GEORGIA BUSINESS SUCCESS CENTER INC
EIN 47-4443286 · Business & Industry (S40)
What they do
IGNITEHQS PURPOSE, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY and IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COBB CHAMBER of COMMERCE, WAS to BE NORTH GEORGIAS ENTREPRENEURIAL HEADQUARTERS DEDICATED to HELPING INVENTORS and PROBLEM SOLVERS IGNITE TRANSFORMATIVE SOLUTIONS ON A GLOBAL SCALE. AS A HYBRID of A MODERN-DAY BUSINESS INCUBATOR and A CO-WORKING HUB, THE ORGANIZATION MET THE NEEDS of INVENTIVE ENTREPRENEURS BY PROVIDING OFFICE SPACES of ALL SIZES, COMMON AREAS and SPECIAL EVENT SPACES, FREE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS and TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, ACCESS to EXPERIENCED MENTORS and ADVISORS, and A DIRECTORY of PARTNER SERVICE PROVIDERS and CAPITAL INVESTORS. IN JUNE 2020, THE MEMORANDUM of UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE ORGANIZATION and KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY EXPIRED and THE ORGANIZATION BEGAN WINDING DOWN OPERATIONS. AS of JULY 19, 2022, THE ORGANIZATION CEASED OPERATIONS and FORMALLY DISSOLVED.
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Board and leadership roster (11)
CRAIG GANSSLEDIRECTOR
JACOB REUSCHELDIRECTOR
JEREMY FORTDIRECTOR
JULIA AYERSDIRECTOR
MIKE MAHANDIRECTOR
MITCH RHODENDIRECTOR
PAMELA WHITTENDIRECTOR
RACHEL FORDDIRECTOR
SHARON MASONDIRECTOR
STEPHANIE CARVAJALINODIRECTOR
UMESH SHIKNISDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Location
- 585 COBB AVE NW, KENNESAW, GA 30144
- County
- Cobb
- In care of
- KARIN SCARPINATO
- Primary officer
- KARIN SCARPINATO, VICE PRESIDENT OF RESEARCH
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2022
- Tax period began
- July 1, 2022
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- CHERRY BEKAERT ADVISORY LLC
- NTEE classification
- Business & Industry (S40)
- IRS tax category
- Business & Industry