Employment
Track direct jobs and job quality at the companies we back.
GEORGIA IMPACT
Count the companies.
And what they make possible.
Jobs, local ownership, founder continuity and capital returned. The scorecard should account for all of them.
1.4 million
Georgia small businesses
42.5%
Of Georgia’s workforce employed by small businesses
45,950
Net jobs added by Georgia small businesses in the year to March 2024
Georgia context, not Georgia Angels results. Source: SBA Office of Advocacy, 2025 Georgia Small Business Profile and Business Employment Dynamics figures.
ACROSS THE STATE
Local companies.
Local consequences.
Ownership and supply chains
Look at how a business contributes to the county and industries around it.
Commercialization
Follow research and technical knowledge as they become useful products.
Founder continuity
Track whether founders remain connected through a transition and what they do next.
THE PUBLIC SCORECARD
Publish the hard
parts, too.
| Measure | What to include |
|---|---|
| Companies | County, industry and outcomes, including closures. |
| Employment | Direct jobs, counted consistently each year. |
| Capital | Amounts returned to investors, reinvested and allocated to founder support. |
| Founder programs | Participation in Security and Resilience . |
| What comes next | Founders who take another role or start again. |
This is a proposed reporting framework. Georgia Angels has not published a portfolio or investment results. Company-level financial information requires permission to publish.
SOURCE NOTES
Evidence is useful
with its limits.
Georgia small-business data
2025 SBA State Profile. Employment changes cover the year to March 2024, not the current year.
Founder research
Gompers, Kovner, Lerner and Scharfstein, Journal of Financial Economics, 2010. Historical venture-backed sample; success defined as an IPO or filing.
Ecosystem research
Endeavor Insight explores relationships between experienced founders, mentorship and successful companies. Association does not establish causation.
Research informs the model. None of these studies predicts fund returns, program effectiveness or a particular company’s outcome.
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