1) Atlanta Chamber of Commerce: It is an independent, nonprofit, member funded organization whose primary goals are to attract quality jobs and improve quality of life in Atlanta. The chamber works in collaboration with community and business leaders to solve problems. The solutions are arrived at using a business approach and the chamber is funded by corporations, foundations and members.

Website - www.metroatlantachamber.com

2) MIT Enterprise Forum in Atlanta: The MIT Enterprise Forum of Atlanta is a volunteer, non-profit organization whose mission is to provide educational programs and services that promote and strengthen innovation and entrepreneurship at the intersection of business and technology in the Southeast. Their primary goals and objectives are to promote economic development in the region and work closely with university community and other vertical organizations to accomplish these goals. It promotes formation and growth of technology oriented companies through its executive education programs.

Website - www.mitforum-atlanta.org

3) Entrepreneurs' Organization: It is designed to help entrepreneurs connect with each other and pursue a common goal of expanding their business by learning from others and sharing experiences. Its vision is to build the world's most influential community for entrepreneurs. EO has 6600 members with more than 108 branches in 38 countries.

Website - www.eonetwork.org

4) Vistage: This organizations main purpose of existence is to bring CEOs all over the world to a common platform where they can interact with each other, discuss their problem and come up with solutions to these problems. Executive training programs are also available. It has over 14000 members in about 16 countries.

Website - www.vistage.com

5) Startup Lounge: This organization's goal is to educate entrepreneurs and investors and give them an opportunity to interact with each other without being interfered by salespeople, amateur investment bankers or job seekers. Some of the important programs or activities are CapitalLounge, The StartupLounge Podcast, PitchCamp and AngelLounge. Website - www.startuplounge.com
6) Technology Association of GA - TAG aims at promoting a growth environment for technology development in Georgia. It organizes various events to help connect and grow people and communities. There are a number of societies within TAG consisting of group of like-minded people helping to promote a common cause.

Website - www.tagonline.org

7) Advanced Technology Development Center - ATDC is a technology business incubator and aims to increase the technology business base in Georgia by supporting entrepreneurs in launching and building successful high-tech companies. As a part of its activities ATDC provides business advice and connects companies to people and resources they need to succeed. ATDC is a part of Georgia Tech's Enterprise Innovation Institute but most its members are not related to Georgia Tech in any way. However they get access to resources and talent at Georgia Tech. The ATDC seed capital fund invests in innovative companies in Georgia. Website - www.atdc.org
8) Atlanta Web Entrepreneurs - It is a business focused membership organization which supports professionals and entrepreneurs in the greater metro Atlanta area who want to use the web for their businesses. Members get to interact with each other, share ideas and experiences, mentor each other, build relationships and learn about business strategies and technologies required to launch and operate business on the web.

Website - www.atlanta-web.org

9) New Media Women Entrepreneurs - This is a project by McCormick Foundation which seeks to highlight creative assets of women and helps address issues of opportunity and innovation, recruitment and retention for women in journalism. In addition to providing seed funding for new women led ideas the foundation organizes a New Women Entrepreneur of the Year award, researches issues regarding women's consumption and creation of news and organizes a day long women entrepreneurs' summit.

Website - www.newmediawomen.org

10) National Association of Asian American Professionals - This is a non-profit professional organization that promotes career advancement and leadership development of Asian American professionals in all fields through networking. There are over 25 chapters, ventures and affiliates all over United States and Canada and a membership of over 3000 with over 370 members in Atlanta. The primary goals of the NAAP are to cultivate and empower the leaders, connect accomplished professionals for mutual success and engage and participate with community at large.

Website - www.naaapatlanta.org

11) START Atlanta - An organization formed by the Atlanta Entrepreneurial community aims to help jump start early stage Atlanta tech businesses. This organization's goals are to make Atlanta a more appealing location to start new ventures and to help seed-stage Atlanta tech companies reach their important early milestones by reducing their financial worry.

Website - www.startatlanta.org

12) Atlanta Entrepreneurship Center - This national program sponsored by Atlanta Urban League in Atlanta is designed to encourage entrepreneurship in urban areas, particularly among minority entrepreneurs. Nationally this program is founded by National Urban League, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, National Economic Council of the White House and the Business Roundtable. The program has two key components: TECNet and Entrepreneurship Business Mentor Program. TECNet is a community referral network which links minority business owners in the Atlanta area to local Resource Partners who provide services to help small businesses grow and prosper. The Entrepreneurship Business Mentor Program is designed to assist high-growth minority entrepreneurs with intensive, one-on-one coaching designed to help that entrepreneur meet the goals he or she has set. The center tries to identify firms that have the highest growth potential and are likely to have the greatest impact in terms of job creation and urban economic development and provide them a one on one coaching or assistance which will prepare those firms for expanded financing, procurement opportunities and help them develop business relationships with major corporations.

Website - www.atlantaeec.com

13) National Latina Business Women Association - NLBWA's mission is to promote, develop and support the rapid growth of Latina business owners and professionals. The national organization supports the development of chapters throughout the country and these chapters deliver programs and services enabling greater success for this critical, but underrepresented market. The purpose of NLBWA is to create more representation, visibility, and business development, networking and mentoring opportunities for Latinas in the world of business and at the executive levels throughout the country.

Website - www.nlbwa.com

14) TiE Atlanta - The IndUS Entrepreneurs is a global nonprofit organization created for advancement of Entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurs, Corporate Executives and senior professionals with roots or interest in the Indus region charter this organization. TiE membership is open to all with the explicit goal to benefit entrepreneurs. The three main objectives are foster entrepreneurship and nurture entrepreneurs, provide a networking platform for the members and help members integrate with mainstream community.

Website - Atlanta.tie.org

15) Score Atlanta - Score Atlanta is a resource partner of Small Business Administration. It is part of an organization of over 11500 volunteers and 389 branches nationwide. The volunteers are retired and working business owners and corporate executives who provide counseling and advice on various topics. The counseling is free and is provided in person, on phone, via email and soon on the web. The organization also conducts various seminars and workshops on a range of topics.

Website - www.scoreatlanta.org

16) Dekalb County Chamber of Commerce

Website - www.dekalbchamber.org

17) Institute For Enterprise and Innovation - IEI is an all volunteer, non-profit organization that promotes and accelerates innovation and entrepreneurial development through education and service to the community. IEI seeks opportunities to collaborate with others by applying IEI's people, energy, ideas, and resources to improve the competitiveness and economic growth of Metro Atlanta, the state of Georgia and the Southeast region.

IEI continues the tradition – now in our tenth year – of bringing you the best and brightest speakers, business executives, thought-leaders and entrepreneurs to share their experiences in creating high-performance business enterprises.

IEI remains committed to bringing you the most informative programs to support your company’s continued success and your professional growth.

Website - www.iei-inc.org