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A conversation series for Atlanta founders, executives, operators and builders about the practical business implications of artificial intelligence. Expert conversations, curated networking and executive education — substance over hype.
Ethan Cortazzo · Atlanta, Georgia
Building companies.
Creating communities.
Connecting people.
I’m the Founder & CEO of GetNetworked, a former Division I athlete, entrepreneur and community builder working at the intersection of technology, business and real-world relationships.
- Founder & CEO
- GetNetworked
- 7 TECH SERIES
- AI business events hosted (techseries.ai)
- NCAA Division I
- Utah State WR #84
- Featured
- Hypepotamus · Atlanta Business Radio
As featured inHypepotamusAtlanta Business RadioTiE AtlantaThe Jungle (Liger)
What I'm building
Different projects. One underlying thesis.
Most of my work sits somewhere between technology, entrepreneurship, community and relationships. Some are companies. Some are communities. Others are experiments.
It all comes back to the same question: how do we bring the right people together — and make the relationship count?
Flagship
GetNetworked
Founder & CEO
Event and professional networking technology built to help organizers create more valuable events, smarter introductions and measurable relationship outcomes.
Communities
TECH SERIES
Bringing Atlanta's technology leaders together around practical AI.
Iron City Nights
Faith, brotherhood, community and purpose.
Advisory
Cortazzo Consulting
Selective growth, partnership, event and go-to-market advisory.
Other projects
My primary focus
Building better rooms — and the technology behind them.
Making the right room more valuable.
Most event platforms are built around getting people registered. I'm more interested in what happens once they arrive.
GetNetworked is building technology for the relationship layer of real-world events and communities: registration, ticketing and check-in, attendee intelligence, curated introductions, communication and post-event insight.
We're building around a simple idea I call relationship intelligence: using what a platform already knows about who is in a room to make the right introduction at the right moment.
The value of an event isn't just who shows up. It's what happens because they did.
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Building technology is only half the story.
Some of the best lessons behind GetNetworked haven't come from sitting behind a computer. They've come from bringing people together.
From technology leaders and entrepreneurs to men gathering around faith, fitness and brotherhood, I keep building real-world communities that test one question: what actually causes meaningful relationships to form?
Iron City Nights
A developing Christian community in Atlanta built around faith, brotherhood, discipline and bringing men together around Jesus — through workouts, Bible study, worship and service.
Events I’ve hosted
Rooms worth being in.
Upcoming
Atlanta AI Day: The State of AI, Now & Next
Thu, Dec 10, 2026 · 9:00 AM–6:00 PM · Life Time Work Sandy Springs
Photo: Josh Smith TECH SERIES #7
AI in Real Estate: From Leads to Deals
Oct 22, 2026 · Life Time Work Sandy Springs
57 attended of 82 registered (Source: techseries.ai)
TECH SERIES
Building AI-Ready Teams: Talent, Culture & Leadership in the AI Era
Aug 20, 2026 · Life Time Work Sandy Springs
Before the founder seat
There was football.
My path to Division I football wasn't linear. It took junior college, setbacks, persistence, and eventually an opportunity to play wide receiver at Utah State University.
Football taught me discipline and competition, but it also taught me something I've carried into business: you don't always need the ball to make the play happen. Sometimes your job is to create the opening for somebody else.
In a lot of ways, that's still what I'm doing today.
From relationships to entrepreneurship
After football I entered business through sales. Over the years I helped generate more than $10 million in business while learning one lesson repeatedly: the biggest opportunities almost always came through relationships.
Point of view
Things I believe.
- 01
The more digital the world becomes, the more valuable real relationships become.
- 02
The best technology should make human interaction better — not replace it.
- 03
Community isn't an audience. It's a network of people who actually care about one another.
Faith
Faith changed what I was building for.
For a long time, achievement could easily become identity. Athletics made that tempting. Sales made that tempting. Entrepreneurship makes it even easier.
My relationship with Jesus has changed how I think about ambition. I still want to build, compete, create and pursue difficult things — but I'm learning to build from identity rather than for identity.
Faith shapes how I try to lead, serve, build, and show up for the people around me.
I attend Elevate City Church in Sandy Springs.
- Relationships in an increasingly digital world
- Building companies through community
- AI and the future of human connection
- Entrepreneurship, ambition & identity
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Beyond the Event: Turning Connections Into Meaningful Relationships
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Let's build something meaningful.
Whether you're building a company, hosting a room worth being in, exploring a partnership, or simply want to connect — I'd love to hear from you.