Building Community Through Microbusinesses: Start:ME Names Participating Businesses

Since 2013, Goizueta Business School’s Start:ME Accelerator program has helped microentrepreneurs in underserved communities in Metro Atlanta start and grow resilient microbusinesses. The program, an initiative of Goizueta’s Business & Society Institute, provides these microentrepreneurs with the business knowledge, mentorship, and access to capital they need to be successful. While these individual businesses may be small, collectively they have a huge impact on their communities. When successful, they generate income, create jobs, and boost real estate.

To date, Start:ME has served nearly 400 microbusinesses throughout these Atlanta communities. Of the businesses, 74 percent are female-led, and 83 percent are led by people of color. In total, businesses that have gone through the Start:ME program have created or retained more than 700 jobs and account for more than $20 million in annual revenue.

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