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CREATE-X Opportunities Abound

We Have Many Ways for You to Succeed!

Get Involved With CREATE-X Through Upcoming Events!

Amidst your Spring 2025 registration and exam preparations, seize the opportunity to be part of next year’s Startup Launch cohort. The Startup Launch priority deadline is fast approaching! The program is open to students, faculty, alumni, and researchers interested in launching startups. It offers $5k in optional seed funding, $150k in-kind services, mentorship, and entrepreneurial education. The earlier you apply, the greater your chance! So, put in your application today and start your entrepreneurial journey.

Additionally, don’t miss out on registering for CREATE-X courses. These courses provide invaluable entrepreneurial education and experience, in addition to funding and mentorship, no matter your year or level of business knowledge. See where your ideas can take you, and discover the opportunities that are right at your fingertips today!

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CREATE-X gives students every advantage it can to help support them in launching their products. Our program is built with the flexibility to meet their needs, whether they need instruction in the fundamentals of entrepreneurship, the resources to develop products, or a driven, business minded community with which to build and connect. Regardless of the pathway they take, we want all Georgia Tech students to be equipped with business know-how and the confidence that brings because of that spirit will prepare them to impact the world in the way they dream.

2024 marks the 10th year of CREATE-X. Watch the video to see what our 10th batch of founders had to say about their experience in the program. 

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CREATE-X at Georgia Tech

CREATE-X is a Georgia Tech initiative to instill entrepreneurial confidence in students and empower them to launch successful startups.

By the Numbers

38
majors represented
32,000+
students involved
560+
student startups created
$2B+
total valuation of startups

Our Programs

CREATE-X is organized into three categories: LEARN, MAKE and LAUNCH. These entrepreneurship programs are open to all students, from incoming freshmen and undergraduate students of all years, to masters and Ph.D. students. Georgia Tech faculty, researchers, and alumni may also participate through our Launch program. 

LEARN

The CREATE-X LEARN element consists of a class that exposes students to startup concepts and teaches them the methodology of evidence-based entrepreneurship. Through LEARN, Startup Lab gives students a zero risk opportunity to examine their startup ideas within the context of their formal education and enables them to identify business failures in the lab instead of in the market.

MAKE

The CREATE-X MAKE element consists of a set of research and prototyping classes that enable students to overcome technology barriers that might lie in the way of them launching a successful venture. Through MAKE, Idea to Prototype and CREATE-X Capstone provide students with prototyping grants, mentorship, and curricular credit as they create intellectual property and build prototypes toward their venture idea.

LAUNCH

The CREATE-X LAUNCH element consists of a program for students and alumni who want to launch their projects from idea stage (or beyond) into fully functioning and viable startups. Through LAUNCH, Startup Launch provides teams with $5,000 in seed funding and $30,000 worth of in-kind services, including legal and accounting services, coaching, space, mentorship, visibility, and IP protection.

"CREATE-X is working to establish Georgia Tech as the number one startup campus in the nation with the most funded student startup enterprises."

Rahul Saxena
Director, CREATE-X

Recent News

On Nov. 12, CREATE-X hosted a panel with Y Combinator partner Brad Flora and Greptile founders, offering practical advice and networking for aspiring entrepreneurs, with Flora sharing his journey and tips, and the Greptile founders discussing their startu

Josh Luber, co-founder of StockX, shared his entrepreneurial journey and insights on resilience and innovation with Georgia Tech students at the CREATE-X Deep Startups workshop.

Georgia Tech's Fall 2024 Idea to Prototype (I2P) Showcase on December 3 will feature over 50 student-built prototypes, including a digital twin for health screenings and an active shooter detection tool, and is open to the entire Georgia Tech community.

Y Combinator, hosted by CREATE-X, is coming to Georgia Tech on Nov.12, 5p.m., Walter G. Ehmer Theater, for a panel between Group Partner Brad Flora and the founders of Greptile to discuss the startup accelerator and entrepreneurship.

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