100UE and Clark Atlanta University: December 8-9, 2011

On Thursday, December 8, and Friday, December 9, 2011, 100 Urban Entrepreneurs — in conjunction with Clark Atlanta University and the Atlanta Development Authority — hosted a get-together on the topics of “sustainable entrepreneurship and economic development.” The event was held at Atlanta’s Sheraton Gateway Hotel.

All photographs by Tobi Egberongbe

^ 100UE cofounder and CEO Magnus Greaves gives the crowd a preview of what’s to come.

^ Dr. Carlton E. Brown, the president of Clark Atlanta, does the same.

^ Clark Atlanta’s Bruce Strickland (left) and Greaves share a laugh.

^ Dr. Joseph H. Silver Sr., provost and vice president for academic affairs at Clark Atlanta, at the dais.

^ Clark Atlanta’s Katrina Strickland.

^ Greaves gives the audience an overview of the programs 100UE offers to urban entrepreneurs.

^ Greaves discusses the 100UE Pitch-Event Multiplier Effect — the way that an event that involves only hundreds of people directly ends up reaching hundreds of thousands more all told.

^ (From left) Greaves, CAU President Brown and 100UE cofounder Lucas Riggins.

^ (From left) 100UE fundee Lawrence Watkins, cofounder of Ujamaa Deals; Silver; Greaves; Niara Consulting founder Jodi Brockington; a guest; Brown; Ujamaa Deals cofounder Tre Baker; 100UE fundee and Enrichment Prep founder Amber Saunders; Riggins.