Enterprise Innovation Institute

We’re excited to share Georgia Tech’s Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI²) 2025 Impact Report, which highlights a year of helping communities, entrepreneurs, manufacturers, and small businesses grow and thrive.

The report features stories showing how EI² programs supported innovation, strengthened local economies, and expanded opportunities across Georgia and beyond — from startup support and manufacturing assistance to workforce development and community capacity building.

You can explore the full report here:
👉 innovate.gatech.edu/ei2-2025-ir/

Thank you to all our partners, businesses, and community leaders who helped make this work possible.

EI² 2025 Impact Report - Enterprise Innovation Institute Enterprise Innovation Institute's 2025 Annual Report.

Last year, the Manufacturing Extension Program supported $15B in new or retained sales, $2.6B in cost savings, and 108,000+ jobs created or retained at U.S. manufacturing firms.
Don’t let this critical resource for small manufacturers disappear.

Use this URL to learn more and sign by June 18th to show your support: https://form.jotform.com/251596265455163

This morning, we’ve held a series of -related panel discussions as hosts of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Summit and rollout of the SBA’s AI for Small Businesses Resource Hub.

With 2025 just around the corner, our Partnership for Inclusive Innovation is now taking student applicants for the 2025 PIN (Paid) Summer Internship. The internship projects in Georgia and the Southeast are designed to foster experiential learning, mentorship and professional development. Our 2024 class was comprised of 80 interns representing 19 countries and 9 states. Applications close Feb. 5, 2025.

Our EI2 Global program works with organizations and universities to help them build ecosystems for successful economic development. But it also works with companies from overseas that are exploring the idea of coming to the U.S. market. That intensive program, hashtag , led by Alberto Ponce, helps these companies understand the U.S. business landscape and if expanding makes sense for them. Since launching in 2019, SoftLanding has worked with 22 companies, helping 15 of them build operations — and jobs — in the U.S. The most recent is Mesh Medical Shapes, co-founded by David Calle, from Medellín Colombia: https://innovate.gatech.edu/mesh-medical-shapes-a-soft-landing-success-story/

Senior research faculty , who leads our , and expert, will lead a new effort - Innovation Lab - centered on building for life sciences and bioscience companies: https://lnkd.in/eQwgbgxf

One of our values is to connect globally. David Bridges, our VP, is doing just that and furthering our mission as a Specialist and working with builders and academics in the Republic: https://lnkd.in/eXnpaYPu

Our incubator's portfolio companies raised more than $280 million in 2023. When our startup graduates are included in that tally, the figure is an impressive $6.2B in 2023!: https://lnkd.in/eq_pRWB2

Donna Ennis, co-director of our Georgia AIM project, was a featured panelist at the The White House conference on equity. https://georgiaaim.org/news/georgia-aim-co-director-speaks-at-white-house-event/

Attention Emergency Managers, Economic Development Community personnel, and business people! Join our upcoming FEMA Courses to learn how to build economic resilience and enhance your community's ability to survive and recover from major disasters. Best of all, these courses are funded by a FEMA grant and are free!

MGT-483: Crisis Leadership: Accelerating Economic Recovery
When: Monday, July 24, 2023
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. CDT
Where: 6055 Threadgill Ave., El Paso, TX 79924

Register here!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/crisis-leadership-accelerating-economic-recovery-tickets-661096947767

MGT-485: Creating Economic Resilience: Preparing the Business Community (Part II)
When: Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. CDT
Where: 6055 Threadgill Ave., El Paso, TX 79924

Register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creating-economic-resilience-preparing-the-business-community-part-ii-tickets-661102053037

Attention Emergency Managers, Economic Development Community personnel, and business people! Join our upcoming FEMA Courses to learn how to build economic resilience and enhance your community's ability to survive and recover from major disasters. Best of all, this course is funded by a FEMA grant and is free!

Location: Online

Date: July 18, 1-3 pm, EDT

Course: AWR-414 Creating Economic Resilience: A Whole Community Approach (Virtual Course)

Register here!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creating-economic-resilience-a-whole-community-approach-tickets-184452040017