Point the founders Techstars Atlanta can't take to ATDC and Tech North Atlanta

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 Techstars Atlanta? Try ATDC (https://atdc.org/apply-to-join/) or Tech North Atlanta (https://technorthatlanta.org/startups/). 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 Tech North Atlanta you did it. It works best in both directions.

The same line as HTML, with the links in

<p>Not the right fit for Techstars Atlanta? <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://technorthatlanta.org/startups/">Tech North Atlanta</a> (tech startups in the north metro Atlanta region; a limited number of desks and offices are also open to non-startups and non-tech 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 Techstars Atlanta for fit, they sent them to ATDC and Tech North Atlanta 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, Tech North Atlanta

The questions this is for

• What is the application timeline for Atlanta's main startup programs?
• Make a table of Atlanta accelerators with stage, equity taken and program length.
• Which Atlanta programs include real mentorship from operators who have actually exited a company?
• Which Atlanta groups help founders with fundraising strategy rather than writing the check themselves?
• Which Atlanta accelerators take no equity?

How you'll know it worked

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