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Building Small Business
get established, scale, and grow to
profitability. There’s even a Student
Entrepreneurship Program at Launch
Fayette, designed to help the next
generation of young entrepreneurs.
The Community Entrepreneurship
Program’s membership is more than
just assistance. It includes a timeline
for success in the form of a “structured
graduation program designed to help new
business thrive in one to three years.”
Led by Bass, the Atlanta-South
Chapter of 1 Million Cups meets
weekly at Launch Fayette. It’s a time of
connections, conversations, and coffee
for entrepreneurs. Free to attend, it’s an
excellent opportunity for new businesses
to get nearly instant feedback from
who are from Fayette and/or those whose based work spaces, Launch Fayette
the community.
pitch will benefit Fayette County. The 2025 offers education, support, mentorship,
“Speakers present ideas and their
date will be announced soon. and more to entrepreneurs and new
business,” Bass shared. “We ask, ‘What
It seems fitting that StartUp Fayette’s small businesses.
can we as a community do for you?’” With
meetings are hosted at Launch Fayette, “From start-up to success,” Launch a different speaker each week and around
in The Center of Innovation in Peachtree Fayette is a resource for participating 30 attendees, it’s a chance for immediate
City. In addition to providing membership- new businesses as they work to input. “Everybody learns something.”
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