How It Works
A five-stage path, earned one step at a time.
Each stage prepares the student for the next. Students earn access to deeper opportunities by completing earlier ones, which keeps the program focused and protects partners' time.
Students complete a professional assessment and a guided debrief, then receive a personal profile of their strengths, working style, and interests. That profile travels with them through every later stage.
Professional communication, interviewing, resume writing, LinkedIn, and how to carry yourself in a professional setting, capped by a short personal introduction video that is shared with hosts and mentors in advance.
Opt-in, interest-aligned visits to Atlanta companies in small groups of students. Each visit is pre-briefed and debriefed so exposure turns into real learning and clearer direction.
Students are matched to mentors by interest and profile, then meet through a structured series of short meetings over the school year, with a coordinator checking in and keeping the relationship on track.
Summer immersion, extended shadowing, short internships where appropriate, and an annual student entrepreneurship pitch competition. Every student who reaches this stage has completed the first four, so partners know exactly who they are hosting.
By the time a student reaches a mentor or a company, they have completed an assessment, built foundational skills, and shown follow-through. Your time is not spent on unprepared students.
Mentors commit to a short series of meetings. A company visit is a single visit. Nothing is open-ended, and you always know what you are agreeing to.
Students are prepared before they show up, companies are briefed beforehand, and follow-up happens after every interaction, so the stages stay connected.