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Tim Adkins

Celebrating Failure | Global Event Comes to Atlanta

Celebrating Failure | Global Event Comes to Atlanta

Get ready Atlanta, it’s about to go down. Literally. The global phenomenon Fuckup Nights is launching in Atlanta on October 15th at the all the Center for Civic Innovation. FuckUp Nights is a global movement, active in over 150 cities across the globe, where stories of failed businesses and

Get a First Look at the Spring 2015 Points of Light Civic Accelerator

Get a First Look at the Spring 2015 Points of Light Civic Accelerator

The Points of Light Civic Accelerator invites you to an evening of networking and innovation as they introduce their Spring 2015 class, featuring 3 Atlanta ventures: The Dress Project, Our Parent's Lives and Pentorship. In this (friendly) shark-tank style event, the newest class of the Civic Accelerator will

Civic Accelerator Takes on Entrepreneurship #likeagirl

Civic Accelerator Takes on Entrepreneurship #likeagirl

The Points of Light Civic Accelerator is now accepting applications for their Spring 2015 program, which focuses on empowering women and girls with their challenge: How Might We Create Greater Opportunities for Women and Girls to Succeed in Today's Economy? Originally announced at the first Women's

SparkMarket’s San Fran Adventure in the Points of Light Civic Accelerator

SparkMarket’s San Fran Adventure in the Points of Light Civic Accelerator

Partners, Process and Points of Light Welcome back! Since Atlanta we’ve spent the intervening 6 weeks processing week one’s learnings, conducting user interviews (learn what makes your users tick!), holding demo sessions with my peers from the cohort (think: show & tell), and challenging previously held assumptions about

3 ATL Startups Chosen for Points of Light Civic Accelerator

3 ATL Startups Chosen for Points of Light Civic Accelerator

Through a live Twitter event at #CivicXDraft, last week the Points of Light Civic Accelerator, sponsors, alumni and friends of the program announced the participating teams for their fall 2014 class. Of the 13 civic startups accepted from across the country, 3 call Atlanta home. Meet the Atlanta Startups: Community