Emory’s ‘Start:ME Accelerator’ fuels SMB growth across Metro Atlanta
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- May 6
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Access to capital, mentorship and business education continues to challenge entrepreneurs, particularly those building in underserved communities. One Emory University program is working to close that gap, one micro business at a time.
Start:Me Accelerator, housed at Emory’s Goizueta Business School, supports early-stage and scaling micro businesses across metro Atlanta. Erin Igleheart, who leads the program, joins the latest episode of Business Trends Today to outline how the initiative operates and why it continues to produce results more than a decade after its founding.
Who it serves
Start:Me targets small businesses with one to five employees and less than $50,000 in startup capital, which Igleheart calls “your local makers and bakers and fixers and doers.” The program operates on a place-based model, meaning Goizueta partners with trusted local nonprofits to deliver progr
amming directly inside the communities it serves.
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