First Friday's Group

First Friday's Group (1FG) is an American entertainment and ed-tech company headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

The company provides free educational courses in the arts (DJing, Photography, Videography) to residents and youth from underprivileged backgrounds in urban areas in the United States.[1] The company then organizes festivals and live events at which individuals trained by the company's educational platform are invited to perform.[2] First Friday's Group's educational platform received investments from The Johns Hopkins University and Red Bull.[3][4][5][6]

The company was founded in 2018 by American entrepreneurs Kristofer Madu and Sindhu Banerjee while they were students at Johns Hopkins.[1] As of 2023, the company operates subsidiaries in Nashville, Tennessee and Boston, Massachusetts.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Baltimore college students create program to provide equal access to the arts". Upworthy. 2019-12-26. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  2. ^ "Red Bull Teams Up with Entertainment Company First Friday's Group to Bring Global Competition Red Bull Paper Wings to Baltimore". www.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 2022-06-06. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  3. ^ Kirk, Will (2020-06-23). "Start 'em Up". JHU Engineering Magazine. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  4. ^ Koinage, Karuga (2019-11-21). "5 student startups that pitched at this Johns Hopkins accelerator's first demo day". Technical.ly. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  5. ^ "Red Bull Basement Launchpad: Mid-Atlantic Region". Campus Philly. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  6. ^ "Students turn to tech to improve life on campus". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  7. ^ Koinage, Karuga (2019-11-26). "These cofounders provide a platform for local artists. Now, it's their turn to perform on a global stage". Technical.ly. Retrieved 2022-06-10.