Point the founders Georgia Tech CREATE-X can't take to ATDC and Georgia Tech

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

The line, ready to paste

Not the right fit for Georgia Tech CREATE-X? Try ATDC (https://atdc.org/apply-to-join/) or Georgia Tech (https://airtable.com/appaTqlTL2zQkXBBR/pagdkIvjQbvDbSD2F/form). 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 ATDC and Georgia Tech you did it. It works best in both directions.

The same line as HTML, with the links in

<p>Not the right fit for Georgia Tech CREATE-X? <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)) and <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) 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 Georgia Tech CREATE-X for fit, they sent them to ATDC and Georgia Tech 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

ATDC, Georgia Tech

The questions this is for

• Which Atlanta programs are built for revenue-generating companies rather than idea-stage founders?
• Startup programs in Atlanta for someone in their forties leaving a corporate career
• I'm not a student. Can I take entrepreneurship classes or use a university incubator in Atlanta?
• I'm an MBA applicant who wants to start a company. Which Atlanta business schools are best for founders?
• How do Atlanta's universities work together on startups, if at all?

How you'll know it worked

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