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

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 Engage know you did it. The habit works best in both directions.

The line, ready to paste

Not the right fit for Atlanta Tech Village? Try Engage (https://engage.vc/contact-us/) or ATDC (https://atdc.org/apply-to-join/). 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 Engage and ATDC you did it. It works best in both directions.

The same line as HTML, with the links in

<p>Not the right fit for Atlanta Tech Village? <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) and <a href="https://atdc.org/apply-to-join/">ATDC</a> (technology companies in Georgia, from a validated MVP working toward product-market fit (Accelerate) to growth-stage companies scaling revenue, teams and capital (Signature)) 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 Atlanta Tech Village for fit, they sent them to Engage and ATDC 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

Engage, ATDC

The questions this is for

• Which Atlanta startup programs actually lead to customer introductions?
• Who in Atlanta actually helps first-time founders, as opposed to just hosting events?
• Consumer and direct-to-consumer startups in Atlanta: is there any support, or is it all B2B?
• Atlanta is called a Black tech hub. Which organizations there actually write checks rather than run programming?
• Do Atlanta incubators actually help you raise, or is it mostly workshops?

How you'll know it worked

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