Georgia Tech University

Enterprise Innovation Institute:
Entrepreneurs play a vital role in driving today's economy. Georgia Tech's Enterprise Innovation Institute supports the state's entrepreneurs through a comprehensive set of assistance programs. The College of Management’s approach to education is very different from that of other business schools.

Students learn how to succeed in business and manage the technological change in a global economy and explore its impacts on society. The curriculum is rigorous and challenging, which helps students learn how to solve real-world problems.

The Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC):
ATDC is a nationally recognized science and technology incubator that helps Georgia entrepreneurs launch and build successful companies. ATDC provides strategic business advice and connects its member companies to the people and resources they need to succeed. More than 100 companies have emerged from the ATDC, including publicly traded firms such as MindSpring Enterprises – now part of EarthLink. ATDC has been recognized by both Inc. and BusinessWeek as one of the nation's top incubator programs.

The Georgia Statewide Minority Business Enterprise Center:
The center provides business and technical assistance that helps emerging and existing minority businesses experience significant growth and sustainability, and have long-term economic impact through the creation of jobs and revenue.

Entrepreneurs Helping Entrepreneurs (E2e) Works:
This program helps meet the needs of technology-based entrepreneurs and early-stage companies in rural Georgia. Entrepreneur outreach specialists work directly with businesses. The program also provides support for angel investing and assistance to business incubators in Georgia. Companies that are developing technology products or applying technology in innovative ways face special challenges, particularly if they are located in rural areas. 

E2e Works helps meet the unique needs of these technology-based entrepreneurs and early-stage companies through a three-part program:

• Entrepreneur outreach specialists who work with technology-based companies to provide direct technical assistance, mentoring, networking and referrals to vital resources.

• Support for the financing needs of technology companies through energizing angel investors and connecting them to both investor networks and company opportunities.

• Assistance to business incubators through benchmarking, professional development opportunities, networking, coordination and other activities.

Georgia Tech Business Plan Competition (BPC):
The Georgia Tech Business Plan Competition (BPC) is in its ninth year fostering entrepreneurship among Georgia Tech students and alumni. The purpose of the program is three-fold: Create an integrated learning experience that promotes academic excellence in the development of entrepreneurial concepts and business plans; encourage the founding of high-value, leading-edge enterprises and support student teams choosing to move forward with the startup of their businesses; and continue to contribute to and expand the entrepreneurial community internally within Georgia Tech and externally within the local, regional, national, and international entrepreneurial communities.

MGT 4670 - Entrepreneurship:
This course provides an introduction to the process of establishing a technology-based new venture, and examines the entrepreneurial approach to business development and growth. The learning experience is designed to expose students to the entrepreneurial process of new venture creation with a focus on technology entrepreneurship.

Entrepreneurship is viewed in this course as long-term value creation. Accordingly, the course will focus on a study of the activities associated with the assessment, creation, development, and successful operation of high potential new and emerging ventures. Course participants, working in a small team environment, will have the opportunity to develop their new venture management skills through a combination of classroom exercises, case analysis, and existing business plan analysis; and through the development of a detailed opportunity analysis and venture business plan.

Georgia Tech offers a Bachelor of Science in Management degree during which each student chooses one or two specializations (called certificates), which include marketing, finance, accounting, entrepreneurship, information technology management, operations management and international management. The BSM curriculum consists of a series of required courses involving foundation courses such as accounting, mathematics, statistics, and economics. Students also complete humanities, social sciences, and laboratory science courses as required of all Georgia Tech students.

Certificates are advanced coursework offered in specific areas and are designed to allow students to obtain expertise. Earning certificates enhances a student's marketability for employment. A certificate consists of a minimum of 12 credit hours of courses beyond the basic required courses per certificate area. Certificate programs for undergraduates include entrepreneurship. Advanced course work in specific areas, informally arranged between a student and faculty members of an area, and designed to allow a student to gain some advanced knowledge in an area. The college offers a concentration in entrepreneurship.

A list of courses may be viewed at:
http://mgt.gatech.edu/index.html

Georgia Tech's Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results (TI:GER®) recently won a prestigious award from the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC) for its multidisciplinary approach to educating future leaders in technology commercialization and for Exceptional Activities in Entrepreneurship Across Disciplines (2009)

Undergraduate Program Rankings:

Businessweek Magazine ranks Georgia Tech nationally:
#51 Top Undergraduate Programs
#18 Among Public Universities
#2 Among Public Universities in the South East

US News & World Report ranks Georgia Tech's undergraduate program:
#31 Top 50 Undergraduate Programs
#20 Among Public Universities
#7 Quantitative Analysis
#12 Production/Operations Management
#14 Management Information Systems
#18 Supply Chain Management/Logistics

School type: Four Year, Public, Founded: 1885

Affiliation: None

Web site: http://www.gatech.edu/

Student Profile:

Number of undergraduate, full-time students:
12,004

Percentage of undergraduate, full-time male students, female students:
70% male, 30% female

Percentage of international students:
5%

Percentage of minority students:
29.8%

Faculty Profile:

Number of full-time faculty:
887

Student/Faculty Ratio:
14:1

Athletics:

Athletics division, conference, number of varsity sports:
NCAA Division I, Atlantic Coast Conference, 17 varsity sports.

Financial:

Cost of tuition:
In-state tuition, room and board and student fees, $17,602
Out-of-state tuition, room and board and student fees $36,012

Percentage of students who receive some financial aid:
80%

Terry Blum
Director, Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship (ILE)
800 W. Peachtree Street NW
College of Management
4th Floor, Suite 4153
Atlanta, GA 30308-0520

404-894-4363
Fax: 404-894-1517

terry.blum@mgt.gatech.edu