7 Events Every Atlanta-preneur Needs To Know About
When it comes to events, Atlanta knows how to get down to business.
Blogs are helpful but sometimes you just need real humans!
Big events, small events, panels, parties, workouts, virtual — whatever your style, the next few months are packed with potential!
Here are a few that I’ll be hosting or attending.
Can you make it? What type of events are your favorite? Do you dislike networking like I do? 😉
Please feel free to add other events you’re excited about in the comments!
1. Founder + Funder Social Jog
📅 Fri, Aug 16, 7:45a
📍Atlanta Tech Village
Nothing brings people together like suffering in the Atlanta heat. 😂 And you’ll get your workout and networking all wrapped up by 9am!
I’ve also heard rumors of early access nutrition products…if you happen to like cutting edge performance tech (I do!).
Thanks to TrackCred for hosting!
P.S. It’s TrackCred founder Denis Cranstoun’s birthday. I’d tell you about the surprise treats but then I’d have to kill you. 😉🥳😂
2. Office Hours with Atlanta Ventures
📅 Wed, Aug 28, 9-10a
📍Virtual
Join me and fellow Atlanta Ventures partner, A.T. Gimbel, for an informal Q&A sesh. Common topics include fundraising, product development, how to get early customers, what we look for when investing, and more!
3. Georgia Tech + ATDC Entrepreneur Spotlight Panel
📅 Thu, Sep 19, 5-7p
📍ATDC Offices in Tech Square
Join me and some of my favorite folks — Kaitlin Hagan, Rahul Saxena, Seth Radman, Robert “RED” Daniel — for a high energy panel on entrepreneurship!
Everyone has extensive and varied front-line startup experience.
They will have practical advice and stories from the trenches. My favorite kind (and hopefully yours too!)
4. Venture Atlanta
📅 Mon, Oct 7 - Thu, Oct 10
📍Woodruff Arts Center
*THE* event of the year. Largest venture conference in the Southeast. (Prepare yourself.) Investors come from all over the country to check out the top startups in the region.
Tons of auxiliary events. I love the Founder + Funder Social Jog on Tues morning and the Female Founders Dinner on Wed evening. Excited to see a volunteer activity from Hands on Atlanta and Endeavor on Thurs.
For investors, the Monday Venture Crawl will tour Atlanta tech hubs including behind-the-scenes look at South Downtown!
Founder tickets are reasonable, Woodruff Arts Center is a great venue, and I don’t know a single startup who attended who wasn’t excited about the connections they made.
5. InnovATL
📅 Tue, Oct 1 - Sat, Oct 19
📍All Over Atlanta!
Come for Venture Atlanta, stay for InnovATL.
A coordinated calendar of startup and innovation-focused events over 2 weeks in the glorious early October weather.
Techstars Demo Day, Main Street Demo Day, Startup Awards, and approximately 1,728,286 more events.
Bring your caffeine drip and book an Atlanta Tech Village nap room now. 🥳💪🍑
6. Fireside Chat with Christine de Wendel
📅 Wed, Nov 13, 12p
📍Atlanta Tech Village
I’ll bring the hard hitting questions for Christine de Wendel, who scaled multiple unicorns before founding SundayApp, where she is CEO and has raised over $125M.
Oh yeah, she also has 3 kids and is a wonderful human.
I will dive into Christine’s amazing journey including:
Raising big money from top tier investors
Lessons from scaling billion dollar companies
Founder vs. C-suite mentality
Bringing European lifestyle to US startup culture
Picking big markets, building product, growing teams, and much more!
Want to learn how she does it?
Me too!
This is part of Women + Tech programming but all are welcome!
Mark your calendars and check back here for registration which will open soon.
7. gWen Event…coming soon!
📅 TBD
📍Charlotte, NC
Still hammering out the details but GET EXCITED because I love collaborating with gWen.
I’ll be heading to Charlotte in the next few months to hang with top tier founders.
All I can promise is that it will be both (a) value-add and (b) really fun!
Even More Awesomeness
Did I miss something? Absolutely! I can never capture all that’s going on in this bustling startup world!
Here are some of my favorite event calendars…that will still only be the tip of the iceberg!
And of course, here’s a list of my favorite resources, groups, and tactics for getting a pulse on Atlanta and finding other tech folks.
LMK Your Thoughts
It’s the first time we’re posting upcoming events on The O’Daily.
Do you like an occasional event roll up here?
Or prefer events on LinkedIn with the O’Daily strictly as startup advice?
Press reply and let me know! #always-be-testing-and-asking-for-feedback 😁
Please feel free to drop other upcoming events with details and registration links in the comments below! 👇
Thanks for this list! First one I’ve seen from an investor perspective (and female!) so a few more highlighted, and further out than I’ve found on other sites (I’m a planner). Getting your email updates, so I found this quickly. Might have taken longer to find on LI.
This is a great list, thanks for sharing. As a former ITP urban ecosystem builder now-turned OTP suburban ecosystem builder, I am def. partial to our hubs out here.
+ The Circuit, Woodstock (circuitwoodstock.com)
+ Fresh Start Cherokee e'ship programs (freshstartcherokee.com)
+ NAV Mentoring Service (northatlantavms.com)
+ Hatchbridge at KSU
+ Tech Alpharetta
+ Switchyards Roswell
+ Plywood People
These urban and 'burb hubs always have cool places to work, programs and events to learn and grow, and amazing people to connect with.