The Society of Entrepreneurs is an organization of selected, successful Atlanta-area business owners who desire to enhance their entrepreneurial skills and who would like to contribute to the success of future entrepreneurs through a close association with Georgia State University. The Society meets monthly (except July, August, and December) at The Commerce Club, usually for breakfast, and members interact with each other and with top-quality speakers.

In addition, through membership in the Society, financial support is provided for selected educational programs of GSU's Herman J. Russell, Sr. International Center for Entrepreneurship. Receiving top priority now is our Entrepreneurship Field Study course, an internship for entrepreneurship students. Society dues are partially used for financial aid to students in that course, which has provided more than $70,000 in scholarships.

Membership in the Society is by invitation only, and its size will be kept small to encourage lively interaction. The Society is limited to 3 sponsor-members and 25 regular members. Sponsor-members are entrepreneurial firms that contribute $10,000 annually to the Society, renewable indefinitely with the agreement of the Russell Entrepreneurship Center. Regular members are individual entrepreneurs who contribute $2,500 annually to the Society. Like sponsor-memberships, regular memberships are renewable indefinitely with the agreement of the Center.

GSU Society of Entrepreneurs 
Sponsor: Chamberlin Edmonds & Associates

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Regular Member Benefits:

• Participate in all Society meetings.
• Be among the first each year to consider GSU students for entrepreneurial internships.
• Enroll in programs of GSU's Executive Education Center for a reduced fee.
• Consult with GSU staff about educational programs for your employees.
• Interact with GSU faculty, on a limited basis, when you have a question about your business.
• Nominate entrepreneurs for Society membership.

Sponsor-Member Benefits:

• Assist GSU in designing the Society.
• Participate in the selection of Society members.
• Receive recognition as sponsor-members at Society events, on Society materials, and on Society stationery.
• Interact individually with invited speakers as schedules and/or contracts permit.
• Send up to two top-level people to each meeting (consistency of attendance is strongly encouraged).
• Work with a GSU student entrepreneur intern at no fee.
• Enjoy all benefits of regular members.