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Want to be the next Bill Gates? Georgia State has a place for that

Georgia State University students Jeanine McDonald (left), Jordan Adeboye (right) work in the new LaunchGSU lab. Photo Credit: Erica Bracey, Georgia State University.
Georgia State University students Jeanine McDonald (left), Jordan Adeboye (right) work in the new LaunchGSU lab. Photo Credit: Erica Bracey, Georgia State University.
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Feb 21, 2018

Georgia State University students who feel like they have the next big idea to become the next Bill Gates now have a place on campus to explore their creativity.

The state’s largest university is scheduled Wednesday to have a grand opening for LanuchGSU, its new incubator for student entrepreneurship and innovation. LaunchGSU will be located on the first floor of 58 Edgewood Ave., Atlanta.

LaunchGSU is open to all students with ideas for startup businesses. For students accepted to the program, LaunchGSU will offer a business mailing address, workshops, panels, talks and tours of other downtown Atlanta startup spaces and connections to other successful entrepreneurs in Atlanta.

LaunchGSU is part of Georgia State’s efforts to increase entrepreneurship and innovation.

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Eric Stirgus joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2001. He is the newsroom's education editor. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Eric is active in the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists and the Education Writers Association and enjoys mentoring aspiring journalists.

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