Cultural Vistas offers students from around the world the unique opportunity to complete an internship with a startup company in Berlin, the German capital of innovation and entrepreneurship. Participants gain skills custom-tailored to their career goals and previous work experience, as well as an exciting glimpse into Berlin’s thriving startup scene. Cultural Vistas offers paid and unpaid internship placements.

“Can China Lead? Infrastructure, Entrepreneurship, and Education in the 21st Century”
Presented by Dr. William C. Kirby, Harvard University

Time: 4-5:30 pm., Thursday, February 25, 2016

Venue: Gordy Room at the William C. Wardlaw Jr. Center on Georgia Tech Campus (located at the corner of North Avenue and Techwood Drive)

The program is free and open to the public. Paid visitors parking is available on North Ave. or at the Student Center (Ferst Drive).
Map: http://www.map.gatech.edu/pdf/Campus-Map.pdf;

Kick-off Mixer: October 28 at 6pm in the CoB
Application Deadline: December 4
East US Regional Semifinals (that we host) February, 2016
Global Finals (in Thailand – we cover travel) April, 2016

Please join us for our upcoming Atlanta mixer for social entrepreneurs on October 28th at 6pm!

You may have heard of GSVC, which is a social entrepreneurship hosted in collaboration with U.C. Berkeley, with Georgia Tech as their Eastern Region US partner. There is no entry fee and no travel or in-person presentations are required until the finals, where our sponsors fund your travel to Thailand in April to present your business for over $50,000 in prizes.

Atlanta has grown exponentially in recent years as a hub for startups. With Georgia Tech’s campus in the center of all this activity, it’s no surprise that students have embraced the startup culture.

Some are just interested in learning about startups, while others already have an idea for a new product. Either way, Georgia Tech has the information and resources they need.

Leadership for Social Good Eastern Europe Study Abroad Program 

Building Online Communities Without Identity:

Creating online communities is hard. Creating online communities where users are anonymous is even harder. This talk will follow the ups and downs of attempting to build thousands of online communities across the country. When we started Yik Yak we had no idea what it meant to build online communities or reputation systems, we had to figure it out along the way. We made a lot of mistakes and learned a lot of lessons, the main one being that community always comes first.

Cofounder and COO of Yik Yak:

Make sure to get your free tickets for the 2015 InVenture Prize! The event is April 1, 2015 in the Ferst Center at 7:30PM (doors close at 7:25PM)
Click here to meet this year’s Finalists!

Applications Available for the Alvin M. Ferst Leadership & Entrepreneur Award

The Division of Student Affairs is pleased to announce the availability of The Alvin M. Ferst Leadership and Entrepreneur Award. This $2,500 award goes to a junior or senior with at least a 2.5 GPA who has demonstrated extraordinary leadership and/or entrepreneurial skills while at Tech.

The Alvin M. Ferst Leadership and Entrepreneur Award will be presented at the Student Honors Luncheon on April 16, 2015.
The ideal candidate would be:

• A person of vision
• A driving force to create a business or organization
• An inspiration to others to reach their potential
• A leader with the ability to anticipate future needs
• An optimist about finding solutions
• One who generates support of the dream
• And a man or woman of character who says, “why not”, not “why”.

Read more here.

Paid Internship Opportunity: Campus Founder

This is an opportunity for undergraduate students at the Georgia Tech who are interested in an on-campus internship with OnMyBlock that focuses on marketing, sales, and entrepreneurship. 

The role is called a Campus Founder. The intern will be in charge of creating viral on-campus marketing campaigns to drive student interest, pitching the product to landlords, and building the brand from the ground up.

OnMyBlock is looking for individuals interested in real estate, marketing, sales, or entrepreneurship. This role is extremely flexible, with no concrete hour requirements but expects a lot of hustle out of any potential candidates. It's a great way to make money and get involved with an early stage startup.
To see more information and apply, visit onmyblock.com/campusfounders or email Nick@OnMyBlock.com

The next couple of weeks are big ones for the InVenture Prize. We really need as much student participation as possible, so please share the following information with your students and department members:
(1) Former Finalists Panel, Thursday 11/13, 6:00pm, CULC 205
Meet the inventors! Get advice and answers to your questions from previous InVenture Prize finalists. Georgia Public Broadcasting will be recording this session, and pizza will be served!

(2) Rd. 1 Prototype Award Application Deadline, Friday 11/14, 11:59pm
Prototype Awards of up to $500 each will be given to select students to assist with prototype construction. All application materials must be submitted through the online form here by November 14.(3) Perfect Your Pitch, Monday 11/17, 6:00pm, CULC 205
Director of Georgia Tech's VentureLab, Keith McGreggor, shares the secrets to a successful and engaging pitch, the most critical part of making it to the finals, in this climactic session of the InVenture Prize workshop series.

The Global Social Ventures Competition (GSVC) promotes sustainable ventures that address significant social issues, build awareness of the social entrepreneurship field, and educate future future leaders. For more information, please visit http://ile.gatech.edu/gsvc
The Kickoff Event will be TODAY from 5:00-7:30 PM on the Fourth Floor of the Scheller College of Business

2015 Startup Competition Starts Now: Tech Graduate Students Can Form Teams, Register

Naomi Lamoreaux, Stanley B. Resor Professor of Economics and History and Chair of the Department of History at Yale University, will present the last of our Graduate Forum talks this Monday at 4:00 in 104 Old CE.

Professor Lamoreaux will speak on "Invention and Entrepreneurship in Cleveland, 1880-1930." Her talk will draw on ongoing research with Professor Margaret Levenstein (Case Western) and the late Kenneth Sokoloff (UCLA) into the social and economic basis of innovative activity in a major industrial district. 

The Division of Student Affairs is pleased to announce the availability of The Alvin M. Ferst Leadership and Entrepreneur Award. This $2,500 award goes to a junior or senior with at least a 2.5 GPA who has demonstrated extraordinary leadership and/or entrepreneurial skills while at Tech.

The Alvin M. Ferst Leadership and Entrepreneur Award for 2013 will be presented at the Student Honors Luncheon on April 17, 2014.

The ideal candidate would be:

• A person of vision;
• A driving force to create a business or organization;
• An inspiration to others to reach their potential;
• A leader with the ability to anticipate future needs;
• An optimist about finding solutions;
• One who generates support of the dream;
• And a man or woman of character who says, “why not”, not “why”.

Applications are submitted on the Division of Student Affairs website

Deadline to submit application is noon, March 3rd, 2014. The application process includes a 1-page cover letter describing why you are deserving of this award along with your resume and two letters of reference from faculty, staff or employer. Additionally, finalists will be notified and interviewed by the Ferst Award selection committee to determine the award winner(s).

Questions - Contact Debbie Dorsey, Director of Administration for Student Affairs debbie.dorsey@vpss.gatech.edu or 404-385-1562

The Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship, an interdisciplinary institute in the Scheller College of Business, has the following programs:

• The Eastern Europe Study Abroad Program offers 9 credits including an internship for students interested to learn about the social sector. We offer fellowships for students with financial need that apply by December 17, 2013. General application deadline is February 15, 2014. All courses on the program qualify for the Minor in Leadership Studies.
• Minor in Leadership Studies: A 15 credit hour, interdisciplinary, team-based program of study, seeking self-motivated students who desire to excel as leaders in their field. These student will get opportunity to work on a capstone project with companies like CDC, Reworx, Jacob’s Ladder School, MedShare, Plywood People, Global Growers Network, and KIPP Metro Atlanta.
• IMPACT Speaker Series: Beyond the learning opportunity, the IMPACT speaker series a direct access to company executives for the students. Previous speakers include CEO’s of WalMart, Home Depot, Waffle House, founders of social enterprises like Better World Books and MedShare, and successful entrepreneurs like Georgia Tech’s on Chris Klaus.
• Ideas to Serve Competition: I2S is for students who are passionate about creating solutions for the world’s most pressing social and environmental problems. It’s an opportunity to gain support for their project, get feedback from experts in the field, and compete for cash prizes. We offer mentor match and workshops. Info session on January 28, 2013 in the Scheller College of Business Room 102 6:00-7:30PM.

The Minor in Leadership Studies is an interdisciplinary and rigorous program of study that is designed to enable students to build their leadership and management skills through pedagogical and practical training. Students apply to one of two tracks – Management (offered through the Institute for Leadership & Entrepreneurship) OR Public Policy (offered through the School of Public Policy) and complete a prescribed 15-credit hour program while satisfying the requirements towards a bachelor's degree in their major. Students are encouraged to apply to this program in their sophomore year although we do consider all students as long as they meet the application requirements and have a minimum of 3 semesters of planned coursework remaining at Tech prior to their anticipated date of graduation. 

The Division of Student Affairs is pleased to announce the availability of The Alvin M. Ferst Leadership and Entrepreneur Award for 2012. This $2,500 award goes to a junior or senior with at least a 2.5 GPA who has demonstrated extraordinary leadership and/or entrepreneurial skills while at Tech.

The Alvin M. Ferst Leadership and Entrepreneur Award for 2012 will be presented at the Student Honors Luncheon on April 19, 2012.

The ideal candidate would be:

• A person of vision
• A driving force to create a business or organization
• An inspiration to others to reach their potential
• A leader with the ability to anticipate future needs
• An optimist about finding solutions
• One who generates support of the dream
• And a man or woman of character who asks, “why not?” not “why?”.

Interested students should submit their application with two to three supporting letters of reference from Faculty, Staff and/or Employers. Applications can be found on the Division of Student Affairs website: http://www.studentaffairs.gatech.edu/ or for questions, please contact Cathy Dreger in the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs (cdreger@gatech.edu; 404-385-8772).

Deadline for submitting applications is noon on Monday, February 27th. Supporting letters of reference are to be pasted on the same page as your application at the time you submit your application. Please be sure letters of reference have contact information included on the document.

Liberal Arts Career Week is just around the corner, Feb. 20-24!

Event: Alphabet Soup: I am an Entrepreneur
Speaker: Paul Stamatiou (BS Computational Media 2008)

Paul Stamatiou is a software developer, designer and tech blogger working on his third startup, Picplum. He was accepted into and went through the Y Combinator startup incubator that accepts only 3% of applicants, has been featured on BBC News, had his own Nike commercial, was the #1 "Paul" on Google for a while, was selected out of thousands to help Ford market and unreleased car, and developed Yahoo!'s first corporate blog as an intern in 2006.

Don't miss this session on Wednesday (2/22) if you are interested in startups or might find yourself working for one (not necessarily technology related).

Register at: www.careerweek.iac.gatech.edu.