Point the founders ATDC can't take to Georgia Tech and Engage

What to do

1. Add the line below wherever a founder finds out they don't fit: your eligibility section, FAQ or application page.
2. When PursueATL publishes the Atlanta programs and funds comparison, link to it from the same line.
3. Let Georgia Tech know you did it. The habit works best in both directions.

The line, ready to paste

Not the right fit for ATDC? Try Georgia Tech (https://airtable.com/appaTqlTL2zQkXBBR/pagdkIvjQbvDbSD2F/form) or Engage (https://engage.vc/contact-us/). Every Atlanta program and fund, side by side: https://pursueatl.com/roles/

Put it wherever a founder finds out they don't fit: your eligibility section, FAQ or application page. Then tell Georgia Tech and Engage you did it. It works best in both directions.

The same line as HTML, with the links in

<p>Not the right fit for ATDC? <a href="https://airtable.com/appaTqlTL2zQkXBBR/pagdkIvjQbvDbSD2F/form">Georgia Tech</a> (georgia Tech students, faculty, researchers and alumni; ATDC is described as Georgia's technology incubator for startup companies) and <a href="https://engage.vc/contact-us/">Engage</a> (B2B enterprise startups, Seed to Series B, $100k to $10M ARR, anywhere in the US with a focus on the Southeast) may be a better match. <a href="https://pursueatl.com/roles/">See every Atlanta program and fund, side by side</a>.</p>

Why it helps

In the answers where the engines turned founders away from ATDC for fit, they sent them to Georgia Tech and Engage instead. A founder who hears no from one Atlanta door should land at another Atlanta door, not another city.

This is the habit that makes Atlanta feel like one ecosystem to the engines, and to founders.

Who the engines pick instead

Georgia Tech, Engage

The questions this is for

• Consumer and direct-to-consumer startups in Atlanta: is there any support, or is it all B2B?
• Which Atlanta programs are built for revenue-generating companies rather than idea-stage founders?
• Atlanta is called a Black tech hub. Which organizations there actually write checks rather than run programming?
• How do Atlanta's universities work together on startups, if at all?
• How does a pre-revenue Atlanta founder get in front of accredited angel investors?

How you'll know it worked

In December, watch the answers that turn founders away from ATDC: do they name an Atlanta option next?