Tagged: entrepreneurship

Business people shaking hands, view from below

Entrepreneurs Have GRIT

Being an entrepreneur isn’t for everyone–high risks, charting the unknown, embracing insecurity. But anyone can become an entrepreneur because the skills of entrepreneurship can be learned. Across all those skills is a common theme–entrepreneurs have grit. Forged in this definition of grit, a combination of courage and resolve, lie key traits that an entrepreneur must learn to embody.

An Evening at Connect Night

The Roberto C. Goizueta Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation hosted its annual Connect Night at the Atlanta Tech Village earlier this semester. More than 100 students, alumni, faculty, and local Atlantans interested in the three pillars of entrepreneurship, innovation, and investing met over drinks and refreshments to network. I was...

Inclusion Through Fund Distribution: A Look at Impact via Micro-VCs

As a Black man with a multi-racial background, this past year has been both tremendously challenging but also somewhat strangely uplifting. Despite the turmoil and pile-up of unfortunate news, I found solace knowing that at least within the communities I operated in, change and activism was at the forefront of...

Guatemala/El Salvador SE@G trip part 2: Encounters with the ‘first 10 feet’ of a coffee bean

Like most working professionals, I start pretty much every day with a warm cup of coffee. When I reach for a K-cup in the office break room or purchase beans or order a brewed cup of coffee, I’m usually focused on my forthcoming coffee-drinking experience.