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I speak with founders, companies, universities, conferences and faith-based organizations about technology, entrepreneurship, relationships and the lessons I’m learning while building GetNetworked. I’d rather share what I’m seeing, what we’re testing and where I’ve failed than pretend to have it figured out.
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The paradox of modern technology is that we have never been more connected, while a great many people have never felt more disconnected. What that means for companies, communities, events and the people leading them.
The strongest companies do not simply acquire customers, they create belonging. Lessons from building GetNetworked, hosting hundreds of events, selling into organizations, and building real-world communities.
AI will change how people discover information, communicate, work and build relationships. The opportunity is not to automate more interaction — it is to use intelligence to make the interactions that remain more valuable.
A candid conversation about athletics, sales, startups, failure, faith and achievement — and learning not to attach your identity to the scoreboard.
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Short bio
Ethan Cortazzo is an Atlanta entrepreneur and community builder. He is the founder and CEO of GetNetworked, an event platform for hosts and community builders, and the founder and host of TECH SERIES, Atlanta’s AI business event series. A former Utah State wide receiver, he also leads Cortazzo Consulting.
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Ethan Cortazzo is an Atlanta-based entrepreneur, technology founder and community builder working where technology, business and real-world relationships meet.
He is the founder and CEO of GetNetworked, an event platform for hosts and community builders that brings ticketing, check-in and messaging together with AI networking suggestions, digital business cards and AI post-event reports, on iOS, Android and web. GetNetworked has been featured by Hypepotamus, and Ethan talked about it with Lee Kantor on Atlanta Business Radio.
He founded and hosts TECH SERIES (techseries.ai), Atlanta’s AI business event series at Life Time Work Sandy Springs, with seven events since October 2025 and Atlanta AI Day on December 10, 2026. He also leads Cortazzo Consulting, the AI software studio he founded in 2021, and founded Iron City Nights, a Christian men’s brotherhood in Atlanta.
A former NCAA Division I wide receiver at Utah State University (B.S., Economics), he holds an M.S. in Communication from Grand Valley State University.