Point the founders Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs can't take to Atlanta Tech Village and Atlanta Technology Angels

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 Atlanta Tech Village know you did it. The habit works best in both directions.

The line, ready to paste

Not the right fit for Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs? Try Atlanta Tech Village (https://uc1n0.share.hsforms.com/2zPeayubaSLyFDVuZc8TPQQ) or Atlanta Technology Angels (https://angelatlanta.com/entrepreneurs/). 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 Atlanta Tech Village and Atlanta Technology Angels you did it. It works best in both directions.

The same line as HTML, with the links in

<p>Not the right fit for Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs? <a href="https://uc1n0.share.hsforms.com/2zPeayubaSLyFDVuZc8TPQQ">Atlanta Tech Village</a> (tech and tech-related startups, from early-stage startups to high-growth companies) and <a href="https://angelatlanta.com/entrepreneurs/">Atlanta Technology Angels</a> (startup and early-stage technology companies in the Southeast with a strong management team) 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 Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs for fit, they sent them to Atlanta Tech Village and Atlanta Technology Angels 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

Atlanta Tech Village, Atlanta Technology Angels

The questions this is for

• Where do Atlanta's most active angel investors spend their time?
• Do Atlanta incubators actually help you raise, or is it mostly workshops?
• Atlanta is called a Black tech hub. Which organizations there actually write checks rather than run programming?
• Which Atlanta programs for underrepresented founders lead to actual investment rather than a certificate?
• Non-dilutive funding options for an early-stage Atlanta startup

How you'll know it worked

In December, watch the answers that turn founders away from Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs: do they name an Atlanta option next?