A coworking and small business incubation facility located in Avondale Estates, GA providing a community work space environment for software developers, writers and entrepreneurs to help them create, sustain and grow their businesses. OFFERING: High speed WiFi and wired internet access
Individual work stations available
Ad-hoc collaboration with other members
Two coworking/collaboration rooms
Two conference rooms for meetings
Large LCD screens/TV in conference rooms
Whiteboards in conference rooms
Fully Loaded coffee bar - coffee/water/sodas/snacks
Fax machine
Ink/laser printing
Access to basic office supplies
Desks/chairs/lamps
Meeting snack baskets
Break room/lounge with microwave & fridge
Access to events, workshops, user groups
Online booking
Business library
Flexible membership plans
Ed Rieker, 151 Locust Founder - Bio
151 Locust founder Ed Rieker is an Atlanta-based serial entrepreneur who has been the founder or co-founder of several successful Atlanta-based startup companies. He has served on the staff of the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) as a Venture Catalyst, is currently serving as an Entrepreneur in Residence at ATDC and holds weekly office hours available by appointment using the link below.
Mr. Rieker is a co-inventor of the 1998 patent for an "Automated System and Method for Providing Real-Time Verification of Health Insurance Eligibility." He received his MBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University.
He is also the current Mayor of Avondale Estates, Georgia where he lives with his wife and daughter.
Previous Projects
American Medical Data Corporation, Founder: - IntelliScan™ Patient Card System, a high density bar code patient card developed for the healthcare industry, AMDC was sold to private investors 1991
National Verification Systems LLC, Cofounder: - A Georgia-based company that developed and sold the VeriQuest™ Eligibility Verification System to large U.S. healthcare providers. In September of 1996, NVS was purchased by public company, Envoy-NEIC -- later acquired by WebMD.
Officemed.com, LLC, Cofounder: - An internet application service provider specializing in the real-time delivery of healthcare insurance transactions to its customers. Founded in 1998, Officemed.com was purchased by publicly traded Per-Sé Technologies in April 2001. Officemed.com was one of nine companies recognized as graduates from the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) in 2002.
Current Projects
PbNation LLC, Partner: - With over 700,000 unique visitors and 30 million page views a month PbNation.com is the largest interactive sports community on the Internet. The main focus of the site is the extreme sport of paintball with an additional 30% of the site content related to the interests of the young, male demographic using the site.
151 Locust, Founder: - A small business incubation facility located in Avondale Estates, GA focusing on providing a community for Atlanta technology entrepreneurs to launch, sustain and grow their startup businesses in a unique, supportive work environment.