StartUpATL — Blog — Shay M. Lawson, Esq

COMMUNITY IMPACT: Hack the Violence StartUp Pre-Accelerator

I have the honor of serving as a Mentor/Coach for a second season of Goodie Nation's tech pre-accelerator program. Goodie Nation pairs social entrepreneurs with tech and marketing professionals to create innovative solutions for the worlds toughest social issues. Last year they tackled solutions for those impacted by gentrification and got awesome products on the market currently serving our communities like GOODR.

This year the Goodie team is out to reduce violence by 30% using technology. I'm lending a hand pulling from my olden days clerking in the justice system as well as putting my IP law chops to good use for this years founders!

Partnered with GOOGLE, General Assembly, GITHUB, and other tech industry giants...here's a bit from the Goodie Team on what HACK THE VIOLENCE IS ABOUT:

CLIENT NEWS: Jasmine Crowe & GOODR taking the food and tech industry by storm

I first met Jasmine Crowe in 2013 as the owner of Black Celebrity Giving where she would quickly become a client where one of my first tasks was drafting a letter to ensure she would be able to continue to utilize an empty parking lot to feed hundreds in downtown Atlanta with food she was personally cooking every week in her home.

Fast forward to 2017 and her passion for ensuring no one spends a night hungry has taken the food and tech industry by storm with her GOODR app. Jasmine and her team have won several major pitch competitions, hundreds of thousands in startup funds, and countless startup awards and features. Super excited for the future of her app and grateful to lend my legal lenses to play a small part in making the world a better place.

Here is an excerpt from her recent feature on Black Enterprise: