This episode features Dr. Lavonda Brown, founder and CEO of EyeGageTM. She is a Georgia Tech (GT) graduate (PHD-Electrical Engineering, MBA), and was formerly a researcher in the GTRI Aerospace, Transportation and Advanced Systems (ATAS) Laboratory.

Talking Points

• This episode explores the path from being a GT student to a successful entrepreneur of an Atlanta based startup. GT is the largest producer of seedling start-up companies in the United States.

• In this episode, listeners will hear:

  • -  The general steps it takes to formulate the idea behind a startup, the classes one can take at

    GT to facilitate this process, the way to leverage time invested on campus as a student and as a

    GTRI researcher, and the lessons learned from Dr. Brown in this journey.

  • -  Dr. Brown details what EyeGageTM is about, and its value to the marketplace, and provides

    insight into the thought processes of creating a start-up.

    Resources Links

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    From the episode:

• EyeGageTM website: https://www.eyegage.com/

• CREATE X: https://create-x.gatech.edu/

  Credits

  Podcast Team

• Host, Matthew Habib, matthew.habib@gtri.gatech.edu

• Host, Monica Ngando, monica.ngando@gtri.gatech.edu

• Host, Scott McAtee, scott.mcatee@gtri.gatech.edu

• Producer, Anne Costolanski, anne.costolanski@gtri.gatech.edu

• Producer, David Landry, david.landry@gtri.gatech.edu

• Producer, Charles Harris, charles.harris@gtri.gatech.edu

• Producer, Bryan Bledsoe, bryan.bledsoe@gtri.gatech.edu

• Editor, Diana Tiernan, diana.tiernan@gtri.gatech.edu

• Engineer, Branden Camp, branden.camp@gtri.gatech.edu