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Atlanta’s black tech founders are changing entrepreneurship in America. Can they avoid Silicon Valley’s mistakes?

Tristan Walker, Jewel Burks Solomon, Paul Judge, and other founders are part of a startup revolution that’s bringing tech talent, VC money, and serious change to the black mecca of…

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Black Small Business Owners In Georgia Slam Governor Re-Opening The State Too Soon

Many acknowledge the coronavirus’ disproportionate impact on the Black community. Written By Royce Dunmore Despite being giving the green light by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, many Black business owners in the state are…

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Liability, health concerns for business owners as Georgia moves to reopen

Channel 2 Action News has fielded a lot of questions about who is responsible if someone gets sick after going into a business that opens up amid the coronavirus pandemic Channel…

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Community Isn’t Canceled: Ryan Wilson & Frank Ski on V-103

Frank Ski hosts TGS CEO & Co-founder on V-103 Atlanta’s The Morning Culture. Listen in as Ryan shares how The Gathering Spot has adjusted and launched new initiatives in response…

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Navigating COVID-19: Business owners respond to Kemp lifting lockdown

IRyan Wilson, The Gathering Spot: This is a complete failure of leadership. I don’t understand the decision. We’re not opening despite the order. We could technically open on April 27, but…

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The Gathering Spot is an epicenter of culture, cowork, and cool

PHOTOGRAPH BY PATRICK KOLTS When I arrive at the Gathering Spot, frosted glass denotes two side-by-side entrances: one for members, another for guests. I step through the latter into the lobby,…

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How a New Generation of Black Entrepreneurs Built Atlanta’s Hot Startup Scene

Inc Magazine recently named The Gathering Spot one of the primary hubs for empowering Atlanta’s black entrepreneur community, paving the way for more startups to flourish. Check out the full…

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Founders of Black-Owned Private Member Club The Gathering Spot Talks Purchasing A3C And LA Opening

Ryan Wilson attends Decisive Moment event in 2018 at Atlanta Airport. DECISIVE MOMENT   The Gathering Spot, deemed “a next-generation private membership club”, was founded in Atlanta in 2016 after fellow…

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Atlanta Attracts Wealthy Black Transplants

  Ryan Wilson, a co-founder of the Gathering Spot.  PHOTOGRAPHER: SHEILA PREE BRIGHT FOR BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK By Michael Sasso, Steve Matthews, and Margaret Newkirk It’s a Tuesday afternoon in January,…

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Gathering Spot co-founder Ryan Wilson shares why there isn’t ‘any city better’ than Atlanta

By Najja Parker, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Ryan Wilson has hosted events for Stacey Abrams, T.I. and others at The Gathering Spot  Love perusing through social media to find out what…