Meet Fernando Raffo, Director of Operations for Bits of Good. When he isn’t working on event planning or budgeting, you can find Fernando trying new restaurants or getting into archery.

On Friday, April 9, five startups pitched their ideas to three local judges for Startup Exchange’s Pitch Perfect Competition. Startup Exchange, Georgia Tech's (GT) biggest entrepreneurship organization on campus, opened up this competition to GT student entrepreneurs as an opportunity to present their most innovative ideas to a panel of judges for feedback, community connections, and cash prizes.

With spring in full bloom, we at Tech Square ATL (TSQATL) Social Club have been appreciating the warmer weather, while simultaneously recognizing the unfortunate effects of climate change that come along with it. And we’re not the only ones. Microsoft is on the same page, with their AI for Earth initiative centered around providing cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) tools to those working to solve global environmental challenges. So, we put on both our environmentalist and technologist hats and headed over to Technology Enterprise Park (TEP) to enjoy the sunshine and host a Coffee Talk around this exact topic.

Every week at The Clubhouse, we pose a question on our big conversation board about what’s been on the radar for our members lately. This is designed to not only spark conversations and encourage collaboration, but to also allow us to better know our community members in a fun and unique way. Recently, we asked our community members about places they’ll be traveling to in the next six months.

Though we think of ourselves as profound storytellers, we at Tech Square ATL Social Club also recognize that art takes on many forms of expression. To highlight such appreciation for the arts, we’ve implemented a “Creative Corner” series – articles and social posts showcasing the recent projects and collections from our community members. This week we are featuring Shruti Vedula, a Georgia Tech student and Director of Marketing for Startup Exchange (SX).

With Earth Day right around the corner, it seemed only fitting to shed light on a huge technological contributor that is helping reduce our carbon footprint, curb oil use, and combat climate change – electric vehicles (EVs). So, we invited Tech Square ATL (TSQATL) Social Club members (and guests!) over to Centergy One early on April 1 for a Coffee Talk to discuss the latest EVs coming onto the scene – and for a chance to win their very own Tesla Model X.

Every week at The Clubhouse, we pose a question on our big conversation board about what’s been on the radar for our members lately. This is designed to not only spark conversations and encourage collaboration, but to also allow us to better know our community members in a fun and unique way. Recently, we asked our community members what their favorite cereal is.

Inspired by recent developments in cybernetics, we sent personal Power Meal (an hour to gather over food and have thoughtful conversations with other community members) invitations to a curated list of biomedical professionals and researchers in the Tech Square ATL (TSQATL) Social Club community. Over a shared meal, this thought-provoking community conversation centered around “hacking” the human body with modifications that interact with technology.

Meet Rajan Jayasankar, Executive Director for TEDxGeorgiaTech (TEDxGT). When he isn’t overseeing operations for TEDxGT, you can find Rajan in his woodshop, reading, or hiking.

Every week at The Clubhouse, we pose a question on our big conversation board about what’s been on the radar for our members lately. This is designed to not only spark conversations and encourage collaboration, but to also allow us to better know our community members in a fun and unique way. Recently, we asked if you could have anyone in history be your mentor, who would it be and why?

On our social platforms throughout the month, we celebrated Women’s History Month by highlighting strong women in our community right here at Tech Square. And as Women’s History Month comes to a close, we connected with them And as Women’s History Month comes to a close, we connected with them – and a few more exceptional women in our community – because we wanted to know: Where does their confidence come from?

After several dreary, cold, and rainy days early last week, the sunshine finally came out Thursday – just in time for part-two of our Mind of a Maker activation hosted at Technology Enterprise Park (TEP). During the Rev-Ale-Lation event, Master Brewer, Nicholas Fowler, tapped the Dry Irish Stout he brewed a few weeks earlier, revealed the winning beer name the community voted for, and was quizzed on random beer trivia questions.

Every week at The Clubhouse, we pose a question on our big conversation board about what’s been on the radar for our members lately. This is designed to not only spark conversations and encourage collaboration, but to also allow us to better know our community members in a fun and unique way. Recently, we asked what two superpowers you would choose to have.

At Tech Square ATL (TSQATL) Social Club, we love a good reason to celebrate. And since Sunday, March 14 was Pi Day and Albert Einstein’s birthday, what better way to commemorate these holidays than to host our very first Math + Mimosas series – a great way to nerd out with other community members while catching up over complimentary adult beverages. So, in honor of such an occasion, we went to the Centergy One lobby during lunch last Friday to put the memorization skills of our community members to the test – all with a Pi theme, of course.

On this month 22 years ago, the first nonstop hot air balloon flight around the world was completed by Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones. On March 21, 1999, they travelled 25,361 miles on a hot air balloon in 21 days. This had us thinking about how since then, aerospace technology has advanced in ways that may bring us the pod racers we saw in Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace (also released in 1999) sooner rather than later. From personal jet packs to flying motorcycles, here are three examples of technology that will take us gliding in the air from point A to B.