Need to finance a new heating and cooling system for your house? Or maybe you’re interested in adding culinary mushroom production to your farm. Perhaps your college-aged child with ADHD could use some support to thrive.
Turns out, there’s a startup company to help with each of those issues, and they’re all growing at Kennesaw State University in the HatchBridge Incubator.
HatchBridge opened in July 2023 at the KSU Center and hosted 51 different startup projects in various programs in its first year of existence. Its five offices have been occupied by startups since opening.
Those who come to HatchBridge have an idea they believe can be a thriving business but want the training and guidance that they get from incubator staff and interact with others who are on similar entrepreneurial paths.
“People need mentorship and accountability when they’re creating a startup,” said Colin Ake, HatchBridge’s director of incubation and commercialization. “What we do is provide support for all the people who are building something in the suburbs.”
HatchBridge offers programs where entrepreneurs refine their ideas, research potential markets, receive business coaching from incubator staff, launch their businesses, and work to make them grow. Entrepreneurs can then continue working to build their companies at the incubator as they refine products, business plans, and raise money to fund their growth.
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