^{Friends of HatchBridge,}  

We hope your year is off to a fast start and you’re tracking the progress towards those 2024 Goals. 📈

It’s going to be a great year for entrepreneurship in the suburbs! 🏡

f you’re new to the Newsletter, HatchBridge offers community programs crafted for innovators and entrepreneurs surrounding Kennesaw State University. From expert guidance to tailored support and specialized spaces, our offerings are designed to accelerate your path to success.

While we launched just in Summer of 2023, HatchBridge Companies took big leaps raising over $3,700,000 in Venture Funding and 5 of our companies landed their 1st Customers last year.

This year, HatchBridge is going to take even greater leaps with additional programs serving entrepreneurs in the Atlanta Suburbs.

Keep an eye out for these programs coming in 2024:

• Venture Creation 4-Week Workshops with Community Partners

• Built in the Burbs Speaker Series

• Startup Preview Days

• Hiking with HatchBridge @ Kennesaw Mountain

• and more Program offerings inside the Incubator up at KSU Center

Hatching Success is a 4 mouth program where members meet weekly for an hour of focused learning and peer accountability.

During the week, members have access to HatchBridge Hot desks where they can work and each teams gets an hours a week with staff for 1 on 1 coaching.

Key Topics Include:

• Costumer Segmentation

• MVP Launch + Execution

• Pitch Decks

• Mentor Madness

• Preview Day + More !!!!

🚀 Launching Soon! Keep an eye out this February for the grand reveal! The countdown has officially begun, and we can hardly contain our excitement for you to explore and engage with the innovation our student team has poured into every pixel.

👩‍💻 Our team of Student Fellows come from the Interaction Design and Computer Science Programs here at KSU, and they executed the new website in a matter of week

🤝 HatchBridge is proud to offer our portfolio companies a chance to work directly with our fellows on small projects that help them move faster while offering KSU Students real portfolio opportunities.

Members of the HatchBridge staff and community will be out hiking Kennesaw Mountain from 9-11am on Friday, February 23rd.

The hike is open to all members of the Atlanta Startup Ecosystem and is designed to be a time for organic, unstructured business conversation while getting a little bit healthier. Meet at Picnic Tables near Trail Entrance.