Great opening day for Junior Achievement Chick-fil-A Foundation Discovery Center. 500+ people in attendance, including many of the StArTLe sponsors. Dan Cathy, Clark Howard and others talked about the critical need to educate our students about entrepreneurship, business and financial literacy and the difference this new Center will make. [print_gllr id=4389]

The grand opening of the Junior Achievement Chick-fil-A Foundation is coming up with everyone on hand from Mayor Kasim Reed to Clark Howard. You are welcome to attend, Tuesday, August 20, 10 – 12 am at the World Congress Center. Construction is underway for the StArTLe storefront that will focus on start ups and entrepreneurship. […]

Dr. Mark Bauerlein, Professor of English at Emory University addresses the elephant in the room with his book The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future or Don’t Trust Anyone Under 30. A growing conversation in the work world is concern over integrating new college grads into the multi-generational […]

It was a terrific crowd at the July 8 Executive Reception. Check out a few of the faces that showed up in the Atlanta Business Chronicle Insider Section. Attendees heard Savannah College of Art and Design Dean of the School of Digital Media Tina O’Hailey discuss some of the groundbreaking work students are doing in digital media […]

I had never won any raffle/drawing in my life, so to have my name drawn at the last CEO Council meeting on May 13th for a Porsche for a weekend, was a stunner.  My friends had suggested that I immediately go and buy a lottery ticket as my luck had changed. My luck continued because […]

  Tina O’Hailey will discuss “Zombies. Skittles. Nerds. Donuts. Musicians. Coffins” or, an overview of seriously fun projects created by the Interactive Design and Game Development department at SCAD including augmented reality, hacked Wii remotes and unhealthy snacks. As Dean of the School of Digital Design at the Savannah College of Art and Design, O’Hailey teaches […]

Peter Baron’s note to our sponsor, Jim Ellis Porsche: Thank you for the wonderful treat of letting me drive a Porsche for the weekend.  This was the first time I’d ever driven a Porsche and I must say that I’m converted!!  This was a pleasurable experience from start to finish – from the moment I […]

The May 13 exclusive Executive Networking Reception will feature a short discussion and demonstration by Dr. Russ Clark of Georgia Tech.   Dr. Clark will demonstrate the Magic Window,  a mixed reality telepresence portal that uses augmented reality techniques to create an immersive video conferencing experience. As Associate Director of Georgia Tech’s Research Network Operations Center, Dr. […]

Several Atlanta CEO Council members toured the under construction Junior Achievement facility over at the World Congress Center. JA BizTown/Finance Park will be open in August and will serve 30,000 6th and 7th graders from metro Atlanta schools. Additional tours for Council members are being organized.  Dates and times will be announced and available for […]