of pH and flow rate analysis and, through the models we developed, were able to come up with an engineering solution that works well.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe CREATE-X Experience\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMentorship and legal assistance were the most important aspects of CREATE-X for us. Through the free legal resources, we were able to better secure our intellectual property and officially structure our LLC. From our coaches to our ATDC mentors, we were constantly challenged on the \u0026ldquo;why\u0026rdquo; of our decisions, allowing us to refine the vision and direction we\u0026rsquo;re currently pursuing with pHAM.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Future\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nOver the past few months, we\u0026rsquo;ve completed several provisional patent filings, performed taste testing with hundreds of people around the Atlanta area, and worked with the Georgia Tech Renewable Bioproducts Institute on manufacturing development. We\u0026rsquo;ve also been able to sell to and test our filters with 22 pilot customers, providing wonderful feedback and suggestions that are helping us refine our current filter, as well as ideas for future products. We are planning to launch a kick-starter campaign in 2019, so we hope you all have a chance to get some pHAM filters for yourself.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003EConvexMind\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003E\u0026gt; Co-founder Charles Lehman (Master\u0026rsquo;s, ECE, 2018\/PhD, Machine Learning, 2021)\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Problem\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nI am a parent of two young boys, ages two and five, who are easily distracted. My co-founders and I spent a while batting around ideas that would solve the problems I face as a parent. We landed on the issue of trying to keep your kids occupied in an educated and wholesome way. Parents go to all sorts of lengths to choose the best educational content for their children, but there isn\u0026rsquo;t a convenient way to keep track of the benefits of that content. So, we want to close that loop.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Solution\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/convexmind.io\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EConvexMind\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is an app for parents to help them find books and activities for a pre-reading child that will help accelerate their journey to literacy.\u0026nbsp; The child plays our mobile game called Percy\u0026rsquo;s Travels that provides a dynamic experience \u0026mdash; adjusting itself to the child\u0026rsquo;s capabilities, all while gathering the data relevant to our recommendations.\u0026nbsp; Those recommendations are then provided to the parent.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe CREATE-X Experience\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCREATE-X is the best opportunity at Tech, which is a place of many great opportunities. The most beneficial part of CREATE-X is access to mentorship from players in the game (founders, investors and executives). 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The team\u0026rsquo;s past experience with civil construction projects, where photo management remains an ongoing challenge, led to the idea. Historically, capturing and organizing construction photos is an inefficient task, which involves multiple steps: capture photos using a digital camera or mobile phone, write down a description and location of each photo on a piece of paper, then manually transfer photos to a computer (sometimes many days later). Often, important information is lost during this transfer process. For example, if good field notes were not taken, one may not recall where exactly the picture was taken, or what the picture is trying to convey. Further, creating a summary report (for presentation to client\/stakeholders\/etc.) involves additional steps, such as copying and pasting photos into a template (typically Microsoft Word), and retyping the information (location, description, etc.) from the field all over again.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Solution\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nFilio is a web and mobile-based platform for capturing site construction photos (including 360-degree images) and managing them. The Filio platform streamlines a previously inefficient process by automatically capturing the location (latitude and longitude) and direction (bearing) of each photo using a mobile platform, allowing direct voice-to-text captioning for ease of describing the content of each photo, and providing real-time cross platform sharing from the mobile app to the web server. Once on the web server, the user can easily filter and search through the photos (using either a tabular or map-based approach) and generate a summary report with one click using an interactive template.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe CREATE-X Experience\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe best part of being in CREATE-X was the mentoring aspect. The suggestions and constructive feedback we received from the different mentors with various backgrounds were extremely valuable and forced us to take a harder look at our platform, our potential client base, and our company\u0026rsquo;s direction. It is safe to say that we would not be where we are today without CREATE-X.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Future\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe Filio platform is currently being beta tested by six companies, with the goal of being released to the market in the first quarter of 2019. The companies testing the product include contractors, government agencies, engineering consultants and building construction companies. Currently, we are focusing on building relationships with more companies and expanding our customer base through targeted marketing, while improving the features and quality of our product. We are also in talks with potential investors to secure funding for 2019 and beyond.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe History of CREATE-X at Georgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFive years ago, Georgia Tech alumnus Chris Klaus had a vision of what a true startup culture could look like at Georgia Tech. At the same time, Steve McLaughlin (Dean \u0026amp; Southern Company Chair of the College of Engineering) and Raghupathy \u0026ldquo;Siva\u0026rdquo; Sivakumar (Wayne J. Holman Chair in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering) were discussing ways to help students take their ideas to market. Together, these ideas became CREATE-X.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom its inception, Klaus served as the program\u0026rsquo;s founding donor and made a $2 million philanthropic commitment to fund CREATE-X. As the program started scaling up \u0026mdash; going from eight teams in 2015 to 30 teams in 2017 \u0026mdash; and it became clear more operating funds would be needed to sustain and grow student participation, the Marcus Foundation pitched in with $400,000 grants in both 2016 and 2017. Since that time, CREATE-X has received an anonymous $30 million that will be used this year to grow the program. A special board of CREATE-X council members also serve to fund the program with annual donations and dedication of time and resources.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs CREATE-X looks to 2019, it will continue to work to enable Georgia Tech to become the number one startup campus in the nation, focusing on its core consumer: the student entrepreneur.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Hear from CREATE-X startup founders on how they turned their business ideas into reality "}],"uid":"34602","created_gmt":"2019-07-25 13:58:01","changed_gmt":"2019-07-25 14:01:52","author":"Georgia Parmelee","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-07-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-07-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"623676":{"id":"623676","type":"image","title":"Airplanes","body":null,"created":"1564062125","gmt_created":"2019-07-25 13:42:05","changed":"1564062125","gmt_changed":"2019-07-25 13:42:05","alt":"paper airplanes","file":{"fid":"237540","name":"CX-startups-mag_1200_rev3.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/CX-startups-mag_1200_rev3.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/CX-startups-mag_1200_rev3.png","mime":"image\/png","size":330665,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/CX-startups-mag_1200_rev3.png?itok=itLOabwF"}}},"media_ids":["623676"],"groups":[{"id":"583966","name":"CREATE-X"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Robert Parmelee\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Program Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["georgia.parmelee@coe.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"619120":{"#nid":"619120","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Rift: a summer during Startup Launch","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDuring spring of 2018, Gordon Li and Riley Auten, both Computer Science majors at Georgia Tech, decided to focus all of their time into \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.riftapp.io\/home\u0022\u003ERift\u003C\/a\u003E, a startup that connects video game streamers with their online community followers. Online Twitch streamers are connected with their fan base by hosting a session where they play a game and stream together. Li noticed a trend in the chat threads next to these live streams. People were constantly asking to play with the streamer. Li thought, \u0026ldquo;I love watching these guys play a game that I enjoy; how cool would it be to be able to hop in and play alongside them?\u0026rdquo; Rift now makes this dream a reality.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBoth Li and Auten grew up loving video games and have always been a part of the community \u0026mdash; from the early days of YouTube commentators for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 back in 2009 to the growth of professional eSports, now a $906 million industry. They have seen the gaming industry evolve as consumers.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBy the time they started Startup Launch, they had already developed their website and had already started marketing. After meeting with one of their coaches, Rachel Ford, previous Director at Techstars Atlanta, Li learned that Rift was overdeveloped. Ford inquired about Rift and asked multiple questions that neither Li nor Auten were able to answer about their market. Most of these questions could have been answered if Rift had worked on customer discovery prior to building their product. They realized the website they had worked on so much was not what customers wanted.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOriginally, Rift aimed to offer several services, including coaching services from professional eSports players to their fans, team building services for eSports teams, and more. Ford asked the team to step back and conduct a customer discovery. Li did not touch any code for their website for a month and instead interviewed 250 people. They interviewed both fans and content creators to see what they really wanted out of a service like this. They interviewed members of the gaming community at gaming caf\u0026eacute;\u0026rsquo;s like Battle and Brew and at conventions hosted in Atlanta, including Dragon Con. They also interviewed several content creators and eSports professionals online. \u0026ldquo;People underestimate the power of talking. We have learned a lot through our conversations.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA typical week in the program involved 10 to 11-hour work days, including weekly meetings with their coaches on Thursdays and attending their mini-batch session and group lunches on Tuesdays.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAt first, Startup Launch seemed intimidating to Li. He felt that everyone in the room was much more qualified than him, but over time he realized that everyone was in it together and going through the same process. What was first intimidating eventually became a driving force in his motivation. Watching others give it their all while trying to achieve their goals was really inspiring. Everyone at some point has no clue what they are doing.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELi continues to keep in touch with many people from CREATE-X. Their coach connected them to a website designer Rift still uses; they continue to call their mentor, Evan Jarecki, from Gimme Vending and Startup Launch alumni; and he remains close friends with a few others from his mini-batch.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERift recently launched their beta and currently has 20 content creators on board with 50 fans and over 20 sessions between content creators and fans hosted. They are still pursuing customer discovery to make sure they continue meeting the needs of their consumers. Hear more about the origin of Rift \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wCnmkGgyuLw\u0026amp;t=13s\u0022\u003Ehere.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Rift: CREATE-X startup bridges the gap between gamers and their favorite internet celebrities."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERift: CREATE-X startup bridges the gap between gamers and their favorite internet celebrities\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"CREATE-X provided two computer science students with the tools they needed to focus on the right audience."}],"uid":"34825","created_gmt":"2019-03-11 20:03:30","changed_gmt":"2019-03-12 13:42:26","author":"joliva7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-03-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-03-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"619119":{"id":"619119","type":"image","title":"Rift","body":null,"created":"1552334562","gmt_created":"2019-03-11 20:02:42","changed":"1552334562","gmt_changed":"2019-03-11 20:02:42","alt":"","file":{"fid":"235684","name":"teams2_rift.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/teams2_rift.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/teams2_rift.png","mime":"image\/png","size":4990756,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/teams2_rift.png?itok=uCNuFJs4"}}},"media_ids":["619119"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/cre8x.wufoo.com\/forms\/m4lnk830ojcfjn\/","title":"Apply now to Startup Launch!"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCy_ovjV4aZsQ7dj6apR120w","title":"Follow Rift on Youtube"},{"url":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rift_app","title":"Follow Rift on Twitter"}],"groups":[{"id":"583966","name":"CREATE-X"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"}],"keywords":[{"id":"137161","name":"CREATE-X"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoanna Oliva\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["joliva7@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"619118":{"#nid":"619118","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Livesight: a summer during Startup Launch","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X Startup Launch was a complete learning experience for Nicholas Middlebrooks, Georgia Tech MBA graduate of 2016. For two years he worked on his own events experience company called TooLive International. Middlebrooks has always been driven to solve complex problems while making a big impact on an industry. While he was making strides in the event industry by bringing an environment of novel fun, Middlebrooks decided it was time to make a more immediate impact on people.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMiddlebrooks\u0026rsquo; co-founder, Zack Myrick, originally approached him with a real-time GPS idea and hoped to partner with Middlebrooks for his business acumen. After they applied to the CREATE-X program, the coaches recommended doing more research and narrowing down on a topic that would provide a better return on investment. After their research, the team decided to focus on logistics companies like UPS or Fed-Ex and offer GPS tracking for the trucks. Middlebrooks jumped right into the trucks of many UPS and Fed-Ex drivers to really understand what their main problems are during their day.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe realized that a GPS for these trucks did not make sense; they were familiar with their route in the area, so there was no need for GPS tracking unless someone took their route over for a day. The largest problem the drivers dealt with was finding a small package among over 300 packages in their truck every day. Drivers tend to work 9 to 10 hour-days with limited time for bathroom breaks and sometimes no time at all for lunch breaks. Middlebrooks said he saw \u0026ldquo;a packed truck with over 300 packages from envelopes to office furniture packed into this steel box, and people who struggled to meet the demand that e-commerce has driven. I knew there was a better way, so I decided to pursue this problem relentlessly with plans to change how efficient logistics operate as a whole, starting with delivery drivers.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u0026ldquo;CREATE-X experience teaches you the full gambit of entrepreneurship and understanding problem-solving instead of just having a cool idea.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring Middlebrooks\u0026rsquo; summer in Startup Launch, he picked up a few skills. He taught himself to program, was a videographer for a few weeks, and learned about marketing and branding overall. \u0026ldquo;Throughout the process, it taught me to be flexible as far as pivoting, learning and being as open-minded as possible,\u0026rdquo; he said. Entrepreneurs often need to fill in different roles. During early stages, it makes more sense to wear many hats rather than having too many heads involved, but it is a wonderful opportunity to gain a better overall understanding of how to create a successful startup.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EConnections were his most valuable resource from CREATE-X. Because Georgia Tech is so highly regarded, as well, it was easy to reach out to potential investors and people in the logistics field. The CREATE-X coaches connected Livesight to other professors with experience in the industry. Middlebrooks advises people who go through CREATE-X to \u0026ldquo;tap into the wealth of knowledge at Georgia Tech.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMiddlebrooks\u0026rsquo; advice to anyone that would like to pursue a startup: \u0026ldquo;Have an open mind about the idea and the customer.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECurrently, Livesight is focusing on their first customer acquisition and are rebranding to LogiSight. Middlebrooks is currently pursuing LogiSight full time and working on a beta for this product. His CREATE-X mentors continue to be his advisors.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Livesight: CREATE-X Startup Launch alumni uses augmented reality to solve a problem found in over 200,000 package delivery trucks"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELivesight: CREATE-X Startup Launch alumni uses augmented reality to solve a problem found in over 200,000 package delivery trucks\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Nicholas Middlebrooks sought out to solve a complex problem while having an impact on an entire industry."}],"uid":"34825","created_gmt":"2019-03-11 20:00:34","changed_gmt":"2019-03-11 20:06:12","author":"joliva7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-03-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-03-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"619117":{"id":"619117","type":"image","title":"Livesight","body":null,"created":"1552334409","gmt_created":"2019-03-11 20:00:09","changed":"1552334409","gmt_changed":"2019-03-11 20:00:09","alt":"","file":{"fid":"235683","name":"teams2_livesight.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/teams2_livesight.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/teams2_livesight.png","mime":"image\/png","size":4658644,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/teams2_livesight.png?itok=KFg10-b9"}}},"media_ids":["619117"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/cre8x.wufoo.com\/forms\/m4lnk830ojcfjn\/","title":"Apply now to Startup Launch!"}],"groups":[{"id":"583966","name":"CREATE-X"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"139","name":"Business"}],"keywords":[{"id":"137161","name":"CREATE-X"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoanna Oliva\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["joliva7@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"619116":{"#nid":"619116","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Afina: a summer during Startup Launch","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELeyla Larsson is a senior Biomedical Engineering major. She was accepted into Startup Launch 2018 with her roommate and co-founder Kristen Anderson.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAfina\u0026rsquo;s goal was to create a pair of underwear that would detect cervical pre-cancer. Larsson\u0026rsquo;s mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, and Larsson had recently completed a paper on the effect of cervical cancer in Maori women. Larsson found out that cervical cancer is the leading cause of death among the Maori women and wanted to do something about it.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We hope to do our part in the \u0026lsquo;War on Cancer\u0026rsquo; and in the fight towards gender equality by helping women who didn\u0026#39;t have the resources for accessible healthcare get tested and treated for cervical cancer,\u0026rdquo; said Larsson.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInitially, they set out to identify how women in the U.S. understand and perceive cervical cancer and what they do to prevent it. After interviewing over 300 women in Atlanta, they learned that women in the U.S. don\u0026rsquo;t have a large concern for cervical cancer. Most of them felt indifferent since they had annual exams and health insurance that would help them if there were any warning signs.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThrough the customer discovery process, the coaches taught Afina how to effectively gather information from the interviews. \u0026ldquo;Once we realized that we might need to pivot, [our coaches] really helped us by not only giving us connections, but also by teaching us how to form more connections, what questions to ask, and not to ask. From there, [we learned] how to analyze the data. It doesn\u0026rsquo;t matter how many people you interview if you don\u0026rsquo;t know what to take away from the responses.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter some research, Afina decided to switch their focus to middle income countries with high mortality rates of cervical cancer due to poor detection and treatment. They settled on Zimbabwe. According to The Guardian, roughly 2,270 women in Zimbabwe are diagnosed with cervical cancer every year. Three-quarters of women seek treatment for cervical cancer too late, and the mortality rate has been recorded at 64%.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn order to truly understand the cause of these high mortality rates, Afina took a trip to Zimbabwe during the summer. During their time in Zimbabwe, Larsson and Anderson worked 60-70 hours each week and interviewed 30 doctors. Through further exploration, they were able to understand the culture and reasoning behind the lack of healthcare availability. From there, they were able to build a foundation and understand their focus.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGoing through Startup Launch was a well-rounded experience for Larsson. During the summer, Larsson honed several soft skills, such as effective communication, engaging presenting and listening skills. \u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;m an engineer. I know how to do math. I know how to solve a very concrete problem. But it was very cool to learn more about market analysis. That is important to get a holistic view of what design actually is.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELarsson and Anderson were placed in a group of startups that were all focused on the healthcare industry. Their coaches, Dr. Pamela Bhatti, James Raines, and Dr. James Stubbs, all Georgia Tech professors with startups of their own in the healthcare field were able to connect them to several other medical professors at Georgia Tech and Emory.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERight now Afina is working with Emory on pre-cancer detection in Zimbabwe, but they are currently taking a break from in-country customer discovery due to the political climate of the country. They are currently ideating different solutions. Afina overall has also shifted to consulting and helping different entities solve healthcare related problems.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELarsson\u0026rsquo;s pieces of advice: Know when to savor a win because everyone will fail several times when creating a startup. Bite the bullet and go for it even if you don\u0026rsquo;t have an idea that is completely worked out. Even if you don\u0026rsquo;t have a successful startup \u0026mdash; you will have learned so much about startups, business and design engineering \u0026mdash; that you can\u0026rsquo;t really lose.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Biomedical engineering students set off to do their part in the \u2018War on Cancer\u2019 by helping women in Zimbabwe."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERead more about\u0026nbsp;Biomedical engineering students set off to do their part in the \u0026lsquo;War on Cancer\u0026rsquo; by helping women in Zimbabwe.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Afina is a startup that aims to make testing and treatment for cervical cancer more accessible for women without the proper resources."}],"uid":"34825","created_gmt":"2019-03-11 19:57:41","changed_gmt":"2019-03-11 20:05:39","author":"joliva7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-03-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-03-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"619114":{"id":"619114","type":"image","title":"Afina","body":null,"created":"1552334211","gmt_created":"2019-03-11 19:56:51","changed":"1552334211","gmt_changed":"2019-03-11 19:56:51","alt":"","file":{"fid":"235681","name":"teams2_afina.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/teams2_afina.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/teams2_afina.png","mime":"image\/png","size":5348639,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/teams2_afina.png?itok=dxa2morE"}}},"media_ids":["619114"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/cre8x.wufoo.com\/forms\/m4lnk830ojcfjn\/","title":"Apply to Startup Launch here!"}],"groups":[{"id":"583966","name":"CREATE-X"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"137161","name":"CREATE-X"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoanna Oliva\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["joliva7@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"618352":{"#nid":"618352","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Rahul Saxena Joins CREATE-X","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech announced that Atlanta business leader and venture capitalist Rahul Saxena has been named associate director of the CREATE-X (Launch). \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECREATE-X\u003C\/a\u003E was established five years ago as a faculty-led, student-focused initiative to instill entrepreneurial confidence in Georgia Tech students, enabling them to launch real startups.\u0026nbsp;Saxena will be responsible for Startup Launch, the final phase of CREATE-X, where students receive mentorship and $40,000 in grants and services to take their startups to market. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESaxena brings his experience in both operations and investing in startups which will provide a unique perspective to students hoping to start their own company. Saxena holds almost 20 years of experience in a variety of roles, from development engineer to CEO, and 10 years of experience as a venture capitalist. Saxena has helped build and guide multiple startup companies to successful exits as a CEO or a board member. Saxena\u0026rsquo;s experience as an early-stage venture capitalist will enable him to help students understand what early-stage startups need in order to become successful.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We are thrilled to have gotten someone of Rahul\u0026rsquo;s caliber to lead CREATE-X Launch. Rahul is a GT alum, and has the perfect mix of investor, entrepreneur, operator, and academic experience that we were looking for\u0026rdquo; said Raghupathy Sivakumar, founding director of CREATE-X and Wayne J. Holman Chair Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. \u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;He is going to be an invaluable asset for our student founders as they set out to launch the next biggest startups from Georgia Tech!\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESaxena, a mechanical engineering Georgia Tech alumnus, earned his European Master\u0026rsquo;s degree in Fluid Mechanics from the Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, and his MBA from Emory University. Rahul\u0026rsquo;s expertise started with researching mechanical heart valves where he developed innovative protocols and published several papers during his undergraduate work. His focus with biotechnology ramped-up with a Silicon Valley startup with hands-on mechatronic design of automation genetics research equipment.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I am thrilled and honored to join the CREATE-X team and leverage my experience for an already exceptional pool of students that are building and launching real startups,\u0026rdquo; said Saxena. \u0026ldquo;CREATE-X offers an amazing platform for students to take their ideas to market, and the results so far have been impressive. I look forward to working with these talented startup teams and in helping scale the entrepreneurial culture at Georgia Tech.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Saxena to bring Venture Capitalist and Operations experiences to Georgia Tech student startup program"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EToday,\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech announced that Atlanta business leader and venture capitalist Rahul Saxena has been named associate director of the CREATE-X\u0026nbsp;Launch program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Saxena joins CREATE-X as the Associate Director of CREATE-X"}],"uid":"34825","created_gmt":"2019-02-25 12:49:25","changed_gmt":"2019-02-27 20:03:57","author":"joliva7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-02-25T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2019-02-25T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"618351":{"id":"618351","type":"image","title":"Rahul Saxena","body":null,"created":"1551098938","gmt_created":"2019-02-25 12:48:58","changed":"1551098938","gmt_changed":"2019-02-25 12:48:58","alt":"","file":{"fid":"235362","name":"rahul.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/rahul.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/rahul.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":14276,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/rahul.jpg?itok=Cl8CYeh5"}}},"media_ids":["618351"],"groups":[{"id":"583966","name":"CREATE-X"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"137161","name":"CREATE-X"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoanna Oliva\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["joliva7@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"618486":{"#nid":"618486","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Rahul Saxena Joins CREATE-X","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech announced that Atlanta business leader and venture capitalist Rahul Saxena has been named the\u0026nbsp;associate director of the CREATE-X startup Launch program and professor of the practice in the College of Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34825","created_gmt":"2019-02-26 18:30:58","changed_gmt":"2019-02-26 18:30:58","author":"joliva7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"medsur","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/news\/rahul-saxena-joins-create-x","dateline":{"date":"2019-02-26T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2019-02-26T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"618351":{"id":"618351","type":"image","title":"Rahul Saxena","body":null,"created":"1551098938","gmt_created":"2019-02-25 12:48:58","changed":"1551098938","gmt_changed":"2019-02-25 12:48:58","alt":"","file":{"fid":"235362","name":"rahul.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/rahul.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/rahul.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":14276,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/rahul.jpg?itok=Cl8CYeh5"}}},"media_ids":["618351"],"groups":[{"id":"583966","name":"CREATE-X"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42901","name":"Community"}],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"618102":{"#nid":"618102","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CREATE-X Alumni Spotlight: Pretty Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn her third year as a mechanical engineering student, Khanna Bell had to take some time off from school to raise her twin sons. 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The prevalence of the situation gave her the initiative and drive to make a change in the industry, and the idea for\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/prettytech.org\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022\u003EPretty Tech\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;was born.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022\u003ECREATE-X\u003C\/a\u003E, a Georgia Tech initiative aimed towards instilling confidence in students and empowering them to launch real startups, is what brought Bell into the entrepreneurial landscape. She and N.D. Eze (chief development officer of Pretty Tech) have come together to cultivate the largest talent pipeline for girls in tech. The mission behind their company is to not only educate and inspire young girls to work towards successful careers within engineering, technology and entrepreneurship, but also to seek change by teaching boys to see girls as intellectual equals and mentors in the STEM field from a young age.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPretty Tech partners with local schools and businesses to allow children to receive training based on their specific career aspirations and then gives them the opportunities to interact in real-world business environments. The start-up conducts workshops focused on taking a reverse engineering approach that allows students to \u0026ldquo;break tech\u0026rdquo; and learn what\u0026nbsp;makes up commonplace devices, such as smartphones.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAdditionally, the program\u0026nbsp;offers a Cooperate Education (Co-Op) Program, placing high school students in tech hubs across the city to work part-time for 10 to 15 hours per week. Students\u0026nbsp;develop a strong work ethic from a young age and\u0026nbsp;mold real-world connections and relationships\u0026nbsp;they can utilize well beyond their schooling years.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPretty Tech students range from 11 to 18 years old (6th-12th grade) with high STEM aptitude and interests that would allow them to be successful within the engineering field. At this point, the company has interfaced with more than 1,000 metro-Atlanta area students and enrolled, trained, and employed more than 15 students across eight Atlanta high schools.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThrough CREATE-X, the startup gained funding, legal assistance and intensive coaching, allowing them to move from the project management aspect of the company to the mindset of entrepreneurship.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;CREATE-X enabled us to take our idea from an early stage all the way to proof of concept,\u0026rdquo; said Bell. \u0026ldquo;It was the most valuable program I have ever been a part of.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I have never been in any situation where a group of mentors or advisors were so forthcoming with resources and wanting to see our business genuinely grow,\u0026rdquo; added Eze about CREATE-X.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen asked what advice she would give to other students of underrepresented minorities that want to start a business, Bell said, \u0026ldquo;Just get started. All you have to do is ask the right questions, and if you don\u0026rsquo;t know what questions to ask, find someone who\u0026rsquo;s done it before because being an entrepreneur is the most rewarding experience.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPretty Tech is now steadily growing and hopes to reach more than 500 schools and 40,000 students across the nation within the next five years. The founders believe that giving a voice and power to women and minorities from a young age will implant\u0026nbsp;the confidence needed to make essential changes for the future.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Hear how GT alumna, Khanna Bell, took her startup from idea to reality."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFaced with gender disparities in the engineering workplace, a Tech alumna decides to make a change.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Faced with gender disparities in the engineering workplace, a Tech alumna decides to make a change."}],"uid":"34825","created_gmt":"2019-02-19 19:10:25","changed_gmt":"2019-02-19 19:45:45","author":"joliva7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-02-19T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2019-02-19T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"618101":{"id":"618101","type":"image","title":"Pretty Tech Feature 2","body":null,"created":"1550603361","gmt_created":"2019-02-19 19:09:21","changed":"1550603361","gmt_changed":"2019-02-19 19:09:21","alt":"","file":{"fid":"235286","name":"CX-PrettyTech-vid_feat_2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/CX-PrettyTech-vid_feat_2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/CX-PrettyTech-vid_feat_2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":250022,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/CX-PrettyTech-vid_feat_2.jpg?itok=SY5PACqW"}},"618100":{"id":"618100","type":"image","title":"Pretty Tech Feature 1","body":null,"created":"1550603314","gmt_created":"2019-02-19 19:08:34","changed":"1550603388","gmt_changed":"2019-02-19 19:09:48","alt":"","file":{"fid":"235285","name":"cx-prettytech-vid_feat_1_1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cx-prettytech-vid_feat_1_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cx-prettytech-vid_feat_1_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":49782,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/cx-prettytech-vid_feat_1_1.jpg?itok=KWGtPOis"}}},"media_ids":["618101","618100"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=1\u0026v=NvPfh9PKzOI","title":"Watch Now"}],"groups":[{"id":"583966","name":"CREATE-X"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"180006","name":"CREATE-X; college of engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETanya Roy\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"616328":{"#nid":"616328","#data":{"type":"news","title":"DASDUO: Comfort, style, and activity - all in one outfit","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGone are the days where you must bring an extra set of clothes to change into after work to go to the gym. DASDUO offers business casual wear that doubles as gym clothes. They combine functionality and fashion by creating items like a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/dasduo-usa.com\/products\/ponce-skirt-short-duo\u0022\u003Econvertible skirt-short duo\u003C\/a\u003E, slacks, and tops with a flexible and breathable polyester spandex materials you find in athletic wear.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDASDUO was co-founded by Sarah Hamer, a fourth-year student in the Milton School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. Hamer began her co-op with Manhattan Consultants as a Supply Chain Software Consultant during Fall 2017. While at Manhattan Consultants, Hamer would spend her lunch break every day going home to walk her dog and coming back to work with no time to change in between.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I hated [walking my dog] in my traditional business clothes, and so I started looking for business casual wear that combined the work wear and athletic wear and couldn\u0026rsquo;t find it,\u0026rdquo; said Hamer. \u0026ldquo;So I decided to make my own line.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInitially Hamer intended on applying to CREATE-X Startup Launch with an app idea that streamlined Greek Life platforms, but ultimately decided to go with her gut and pursue her true passion with DASDUO.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It always irritated me that brands like The Loft or Betabrand just made comfortable business clothing, and I wanted to go one step further and make work to workout apparel,\u0026rdquo; said Hamer. \u0026ldquo;I saw a problem that many women faced, and I was energized to solve it.\u0026nbsp;This is why I started DASDUO.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor any current students interested in pursuing the entrepreneurial path, Hamer warns that if you are not passionate about your idea and the issue you\u0026rsquo;re solving, it is easy to burn out. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Make sure you participate in CREATE-X because you have an idea you are passionate about and not just because you want to have your own startup,\u0026rdquo; said Hamer. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring her time in CREATE-X Startup Launch 2018, Hamer attended the weekly speaker series. Every week, Startup Launch invites current industry professionals and past CREATE-X alumni to come and speak about their experiences. Topics range from tips on how to budget, best practices for pitching to investors, and other essential topics all entrepreneurs should understand. Last summer our speakers included alumni from Startup Launch including, Vijay Balasubramaniyan from \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.pindrop.com\/leadership\/vijay-a-balasubramaniyan\/\u0022\u003EPindrop\u003C\/a\u003E, and John Gattuso from \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.fixdapp.com\/\u0022\u003EFIXD\u003C\/a\u003E and more. Hamer said the successful alumni from the program \u0026nbsp;provided great advice, in turn inspiring her to face all her challenges head on.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs a Georgia Tech engineer, Hamer has learned a thing or two about resilience. At the end of the day, even if there were a few failures, Hamer can still say she founded her own company and calls herself an industrial engineer.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I understand that just because I\u0026rsquo;ve gone through a rough patch doesn\u0026rsquo;t mean I should just give up,\u0026rdquo; said Hamer.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHamer was featured in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.americaninno.com\/atlanta\/atlanta-startups\/atlanta-innos-25-under-25\/?mc_cid=1fbaaa3708\u0026amp;mc_eid=7507555c4c\u0022\u003EAtlanta Inno\u0026rsquo;s 25 under 25 Rising Entrepreneurs\u003C\/a\u003E. The DASDUO website launch took place on November 1, 2018, and they are now taking orders. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/dasduo-usa.com\/collections\/all\u0022\u003EClick here\u003C\/a\u003E to check out the products, and make some purchases.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"\u201cThe startup that aims to provide business apparel that is catered to your active style\u201d"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGone are the days where you must bring an extra set of clothes to change into after work to go to the gym. DASDUO offers business casual wear that doubles as gym clothes. 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With the help of artificial intelligence, computer vision and acoustic pitch detection, Crescendo compares what the musician plays with written sheet music and provides feedback to help them improve. It shows the musician the notes they missed and the ones they nailed. The app, which is available for download on the Apple store, recently surpassed the milestone of one million users.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESeth Radman and Stephen Schwann, who were mechanical engineering undergrads at Georgia Tech before they were startup founders, met in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s marching band and had one very important thing in common: a love for music and a desire to share that love with others.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut Crescendo began as a different company entirely: Plutonium Apps. Radman and Schwann worked with developers all over the country to build mobile apps for both startups and corporate clients. They brought life to other people\u0026rsquo;s app ideas. As they spent time building other people\u0026rsquo;s apps, they were starting to have a lot of ideas of their own, most of which revolved around music.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of those was called Pulse. This app is a haptic metronome for the Apple Watch; it taps users on the wrist, helping them keep a steady beat as they play. Radman and Schwann created it as a side project while they were still working with Plutonium Apps. Due to some lucky release timing and getting featured on the homepage of the Apple App Store, Pulse became very successful.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter gaining 50,000 users on Pulse and growing Plutonium Apps to an app construction and consulting platform that could release a new product every six weeks, Radman and Schwann realized that their progress had stagnated. They needed some mentors and additional guidance to help them scale their business, so they applied for and were accepted into the 2017 Startup Launch program, a component of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s CREATE-X initiative.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X offers programming for all Tech students that instills entrepreneurial confidence in students and empowers them to launch real startups. It aims to provide students with the skills, knowledge, mentorship and experiences that they will need when they graduate.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X challenges participants to think hard about what their company aims to do, and whether their product is something people really need and want. Radman and Schwann eventually decided that Plutonium Apps didn\u0026rsquo;t align with their passions and wasn\u0026rsquo;t a viable business model and abandoned it entirely. As is the case with many teams that go through Startup Launch, at the end of the summer the team had a startup that looked very different than the one they had begun with. Some tough talks with mentors and self-evaluation prompted them to reevaluate what they were doing and why. They decided to go back to their roots: music.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThey came up with a new goal: to use technology to help music students improve their skills and keep them from quitting. After talking to more than 100 band directors around the Southeast and investigating what exactly makes students bail, they set off on creating something brand new.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECrescendo uses bleeding-edge artificial intelligence research to power their app. Since the technology is so novel, it was a big challenge at first to understand it and attempt to implement it. They utilized the Music Technology department at Tech as well as other experts and even some of their competitors in the field as resources to help them get off the ground.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We figured it can\u0026#39;t be that hard,\u0026rdquo; said Radman. \u0026ldquo;It turned out it was actually pretty hard. The reason why we were able to do that was we actually had a reason to do this.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECrescendo eventually got up and running. Parents bought it for their children, and music students bought it for themselves. It was helping users improve their skills, therefore increasing their confidence and preventing many students from putting down their instruments for good. The number of users steadily climbed, and the creators of Crescendo started hearing from some of the musicians it had impacted, like that young music student from China.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EToday, the app helps more than one million users around the world to feel more assured in their playing skills. But it is far from finished. Radman, who has recently graduated, aims to solidify some new partnerships that will allow Crescendo to provide more music for their users to practice with. The team is also investigating how augmented reality will play a part in the future of the app.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECrescendo has come a long way from its infancy and looks very different than it did when it was born. More change is sure to come, and Radman is ready.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"A Conductor in Your Pocket"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESeth Radman and Stephen Schwann, who were mechanical engineering undergrads at Georgia Tech before they were startup founders, met in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s marching band and had one very important thing in common: a love for music and a desire to share that love with others.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":" Music Trainer Crescendo Helps One Million Musicians "}],"uid":"34825","created_gmt":"2018-12-17 17:25:42","changed_gmt":"2018-12-17 17:25:42","author":"joliva7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-12-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-12-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"615527":{"id":"615527","type":"image","title":"Crescendo","body":null,"created":"1545067364","gmt_created":"2018-12-17 17:22:44","changed":"1545067597","gmt_changed":"2018-12-17 17:26:37","alt":"","file":{"fid":"234362","name":"Crescendo-feat-rev.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Crescendo-feat-rev.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Crescendo-feat-rev.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":266886,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Crescendo-feat-rev.jpg?itok=x5JnXhHa"}}},"media_ids":["615527"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.trycrescendo.com\/","title":"Try Crescendo"}],"groups":[{"id":"583966","name":"CREATE-X"}],"categories":[{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"148","name":"Music and Music Technology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"180006","name":"CREATE-X; college of engineering"},{"id":"8016","name":"CoE"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPolly Ouellette\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"615207":{"#nid":"615207","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Brought Opportunity, Surprises to Biomedical Engineering Graduate","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The culture shock of coming here was so strong that I was ready to transfer after my first year,\u0026rdquo; recalls Los Angeles native Sarah Bush, a graduating biomedical engineer.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe had chosen Georgia Tech after touring the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EWallace H. 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In her words, the experience \u0026ldquo;paved the road from class project to marketable technology, and undergraduate student to CEO.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring the past two and a half years, she and her team have been developing TINA (Tampon Insertion Aid) Healthcare. TINA is a universal and ergonomic tool that helps women with limited dexterity, as well as new users, insert tampons. They participated in three campus entrepreneurship programs: InVenture Prize, Idea 2 Prototype, and Startup Launch.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This exposure put us in front of venture capitalists, angel investors, senior executives, and the U.S. Secretary of Education,\u0026rdquo; Bush says. It also landed them on Atlanta Inno\u0026rsquo;s 25 Under 25 list of rising entrepreneurs and technologists.\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;We were provided with resources and a network of mentors just because we were hardworking students with an idea.\u0026rdquo; And that, she says, is what sets Tech apart.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of the biggest takeaways from her undergraduate experience is \u0026ldquo;being comfortable with ambiguity. Half of the battle in solving a big problem is defining it and breaking it into approachable pieces. At Georgia Tech, I\u0026rsquo;ve been repeatedly exposed to this methodology, and I\u0026rsquo;m ready to apply it to each challenge to come.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnother lesson was more surprising for Bush, who arrived on campus focused on the academic side of college. But she eventually, and happily, discovered \u0026ldquo;groups of artists, entrepreneurs, feminists, spiritualists, and friends who opened my eyes to the power of collaboration and a diverse community.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter graduation, Bush plans to continue working on TINA and applying to bioengineering Ph.D. programs. 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It was Demo Day, the annual event where student startup teams in the CREATE-X initiative give short pitches to showcase the work they did over the summer.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rEaMmDsu-sM\u0022\u003EWATCH THE VIDEO \u003C\/a\u003Eof 2018 teams\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEach startup fell into one of four categories: Business to Business; Healthcare; Sharing Economy, Social Media and Big Data; or Edtech and Fashion. Each team was challenged to prepare a pitch that lasted exactly two minutes and 15 seconds while still getting across the purpose and value of their product or service. Some teams asked for investors, others for feedback, others for volunteers to try out their project.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDemo Day marked the conclusion of Startup Launch, a program part of the CREATE-X initiative. Each team selected to participate was provided with seed money, mentorship and legal services to help them start their businesses and take them to market.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter their presentations, the teams headed to the Demo Pit, where they held demonstrations and allowed audience members to try out their products and services for themselves. The startups chatted with potential investors, networked, and spread the word about their big ideas.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHere\u0026rsquo;s a few of the more than 40 teams that took the stage at Demo Day.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDASduo\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESarah Hamer (3\u003Csup\u003Erd\u003C\/sup\u003E\u0026nbsp;year industrial engineering student) and Jillian Radcliffe (3\u003Csup\u003Erd\u003C\/sup\u003E\u0026nbsp;year business administration student)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDASduo was created after one of the founders was frustrated by the inconvenience presented by trying to walk her dog in the middle of the work day. Changing in the bathroom was uncomfortable and time consuming. Das Duo\u0026rsquo;s solution is business casual wear, intended for women with active lives. Their five-piece collection will be up for sale soon.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpotlight AR\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnirudh Gubba, Nikhil Kulkarni (computer science alumnus) and Rahul Raina (computer science alumnus)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHave you ever been wandering around an amusement park aimlessly, trying to find a specific ride or get to a much-needed restroom? Spotlight AR aims to make social and travel experiences such as this easier through the integration of augmented reality. Users of the app can search for a particular attraction, hold their phone up, and be directed straight to where they want to go.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERIFT\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGordon Li (4\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E\u0026nbsp;year computer science student) and Riley Auten\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe creators of RIFT want to connect gamers and other internet celebrities with their fan base by allowing them to engage directly with one another. 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The team\u0026nbsp;created a device that allows all women to insert a tampon easily and sanitarily.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDiivy\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESimone Howard, Alyssa Daniel and Chaz Woodall\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMany colleges know the struggle of encouraging alumni and other donors to contribute to their financial development. Diivy aims to make it easy to donate to the college of your choice through round-up technology. Users allow the app to round up each of their purchases to the next dollar, accumulating small amounts throughout the month and ending up with a donation that will increase institutional funding with ease.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Demo Day marked the conclusion of Startup Launch, a program part of the CREATE-X initiative. 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At least that\u0026rsquo;s what Sean Warner (Cofounder and CEO) read a few years ago on a clickbait article. Warner was inspired by this statistic and decided to jump right in to the market.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWarner and Pittaluga partnered up, as Georgia Tech students and cousins, and bought 700 black soldier fly grubs and kept it in their laundry room. Their plan was to make \u0026ldquo;bug burgers\u0026rdquo; using the grubs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen a few friends tested their first product, they very quickly figured out that he needed another way to use the Black Soldier Fly grubs. That is how Grubbly Farms was born \u0026ndash; catering to the tastes of chickens rather than people.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGrubbly Farms sells nutritious snacks for chickens called Grubblies. The Black Soldier flies become Grubblies through a simple process: they are fed pre-consumer food waste from bakeries, breweries, and restaurants in the area. They grubs are then dehydrated and packaged as chicken feed. Grubblies is the only chicken snack completely farm-grown in the USA.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis process allows the company to be eco-friendly. For every pound of feed, about 10 pounds of food waste are diverted from landfills. So far, they have diverted over 800,000 pounds of food waste.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWarner and Pittaluga were accepted into CREATE-X Startup Launch in 2015. Pittaluga was majoring in Business Administration with a focus on Supply Chain Management, and Warner majored in Building Construction at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;CREATE-X gave us the confidence to forgo job offers and pursue Grubbly Farms full time,\u0026rdquo; said Warner.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe customer discovery process helped them understand what their product would be and how it would resonate with the customer. During their summer in Startup Launch, they interviewed about 400 people varying from large chicken farm owners and individual chicken owners to restaurants and reptile owners. Pittaluga and Warner were able to understand what everyone in their supply chain needed, but most of all they learned what chicken owners were looking for in their feed: better nutrition, sustainability, and made in the USA.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGrubbly Farms recently completed a $1.5 million seed round of funding and have sold over 80,000 pounds of feed over the past two years. Their demand is so high they are starting a second round of funding to finish the buildout of their 18,000 square feet facility in south Atlanta. 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But when he and his friend Corey Hewett (Co-founder and CEO) were accepted into CREATE-X program, Jarecki knew it was an opportunity he couldn\u0026rsquo;t pass up. CREATE-X is a Georgia Tech initiative to instill entrepreneurial confidence in students and empower them to launch real startups. So he turned down the full-time job offer and joined the first batch of CREATE-X startups. This was the beginning of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gimmevending.com\/\u0022\u003EGimme Vending\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGimme Vending aims to ease the process of restocking vending machines. \u0026ldquo;The Gimme Key,\u0026rdquo; a small three-inch device, plugs into vending machines and allows companies and drivers to more accurately identify what vending machines and items need to be restocked. 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